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Chattanooga Housing Authority, church answer woman’s pleas to help youth

Gloria Griffith speaks to a group of children at a camp for kids which she operates at Renaissance Presbyterian Church on Tuesday, June 28, 2016, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Griffith has operated the camp for 5 years, but because of health problems, Griffith expects that she will have to end the camp this month if she can't find someone to take her place.
Gloria Griffith speaks to a group of children at a camp for kids which she operates at Renaissance Presbyterian Church on Tuesday, June 28, 2016, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Griffith has operated the camp for 5 years, but because of health problems, Griffith expects that she will have to end the camp this month if she can't find someone to take her place. Gloria Griffith speaks to a group of children at a camp for kids which she operates at Renaissance Presbyterian Church on Tuesday, June 28, 2016, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Griffith has operated the camp for 5 years, but because of health problems, Griffith expects that she will have to end the camp this month if she can't find someone to take her place.

By Yolanda Putman 3 min read

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For more information about the upcoming YM360 camp, or to RSVP for a spot, call Takeyta Young 423-322-7397 or 423-752-4851.

Gloria Griffith was in her 60s when she started the Renaissance Presbyterian summer camp.

Despite being retired, the 68-year-old mother and grandmother worried about youth playing in the midst of crime, so she started the program anyway.

“There was nothing for the kids to do,” Griffith said Wednesday while working at the camp.

For the past five years, she has organized the Renaissance Presbyterian Church camp, to provide Westside children with art classes, dance, food and field trips, including visits to the downtown public library, the Tennessee Aquarium and the IMAX.