Glen Cove Boys & Girls Club

Glen Cove Boys & Girls Club at 113 Glen Cove Avenue 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.

Glen Cove will forever be indebted to Mrs. Cummings for her perseverance and diligence in paving the way for the future of the youth of our community.