Suppoortive Services for Youth - Guilford Education Alliance

Community Resource Website/Email Phone Description of Services
Greensboro Children’s Museum www.gcmuseum.com (336) 574-2898
Greensboro Historical Museum www.greensborohistory.org (336) 373-2043
Greensboro Public Library www.greensboro-nc.gov/departments/library (336) 373-2471
High Point Museum www.highpointmuseum.org (336) 885-1859
The Greensboro Children's Museum is a hands-on, interactive, and
educational play place for children ages 0-10 years and their
families. Visitors learn while they play, touch, explore and discover in
a variety of “Our Town” exhibits that have been created to stimulate
children's imagination and to provide rich play experiences.
Here you'll discover first hand the rich history of the Piedmont area.
The museum's 17,000 square feet of exhibition space offers hours of
entertaining, educational enjoyment. Admission, tours, and parking
are free.
Featuring exciting exhibits, hands-on programs and tours, and
special members-only events, the museum gives you a peek into
what life was like in High Point from its early days as a backcountry
community to its present days as the International Home Furnishings
Capital of the World. Admission is free.
High Point Public Library www.highpointpubliclibrary.com (336) 883-3660
McCulloch Gold Mill www.castlemcculloch.com/panning.asp (336) 887-2206
Tours of McCulloch Gold Mill are sponsored by the McCulloch
Foundation and are fun for families, students, seniors, and
businesses! The Gold and Gem panning activities are exciting,
educational, and an overall great group adventure! Plan to spend
your field trips, birthday parties, or other kids activities at this unique
and historic NC Gold Panning treasure.
Mendenhall Plantation www.mendenhallplantation.org/ (336) 454-3819
Natural Science Center www.natsci.org (336) 288-3769
Salvation Army Boys & Girls Clubs of
Greensboro
The Center for Education,
Imagination and the Natural World at
Timberlake Farm
www.greensborobgc.org
(336) 274-1509
https://beholdnature.org (336) 449-0612
A visit to the Mendenhall Plantation shows students that there were
dissenters to slavery in antebellum North Carolina. Buildings on the
property include the main house, an old school house, the Madison
Lindsay House and Medical School, a spring house, and a barn.
There is also a restored wagon that may have been used to help
runaway slaves.
Home to Animal Discovery Zoological Park and the OmniSphere
Theater. Offers educational workshops, summer camps, and
birthday parties.
The Salvation Army Boys & Girls Clubs of Greensboro provides
tutoring, computer training, sports education, homework help, and
mentoring.
The Center offers a wide range of programs for children and young
adults to foster this human/earth relationship including afterschool
and summer programs for children.
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