LUMBERTON — In 2018, after Hurricane Florence devastated Robeson County, the Public Schools of Robeson County, UNC Pembroke’s McKenzie-Elliott School of Nursing, Robeson Community College, and CORE (Community Organized Relief Effort) joined forces to train high school students to become community emergency responders. The Anonymous Trust Fund made the program possible by providing critical funding to launch and sustain the effort.

It was through this partnership that Jada Allen began her CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) journey in 2021 as a member of the Robeson County Teen CERT while attending Lumberton High School. Even as a teenager, Allen showed an early commitment to service and resilience in her community. During high school, she was called to serve on two important occasion

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