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The Boys & Girls Clubs of the
Colorado River has served the youth of the Colorado River Valley
since 1987. Originally opened as the
Kiwanis Youth
Center, the Boys & Girls Clubs began running
programs in
Bullhead City
in 1987, receiving its charter in March of 1988.
Soon after, the Laughlin Boys &
Girls Club began running programs out of a mobile unit at
Bennett Elementary
School. The unit was purchased
for the Club by the Laughlin Lions Club, and housed the program
for several years. With an ever-growing attendance, the
Club grew out of the mobile unit, moving to the old Laughlin
Firehouse on Casino
Drive. 1996 saw the
construction of the
Spirit Mountain
Activity Center,
housing a new permanent Clubhouse.
In January 1998 the Bullhead
City Club celebrated its 10th anniversary by opening its newly
remodeled and expanded Clubhouse. Today the Club features
the WARMC Social Recreation Games Room, a Library Room,
Technology Lab, Arts & Crafts Room, the Mohave Electric
Cooperative Kitchen and THE CLUB Teen Center.
In August 2004 the Fort Mohave
Club began operating out of the Mohave Valley United Methodist
Church, serving youth in the Fort Mohave community.
Today the Club continues to
offer life enhancing programs and hope and opportunity to over
4000 youth in the Colorado River Valley. Through Club
membership and community outreach the Boys & Girls Clubs of the
Colorado River strive to be the number one youth serving
organization in our community.
As we celebrate 20 years of
serving thousands youth, we look forward to continuing a Legacy
of Hope and Opportunity for our kids. Our Clubs will
continue to strive to serve more kids and to have a profound
impact on those that we serve. Our youth today will become
the leaders and mainstay of our community and our economy
tomorrow; by aiding in their positive development, all of
society benefits.
Today the Club features a social
recreation and games room, our Lowe’s Library, Technology lab,
Arts and Crafts Room, the Webb Foundation kitchen and the Bank
of America Teen Center.
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