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Shaniya Birch Receives Full College Scholarship for Dance

CSS congratulates Shaniya Birch for receiving a FULL scholarship to Wiley College for dance!

CSS Featured on Upworthy

On February 5th CSS was a featured video on Upworthy! Check out the video here.

CSS Awarded $14,000 Grant from GO Campaign

CSS is thrilled to announce a $14,000 grant award from GO Campaign.
Thank you GO Campaign for your commitment to support the youth of Camden!

CSS ‘Clean Our Dream’ Construction Project Honors MLK Day

Over MLK weekend more than 200 amazing volunteers came out to begin the cleanup of the building destined to become Camden’s ‘Dynamite Center’, new home of CSS and a resource for the entire Camden community.

Watch the full news story here.

Ford Motor Company salutes Tawanda as an Everyday Hero

This summer the Ford Motor Company honored Tawanda as an Everyday Hero in their ‘Go Further’ series. Members of the Ford Motor Company came and spent time with CSS, capturing on film how Tawanda embodies the meaning of ‘going further’ every day.

Check out the amazing video here.

Tawanda Announces CSS is Getting New Building

At the CSS Annual Showcase in June, Tawanda made the exciting announcement that the Camden Sophisticated Sisters are going to be getting a new building. What a day for CSS! And more importantly, what a day for Camden. Tawanda’s vision for the building is to transform it into a life-changing youth […]

CSS welcomes to Camden Anthony Bourdain, CNN host of Parts Unknown

Tawanda recently welcomed a visit from New Jersey native and CNN host of Parts Unknown, Anthony Bourdain.

CSS, the DBZ’s & TAPS showed Anthony and his crew the latest in beats and moves right on the streets of Camden.

Later, Wawa took Anthony on a tour of the city and they chowed down at her favorite […]

CSS Visits the Dr. Oz Show

In April Tawanda Jones and CSS traveled to New York City to visit the doctor, The Doctor Oz Show that is!
Tawanda sat down with Dr. Mehmet Oz to share her own prescription on how to help save our children and teens. CSS mesmerized the studio audience with their warm smiles, showing off their […]

Tawanda speaks to students and staff at the University of Tulsa

In March Tawanda spoke to the University of Tulsa students and staff about the city of Camden and CSS. The event was sponsored by the university’s Women’s and Gender Studies Department.

Tawanda Honored at Oprah’s The Life You Want Weekend

In September Tawanda was selected by Ms. Oprah Winfrey as the Standing Ovation Award recipient at Oprah’s The Life You Want Weekend in Newark, New Jersey. Ms. Winfrey, along with Paralympic skier Amy Purdy, presented the Camden Sophisticated Sisters with a $25,000 donation on behalf of Toyota. The award recognizes extraordinary people […]