At The Carraway Center, our mission is to empower each child with the hope, understanding, and abilities they need to be successful in school and in life. Our summer education programs and workshops are designed to help students develop successful study habits and individual learning strategies that can be applied in the classroom and beyond.

We invite your child to attend one or more of our summer education programs and workshops. Our programs are based on cognitive learning strategies and neuroscience research and are available for students entering grades 5 - 12.

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At The Carraway Center, our mission is to empower each child with the hope, understanding, and abilities they need to be successful in school and in life. Our summer education programs and workshops are designed to help students develop successful study habits and individual learning strategies that can be applied in the classroom and beyond.

We invite your child to attend one or more of our summer education programs and workshops. Our programs are based on cognitive learning strategies and neuroscience research and are available for students entering grades 5 - 12.

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Briarwood Soccer Club has been built on the verse Habakkuk 3:19, which states, “The Sovereign Lord is my strength, He makes my feet like the feet of a deer, He enables me to go on the heights.” As we strive to be as good as we can be on the field, we are excited to see what new heights God will take us to this year.

We offer a quality, fun, and challenging soccer experience. We have teams for kids ages 5 to 17 with fall and spring seasons, soccer camps and clinics for ages 7 and older throughout the year, indoor soccer, and international playing opportunities. Our Director of coaching, Ryan Leib, is a nationally licensed soccer coach and has 8 years of professional playing experience with the Charlotte (NC) Eagles Soccer Club and the Atlanta (GA) Soccer Club. We are members of, and compete in, the Alabama Youth Soccer Association. We have U6, U8, and U10 player development leagues and our U11-U18 teams compete in Birmingham, across Alabama, and in the entire southeast region. We hope you enjoy finding out more of what Briarwood Soccer Club has to offer and join us in playing “the beautiful game.”

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Camp Briarwood is a Christian camp for boys and girls, designed to offer summer adventures your child will never forget. The camp is operated by Quest Recreation, a sports and recreation ministry with a global reach under the supervision of Briarwood Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Alabama.   
 
Since its beginning in 1964, Camp Briarwood has been a place of life-changing experiences and growth for as many as 1,000 children each summer. The camp provides an atmosphere where the physical and the spiritual blend together. Each weekly session of camp includes Bible discussions, stories, songs and chapel services to help each child grow in their relationships with God and others.

It takes Director Scott Hannah and the staff team at least 5 months each year to plan and operate camp.  Counselors are school teachers, college students, senior high school students, and junior high age counselors-in-training.  Typically 75% of the counselors each summer have been counselors in prior years.  We have some counselors who have worked for 9 years at camp, starting as counselors-in-training and working throughout their college years!

Camp is held in two locations.  Day Camp is held at  Camp Kanawahala in Chelsea, Alabama.  Overnight Camp is held at YMCA Camp Chandler in Wetumpka, Alabama.  Both camps have picturesque grounds for all kinds of fun.  Depending on the camp, kids get to experience activities such as hiking, swimming, canoeing, riflery, archery, arts and crafts, horseback riding, sailing, skiing, and high ropes course.  

Come and join us for one the best weeks of summer you'll ever have! 

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