Boys & Girls Clubs of the Pee Dee Area provides youth development programs focusing on academic success, good character, and healthy lifestyles. Serving over 1,000 youth daily across 8 locations, they offer mentoring, educational trips, and creative activities to inspire and enable young people to become productive citizens.
In 1860, Boys & Girls Clubs of America began in Hartford, Connecticut with Mary Goodwin, Alice Goodwin, and Elizabeth Hammersley. With the belief that boys who roamed the streets should have a positive alternative, a cause was born.
In 1964, Leo Hawkins and Harold Tisdale champion the establishment of the Boys Club of Florence. By 1994, the organization expands its focus and becomes Boys & Girls Clubs of the Pee Dee Area with a club in Florence and another in Timmonsville.
Through the following years, we have added sites in Hartsville, Hemingway, Lake City, Pamplico, and Johnsonville. This January (2026), we opened our 8th location inside Virtus Academy in Florence.
