Auburn University Early Learning Center
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.
About Boys and Girls Clubs of West Georgia & Chambers County
Boys & Girls Clubs of West Georgia, Inc. is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization affiliated with Boys & Girls Clubs of America that has served in Troup County since 1992. Boys & Girls Clubs of West Georgia consists of three sites, one in LaGrange, one in Chambers County, AL and one in Hogansville, serving nearly 500 youth annually and more than 200 every day.
Through the programs offered daily at our Clubs, we seek to inspire and enable all young people, especially those that need us most, to realize their full potential as responsible, productive and caring citizens. We seek to accomplish this mission through our youth development strategy, which instills in each member the senses of belonging, usefulness, influence, and competence. Further, to ensure we reach those who need us most, we offer our programming at a very affordable rate and never turn a child away for the family’s inability to pay.
About The Cary Center for the advancement of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies
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.
About Camp iCare®
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 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
