BAMA Kids Inc., (Better Activities Makes All-Around Kids), a Camden, AL-based organization dedicated to the holistic development of youth and their families in Wilcox County, AL. Launched in 1993, BAMA Kids, Inc. coordinates resources to provide a comprehensive range of activities that serve as alternatives to negative behavior. BAMA Kids, Inc. has successfully coordinated existing resources, combined varied activities, and developed others to establish a comprehensive program across the county.

Sheryl Threadgill Matthews is director of BAMA Kids, Inc. and the SRBWI Board Historian. Sheryl Threadgill-Matthews is the co-founder and Executive Director of BAMA Kids, Inc. Threadgill-Matthews worked for 29 years for the Wilcox County Department of Human Resources; as a Social Worker and Quality Assurance Coordinator. During her tenue with DHR, Mrs. Threadgill-Matthews also served as the Community Development Coordinator for a W. K. Kellogg-funded project . She started volunteer coalitions and developed resources to support the elderly, families and children. Upon her retirement, Threadgill-Matthews served as director of the Wilcox Area Chamber of Commerce; while continuing to sustain and strengthen the program-components of BAMA KidL85s, Inc. and its networks.

Threadgill-Matthews comes from a family whose legacy of fighting for justice and civil rights is woven into Alabama history. She was one of eight students who integrated the all-white school system in Wilcox County in 1967 and went on to lifelong service to thousands of youth and families in Alabama’s Black Belt. Threadgill-Matthews graduated from Knoxville College in Tennessee.