Our Story

ALICE was founded by former NBA star and fifth-generation Childersburg resident, Gerald Wallace. After playing in the NBA for 15 years, Gerald returned to his hometown and witnessed the barriers to opportunity in Childersburg. With persistent poverty, low educational performance, and limited community spaces or after-school programs, Childersburg residents face entrenched barriers to educational and economic success.

To address these pressing challenges, Gerald & community partners are building a community center campus to improve academic outcomes for all Childersburg youth, expand career readiness & workforce mobility, and increase access to community resources.

The inspiration for the namesake was Gerald’s mother, Alice Castleberry, a long-time Childersburg resident who was a model for love in action.