Wellington Boys & Girls Club to celebrate opening

WELLINGTON — The Boys & Girls Club in Wellington will host a grand opening open house from 2:30 until 5 p.m. on May 31 at the club’s new location.

The new club, to be named Sage Homes Boys & Girls Club of Wellington, is located at 8445 Third St. A ribbon cutting will occur at 3:30 p.m.

The new site was formerly the Wellington Community Church education building. It is a 10,000-square foot facility and will feature a gym, cafeteria area and dedicated rooms for art, technology, teen programming and more. With the new facility, the club will be able to move from its current 2,000-square foot repurposed park shelter, allowing it to serve more than 100 youth per day.

“We are thrilled about the opening of this new site,” Kaycee Headrick, executive director of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Larimer County, said in a press release. “The additional space is going to help us serve hundreds of youth and families in Wellington,” she said. “We cannot thank the gracious individuals, businesses, and foundations enough for making this dream turn into a reality for the kids in Wellington.”

The expansion resulted from the generosity of Sage Homes LLC, along with other donors and large capital grants from the Bohemian Foundation, Adolph Coors Foundation, El Pomar Foundation, Gates Family Foundation, and the Fort Collins Community Fund of the Community Foundation of Northern Colorado.

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