Lakeland Campus
Address: 1015 Sikes Blvd., Lakeland, FL 33815
Fax: (863) 284-5684
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Administrator: Eron Green
Opened: 1948
County: Polk
Acres: Approximately 35
Children's residential care cottages: 4 (Miller/Dorothy, Mabry/Curls, Bonniville, and Denham/Tate residences.
Children's emergency shelters: 1 (King residence)
Residential care home for developmentally delayed women: 1 (Sonshine Residence) -- serves up to seven developmentally delayed women
Children's ages: School-age children
Additional facilities:
~Multi-purpose building, known as the Mildred W. Carlton Learning Center, which includes a library, tutoring areas, arts & crafts rooms, a half-court gymnasium, and an office, a swimming pool and picnic shelter
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A storage building
~A maintenance shop
~A chapel
~The Piper Children's Center administration building, which serves all Florida Baptist Children's Homes' programs, services, and facilities throughout the state.
Maximum number of children: 44
Services offered: residential care, emergency shelter care, adoption services, foster care, transition to independent living, referrals, maternity care and counseling, and adult developmental services ministry.
Are you a former resident of Florida Baptist Children's Homes' Lakeland campus? If so, you may want to catch up with some old friends. Check out our list of former residents' e-mail addresses, and list your own so that others may find you.