And this is what we found!
they are laying down the wood floor in the gym. This is the small gym. Smells really good in there like WOOD :)
Girls restroom….i love how a small sink is coming for my little ninas!
inside teen center entrance. I LOVE the signs!
BIG gym! Check out those logos! I love the paint colors!
The old building is officially gone….see for yourself:
This is the gym.
This is where the gamesroom use to be…..check out the uno card and the puzzle piece.
What was left of the computer lab.
Saturday, 40 of my youth and 25 of my teens went back to school shopping. I didn’t take any pics of the teens but here are some of my little ones!
Big thanks to Target at Power & Ray, Norma and her team were awesome!
Gateway Life Choice for their donation of backpacks and school supplies
The Branch Board for their donation of time by shopping with my kids!
The Chandler Service Club Flower Girls for their time and shopping talents!
The JCPenney store at Superstition Springs Mall for their assistance and patience with me and my 25 kids!
It was a fabulous event!
My old pink office…..My staff decided to make it like a yearbook!
That piece of gym floor will now be on the wall in our small gym!
Okie’s old office……..empty!
The front desk…now empty….
Good morning everyone~
A lot of wonderful changes have happened at the Compadre Branch of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the East Valley and I wanted to bring you all up to speed.
As of last week, all three of our old buildings were emptied out with most of the items being recycled to seven other Boys & Girls Clubs. The old facility is now gated up as our wonderful building team, Chasse, begins to demolish the three buildings to make room for our new entrance and parking lot.
In the meantime, the City of Chandler has once again been very generous to us by offering us space to continue our programs while this demolition takes place.
As of August 11, 2009, our youth program will be moved to the Chandler Community Center located at 125 E Commonwealth. Our youth hours are 2:30-7:00 pm and we provide transportation from five local schools----Humphrey, Bologna, Knox, Shumway and Sanborn.
Our teen program will begin at the Chandler Public Library (Downtown-22 South Delaware Street) in dedicated space specifically for our teens from 2pm-5pm. We'll be picking teens up at Chandler High School at 2:15pm daily to transport them to the Library.
Our teen program will continue at Willis Junior High School (located at 401 S McQueen Road) from 5pm-9pm each day. We will transport them from the Library to Willis at 5pm.
Our plan (and hope!) is to be in our brand new, 33,000 square foot, LEED Certified building before the fall break begins.
We plan to be in the facility for a month before our OFFICIAL GRAND OPENING so mark your calendars for Monday, November 16 with tours beginning at 4pm.
The new facility has:
As you can see, we're very excited about this new facility! Please pass this on to anyone else who might need to know where we are going to be over the next 8 weeks as well as anyone who might want to know what's going on with us!
If you are interested in supporting the club and purchasing a brick for our entryway, please visit http://buymybrick.com/ .
On behalf of the 2100 current members of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the East Valley~Compadre Branch Chandler, thank you for your interest and continued support in our Club.
Mindy N. Elias
Branch Executive
Boys & Girls Clubs of the East Valley
Compadre Branch~Chandler
Palm Lane Branch~Chandler
480-899-8302
