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BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER LEE COUNTY

FACT SHEET

♦ The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Lee County provide a positive and safe place for kids and teens to learn and grow.

♦ In June 1989, Mrs. Jane C. Walker and four others joined forces in an effort to establish a local Boys & Girls Club organization.

♦ In June 1990, Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Lee County was chartered by Boys & Girls

Clubs of America. They opened club units in Auburn and Opelika. ♦ BGCLEECO is dedicated to giving the community’s disadvantaged children and teens

access to programs and services that will enhance their development and provide hope for their future.

♦ Club programs and services fosters and instills a sense of competence, belonging,

usefulness and influence that builds self-confidence and esteem. ♦ The mission of the clubs is to inspire and enable all young people, especially those who

need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens. ♦ BGCLEECO accomplishes this mission by developing relationships with young people

and providing them with several programs that incorporate our five core areas of youth development: Education & Career Development, Character & Leadership Development, Health & Life Skills, The Arts and Sports, Fitness & Recreation.

♦ BGCLEECO has been recognized by Boys & Girls Clubs of America and the Alabama

Area Council with Honor Awards for Program Excellence in the areas of Education & Career Development, Character & Leadership Development and the Arts.

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