Sophomore finds time for sorority and service activities

Abby Cameron building a church in in the village of Sibal, Mexico. 

What did you do for fun when you were a teenager?

For Abby Cameron, the answer is volunteering with her youth group. Now a sophomore at N.C. State, Cameron is following her childhood interests and majoring in public relations with a minor in nonprofit organizations. Her studies and activities are leading her to become a public relations representative for Habitat for Humanity.

“I did a lot of mission trips with my church as a teenager,” Cameron said. “I’ve been to New Orleans, Washington, D.C. and New York City. I have worked with Habitat for Humanity specifically at St. James Island in Charleston, S.C.”

Cameron, 19, is a Baltimore native but has lived in North Carolina since she was a child. She has lived in Greensboro with her family of four for 14 years.

“When I was five years old, my family moved to Greensboro because of my dad’s job.”

As a sophomore at N.C. State, Cameron is a sister of Kappa Delta sorority. She was inspired to join a sorority as a little girl when her mother told her stories about her days in the service fraternity at N.C. State. It seems Cameron followed her mother’s footsteps in two ways.

In Kappa Delta, Cameron is the birthday chairperson and a member of the sisterhood enrichment team. Both goals are to ensure every sister feels welcome and recognized as individuals of the sorority. This is where Cameron’s personal relation skills come in.

“On the sisterhood enrichment team, I am in charge of making sure every sister welcomes new sisters,” Cameron said. “It’s important to make new sisters feel like they belong.”

Cameron plans to join the Habitat for Humanity club on campus and to help with her sorority’s homecoming food drive.

“We do the food drive every year,” Cameron said. “It’s a good way to help those in need.”