ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ President Leo M. Lambert and a group of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ students spent time with second- and third-graders Thursday, Oct. 21 at the Salvation Army’s Frank S. Holt Jr., Boys and Girls Club in Burlington.
The ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ contingent led a game of math bingo, giving the youngsters a chance to demonstrate their addition and subtraction skills.
The Boys and Girls Club provides a safe place after school for children ages 5-18 to learn character and leadership development. In Burlington, the club serves more than 400 children, many from disadvantaged circumstances, each year.
Boys and Girls Club Director Sherri Henderson says more than 90 percent of the club’s volunteers come from ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ. ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s Kernodle Center for Service Learning and ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Volunteers! have been working with the club for more than 10 years.
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ students working through ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Volunteers! help run the club’s Power Hour program, providing homework assistance and supervising recreational activities for the children. Since 1999, almost 400 students have provided more than 2,600 hours of service to the club.
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ students also work with the club through the university’s Academic Service-Learning component. While helping children develop specific skills in reading, writing or math, ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ students also learn about important civic and social issues facing the community.