Boys and Girls Homes of North Carolina, Inc.

Typical Girls Cottage

The children of Boys and Girls Homes live in cottages designed as much as possible to be like home.  There are six cottages for boys and three for girls.  The girls cottages have a living room, dining room, kitchen, bedrooms, computer area, bathrooms, and laundry rooms much like a typical home.

Living Room  Each cottage has a living area where the children can lounge, watch TV, or entertain guests.  The Girls Activity Center, located next door to the cottages, has additional space and recreational equipment and can accommodate larger numbers.

Dining Room The emphasis of the program of  care is family.  In the cottages, the children have family style meals.  They all gather around the table for meal time where they share food and experiences.  When guests such as visiting civic clubs come for a meal, the tables and chairs can be spread out to make for more seating.  Larger numbers of guests can be accommodated in the Girls Activity Center, next door to the cottages.

Kitchen  Each cottage has a self-contained kitchen for preparing meals.  In some cottages, cooks are employed to prepare the food.  In the cottages where older children live, they and their teaching parents prepare the meals.  Of course one of the family chores at every meal is clean the dishes!

Bedroom  There are generally two to three beds in each bedroom.  The children  have room to store their clothes and other personal belongings here too.  Note this bed, like so many others in countless homes across America,  has taken on the style of its occupant.   

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