Historia

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    Opening Day at the Club, October 2, 1976

History

Glen Cove Boys & Girls Club at Lincoln House, Inc. "The Club" a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization has a long history of serving underprivileged youth and families in the greater Glen Cove Community since 1903.

Known as the Lincoln House Settlement, it moved to its current location in 1925 and utilized a small, five-room building. In 1975, Lincoln House Settlement moved into its new 30,000 square foot facility and opened its doors in October 1976, officially as Glen Cove Boys Club at Lincoln House.

To recognize the participation of girls, the organization officially changed its name to what it is known as today, Glen Cove Boys & Girls Club at Lincoln House.

The Club is a neighborhood-based facility designed for youth programs and activities. The Club is for all boys and girls regardless of race, religion or nationality.  All children ages 6 through 18 are eligible for membership. Dues are kept low and no child is ever turned away. The Club is non-sectarian and has an open door policy. The Club is open to all members during its regular hours of operation.  The Club is open every day after school and during the summer when kids have free time and need a positive, productive outlet. 
The Club provides a varied and diversified program utilizing nationally recognized educational and recreational curricula that have been field tested. The Club currently offers programming in the following core areas: Character and Leadership Development, The Arts, Education and Career Development, Health and Life Skills, and Sports, Fitness and Recreation. 

The Club has full-time and part-time trained youth development professionals, providing positive role models and mentors. Volunteers provide key supplementary support. The Club is guidance-oriented. It emphasizes values inherent in the relationships between youth and their peers and adult leaders. The Club provides an environment where youth are given acceptance and friendship that fosters a sense of belonging, usefulness, competence and influence.

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Glen Cove Boys & Girls Club has been a significant cornerstone of the Glen Cove community thanks to the leadership of the iconic Marie Powers Maxwell Cummings of Glen Head.


Mrs. Cummings was not only instrumental in bringing the Girls into the Boys Club movement, but she was a key player in initiating the constructing of the building that still stands today and has served thousands of boys and girls over five decades.


Mrs. Cummings was an active volunteer, co-founder and president emerita of the Club who with then Executive Director, Russell Battaglia, reached out to Glen Cove Urban Renewal agency for assistance in erecting a new facility to replace the existing 1925 structure. The agency directed the team to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) where they had the potential of receiving $803,000 if they were they were to fulfill two stipulations – match the funds and locate the new building near low income housing. Determined to fulfill that mission, Mrs. Cummings proceeded to rally her friends, neighbors, and all her professional contracts to match the $803,000 that HUD was offering. She successfully reached her goal later that year, and the new Club officially opened in 1975. In 1981, girls were welcomed, and the organization was renamed Glen Cove Boys & Girls Club at Lincoln House. She presided over the Club from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s and her leadership during that period influenced many of the program initiatives that still exist today as well as the Club's fundraising efforts and endeavors.

Marie "Betty" Powers Maxwell Cummings, 1980

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