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BoardofCountyCommissionersContact:ClaireFeazel
OfficeoftheCountyAdministrator912-510-5703(office)
P.O.Box99/200East4""Street912-464-9476(cell)
Woodbine,Georgia31569cyfeazel@co.camden.ga.us
FORIMMEDIATERELEASE
TwoFormerInternsJoin
CamdenCountyGovernment
WOODBINE,Ga.July16,2020MadisonCameronandlanMaxwellpreviously
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servedtheCamdenCountyBoardofCommissionersasinternsthroughtheGeorgiaCounty
InternshipProgram(GCIP).ThissummerbothhavereturnedtoworkforCamdenCountyasfull-
timeemployees.
“Overtheyearsmanybrightandthoughtfullocalstudentshaveservedourcommunityasinterns
throughGCIP,”saidCamdenCountyAdministratorSteveHoward.“Wewerefortunatetohave
opportunitiesforthesetalentedindividualstoservethecitizensofCamdenCountyagain.”
2019GCIPparticipantMadisonCameronjoinedtheAdministration
DepartmentinJulytoworkasanExecutiveAssistant.Duringher
internship,MadisoncompletedworkontheCamdenCountyGovernment42
Guide,allowinghertodevelopanunderstandingoftheworkoftheos
CamdenCountyBoardofCommissionersandtheirroleinthe|,
community.MadisonisagraduateofCamdenCountyHighSchoolandY
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theUniversityofNorthFloridawithadegreeinHealthcareAdministration.A|
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ThenewestmemberofCamdenCounty’sInformationTechnology(IT)———
staffisITHelpdeskTechnicianlanMaxwell.Hepreviouslyservedasan—of
internintheITDepartmentthroughGCIPduringthesummerof2017jsussssmaunlnnn:
whilecompletinganinformationtechnologyinventory.lanisagraduateoe
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ofCamdenCountyHighSchoolandGeorgiaSouthernUniversitywitha-
degreeinInformationTechnology.
ThroughtheAssociationofCountyCommissionersofGeorgia(ACCG)
CivicAffairsFoundation,theGCIPoffersfirst-handinternship~~
experiencestoundergraduateandgraduatelevelcollegestudentsin
MadisonCameron
“Award-WinningGovernment”
STEVEL.HOWARDJOHNS.MYERS
CountyAdministratorCountyAttorney
LANNIEE.BRANTCHUCKCLARKJIMMYSTARLINEGARYBLOUNTBENL.CASEY
Commissioner,District1Commissioner,District2Commissioner,District3Commissioner,District4Commissioner,District5
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countygovernment.Eachsummer,internshipsareoffered
acrossabroadspectrumofacademicdisciplinesranging
4fromaccountingtowildlifesciencesincountygovernment
_—officesthroughoutthestate.Sincetheprogramwascreated,
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=425studentshavefilledinternshippositionsin75counties
‘ew“throughoutthestate.
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<&Budget,PublicAffairs,andtheCamdenCountySheriff's
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aOffice.Internsworkonspecificprojectsoverthecourseof
lanMaxwellthesummer,providingabenefittobothCamdenCountyand
thestudentintern.
DuetotheCOVID-19pandemic,nointernswerehiredforsummer2020.Interestedcollege
studentsshouldchecktheCamdenCountywebsiteinspring2021formoreinformation.
AboutCamdenCounty:LocatedintheextremesoutheastcornerofGeorgia,CamdenCountytrulyis“Georgia’sCoastal
CommunityofChoice.”Originallyformedin1777,CamdenCountyisbestknownforitsrichhistory,naturalscenicbeautyand
Southernhospitality.Ourvisionishelpingtomakethisthebestplacetolivebypreservingandenhancingthehistoryandquality
oflife,whilepromotingsmartgrowthandprovidinganefficient,effectiveandresponsivegovernment.
Finduson:
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camdencountyanCamdenCountyGA
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“Award-WinningGovernment”
STEVEL.HOWARDJOHNS.MYERS
CountyAdministratorCountyAttorney
LANNIEE.BRANTCHUCKCLARKJIMMYSTARLINEGARYBLOUNTBENL.CASEY
Commissioner,District1Commissioner,District2Commissioner,District3Commissioner,District4Commissioner,District5