The Club has been receiving a large number of inquiries recently about summer and next school year. The Club has been working hard to juggle staffing shortages, the move to the new building, and planning for the summer, but the major hold-up right now is staffing and funding. As with every other business in town, the Club is struggling to retain and recruit staff. Rising [...]
The 4th April 2022 will go down as a magical day in the Club's history. Finally, after 30 years of dreaming and 3 years of intense planning, construction and fundraising, we are in a building of our own.
The Club's FREE hot supper program returned this month and it came back in style. Finding a new Kitchen Manager was a long and exhaustive process, but the Club finally struck gold in Chef Dennis. Trained as a chef, Dennis is a Club parent and knows how to make restaurant quality food that the kids will love, and which hits all the USDA requirements for nutrition and quantity.
In an otherwise gloomy and COVID filled January, the hands on the sign of our building have shone out into the dark nights, and as I turn for home each evening have reminded me that the new building isn't just bricks and mortar - it is a community. Not only has it been built by the community and funded by the community, but it is a reflection of our community.