Wellington Ready to Break Ground on the Neil S. Hirsch Family Boys & Girls Club Facility
Join Wellington’s Village Council at 10:00 am on Tuesday, May 22nd for a groundbreaking ceremony for the Neil S. Hirsch Family Boys & Girls Club. The ceremony will take place at the site at 1080 Wellington Trace at the northwest corner of the water treatment plant. Construction of the 22,570 square foot facility is anticipated to be completed in 2013 and will include a computer room, dance and music studios and a science lab.
“We are so happy to be breaking ground for this new clubhouse. Over the years, the small size of our current facility forced us to turn hundreds of children away. The new Neil S. Hirsch Family Boys & Girls Club will enable us to serve hundreds of children who might otherwise go home to an empty house each day after school or spend school breaks alone. It’s going to be an amazing place for kids to come, learn and make lifelong friends,” said Mary O’Connor, president and chief executive officer of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County.
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County (www.bgcpbc.org) is the county’s largest facility-based youth development organization, offering a broad range of programs and activities in six core areas: education and career development; character and leadership development; sports, fitness and recreation; health and life skills; technology; and the arts. The clubs serve more than 7,500 youth each year, ranging in age from 6 to 18.
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