Since 1994, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Lee County has helped strengthen the community by providing a safe, positive, constructive place for youths. The Clubs offer young people a wide variety of educational, recreational, cultural, and social programs. We seek to enrich the lives of the youths we serve and foster opportunities for personal growth and achievement.
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The Boys & Girls Clubs is an afterschool and summer enrichment program for boys and girls 6 to 18 years old. We operate 7 sites throughout Lee County and serve over 1,700 youths a year. These youths rely on the Clubs and the staff to guide them through their adolescents and provide the structure for successful adult lives. Many of these youths live at or below the poverty line and in many instances are being raised by a single parent. Though they face many obstacles the Club is a constant positive in their lives. The Boys & Girls Clubs of Lee County is committed to helping those who need us the most BE GREAT!
The Auburn University Early Learning Center (AUELC) is an accredited, laboratory, preschool serving children ages 3, 4 and 5 years old and is housed in the College of Human Sciences' Department of Human Development and Family Studies. The center, begun in 1926 has been continuously accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children since 1986. The
AUELC is located in the center of Auburn University.
The teaching philosophy of the facility is grounded in the concept of developmentally appropriate practice in which children “learn by doing” and are guided by a curriculum designed to capitalize upon knowledge of how young children learn. The facility also maintains a research mission and is designed to maximize opportunities to conduct developmental research on children and their families
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Camp iCare began in 2009 as a joint partnership between the Women's Philanthropy Board and the Auburn University Early Learning Center. Both of these programs are part of the Auburn University College of Human Sciences.
Today, Camp iCare is a division of the Auburn University College of Human Sciences' Cary Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies and continues to operate as a partnership with the Early Learning Center. Through Camp iCare, youth ages 6-12 are educated, enabled and empowered to be "money smart" and philanthropically engaged.
Camp iCare is the first of its kind on the Auburn University campus and very rare nation-wide and is dedicated to teaching kids how to be money smart, understand wants vs. needs, and practice philanthropy. Through this unique learning program, campers will develop their leadership and giving skills while making a positive impact on others
The Cary Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies is an academic center in the College of Human Sciences. It is the repository of educational programs which involve multi-generational and broad spectrum participants. Cary Center staff work in tandem with the Department of Consumer and Design Sciences to provide instruction in the Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies minor. The Cary Center is located in the historic Halliday Cary Pick house.
