Centers
PACE Center for Girls of Lee County offers year round counseling and academic services for girls, ages 12-18, who are facing challenges such as foster care, domestic violence, abuse and neglect, death of a parent, substance abuse, and/or family history of incarceration. At the request of community leaders and elected officials, PACE Lee was established in 2007 and since opening its doors has served over 300 girls find success in school, generate a positive relationship with their families and peers, and become productive members of our community.
Thanks to our valued community partners, the PACE girls have participated in a variety of educational, fun and unique experience this year. Here's a list of "just a few!"
PACE looks forward to recognizing its dedicated and hardworking volunteers at our upcoming Open House on Tuesday, July 12 from 6:00-7:30 p.m.
New friends of PACE are also welcome to join the celebration, meet the PACE girls, network with community leaders and learn how they too can get involved.
On May 14, a team from B & I Contractors Inc. spent the day volunteering at PACE as part of United Way's Days of Caring. With their own equipment and muscles, the guys from B & I completed a number of improvements to the Center's exterior including pressure washing, installing drywall to repair the patio ceiling, landscaping and gardening.
While most Lee County students are looking forward to the end of the school year, the PACE girls will be working throughout the summer to catch up on their credits.
Teachers need help to provide the necessary classroom supplies for academic studies.
The following items are always needed: notebook paper, pens, pencils, erasers, glue sticks, tape, pocket folders and three-ring binders.
For more details on how you can"Adopt-a-Teacher" or contribute to a specific subject, contact PACE.
As part of their Days of Caring, guests from the Boston Red Sox organization visited PACE Lee on February 22. Players Kevin Youkilis, Darnell McDonald and Ryan Kalish (pictured below) offered valuable advice to three girls currently enrolled in PACE's day program. Click here to view the Sox' visit to PACE!
