The Boys and Girls Clubs of Western Nevada offered a glimpse of its new William N. Pennington Teen Center on Monday ahead of its June 23 grand opening celebration.
Funded by a $1.2 million naming gift from the William N. Pennington Foundation of Reno and donations from the community, the Club broke ground on the Carson City teen center in October 2015.
The 6,500 square foot center replaces the Club’s 1,200 square foot office space currently used for teens and offers rooms for homework, group activities, arts and crafts and a multi-media area. Teen Club members worked with the project design team to provide user input to the design and construction of the center. The Carson City Multi-use Athletic Center sits adjacent to the Boys & Girls Clubs’ campus.
The Teen Center completes the Club’s vision for teens to have a separate, dedicated space of their own with age appropriate facilities, and its partnership with Carson City for use of the city’s Multi-Use Athletic Center facility, which sits adjacent to the Club. The Club currently serves more than 300 youth ages 12 to 18 monthly.
In-kind donations provided by: Proscape Landscaping, Western Nevada Supply, Cable Connections Co., Martin Ironworks, Sign Pro, Builders Wholesale, Kahl Commercial Furnishings and Cinderlite.
Financial contributions provided by: George & Barbara Allison, Allison MacKenzie, Ltd., James & Midge Breeden M.D., Barbara Byington, David Chase Charitable Foundation, Click Bond Inc., Complete Millwork Services, E.L. Cord Foundation, Dyer Lawrence Flaherty Donaldson & Prunty, Fraternal Order of Eagles # 1006, Freeman & Williams, CPAs, Grant & Joan Gardner, Juan Guzman, Robert Z. Hawkins Foundation, Harold Jacobsen, John F. Gardner, CPA, Steve & Wendy Kaplan, KBCA, LLC, Estelle J. Kelsey Foundation, Joe and Ellen Lesch, Locke & Betty Ray Lesch, Lumos & Associates, Charles N. Mathewson Foundation, Tim McFarren M.D., Miles Construction, Jon Miller, John Miller, William Myer, Maud Naroll, P.K. O'Neill, Pinyon West Center Partners, RCM Realty Group, Brenda Robertson, Mary Robertson, Shaheen Beauchamp Builders, Gary & JoAnn Sheerin, Cathy Smith, Rudy Staedler, Tectonics Design Group, Bob & Cathy Weise, Janet Whitemore, Daniel X. Wray, Phillip & Penny Wright and many anonymous donors.
The Teen Center will be open Monday through Friday until 8:30 p.m. and Saturdays to give teens a safe place to congregate after school, weekends and into the evening.
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Nevada will celebrate the public grand opening at 9 a.m. Thursday, June 23. The official grand opening event will offer a multi-media presentation and art show highlighting Club member projects and activities.
