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 Auburn University's 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.
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.
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.
