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Groundbreaking held for multi-million dollar Boys and Girls Club to be built in north Edinburg
By ORLANDO SALINAS
SPECIAL TO THE EDINBURG STAR
EDINBURG TV NEWS
Rep. Aaron Peña, D-Edinburg, at the Friday, June 27 groundbreaking for a new Boys and Girls Club for Edinburg, announced that he had secured $750,000 in state funds for the planned 32,700-square-foot El Portal del Norte facility.
The $750,000 was awarded to the club from a legislative rider Peña inserted into the state budget during the 80th Legislative Session.
Peña was joined by other area leaders, including Mayor Joe Ochoa and former Mayor Richard García, and dozens of young Edinburg residents for the event, held at the site at Rogers Road and U.S. Expressway 281.
“The $750,000 that my office secured plus the local match raises the entire award to the Boys and Girls Club of Edinburg to $1,500,000,” said Peña. “The $1,500,000 will be used to build a beautiful park that will surround the complex and help make El Portal del Norte one of the best Boys and Girls Club facilities in Texas.”
The location of the new facility is designed to keep pace with expected growth in the city of Edinburg while maintaining accessibility to other service sites that the Club operates in the larger community.
The Boys and Girls Club of Edinburg offers year-round sports fitness, arts and recreation programs, engages youth in character and leadership development and provides education, career, health and life skills.
Bryon Jay Lewis, president of Edwards Abstract and Title Company, is one of the community leaders who has worked towards to creation of the new facility. He also is a member of the Edinburg Foundation, Inc., which is helping develop the area surrounding the club.
“Any time a diverse group of business leaders come together for a common cause, it’s a very good thing. The Boys and Girls Club is one of those special projects that will benefit the youth of Edinburg for many years to come and I am proud to be associated with this group,” Lewis added.
The Boys and Girls Club of Edinburg serves more than 19,000 children at 16 sites in the communities of Edinburg, Edcouch, Elsa, Faysville, Monte Alto, Hargill, San Carlos, and San Manuel/Linn. The Club is financed by public and private funding sources including the City of Edinburg, the Urban County Program, the United Way of South Texas, corporate and foundation grants, private donors and club fund raising activities. Please contact the Club at 956/383-2582 for information about giving.
“Giving our children an opportunity to develop important life skills in a safe, state of the art, first class facility is something that the entire community can be proud of,” said Peña. “El Portal del Norte will not only serve our children but the general public who will be able to use the park, walking trails and other recreational facilities.”
Groundbreaking held for multi-million dollar Boys and Girls Club to be built in north Edinburg
By ORLANDO SALINAS
Rep. Aaron Peña, D-Edinburg, at the Friday, June 27 groundbreaking for a new Boys and Girls Club for Edinburg, announced that he had secured $750,000 in state funds for the planned 32,700-square-foot El Portal del Norte facility.
The $750,000 was awarded to the club from a legislative rider Peña inserted into the state budget during the 80th Legislative Session.
Peña was joined by other area leaders, including Mayor Joe Ochoa and former Mayor Richard García, and dozens of young Edinburg residents for the event, held at the site at Rogers Road and U.S. Expressway 281.
“The $750,000 that my office secured plus the local match raises the entire award to the Boys and Girls Club of Edinburg to $1,500,000,” said Peña. “The $1,500,000 will be used to build a beautiful park that will surround the complex and help make El Portal del Norte one of the best Boys and Girls Club facilities in Texas.”
The location of the new facility is designed to keep pace with expected growth in the city of Edinburg while maintaining accessibility to other service sites that the Club operates in the larger community.
The Boys and Girls Club of Edinburg offers year-round sports fitness, arts and recreation programs, engages youth in character and leadership development and provides education, career, health and life skills.
Bryon Jay Lewis, president of Edwards Abstract and Title Company, is one of the community leaders who has worked towards to creation of the new facility. He also is a member of the Edinburg Foundation, Inc., which is helping develop the area surrounding the club.
“Any time a diverse group of business leaders come together for a common cause, it’s a very good thing. The Boys and Girls Club is one of those special projects that will benefit the youth of Edinburg for many years to come and I am proud to be associated with this group,” Lewis added.
The Boys and Girls Club of Edinburg serves more than 19,000 children at 16 sites in the communities of Edinburg, Edcouch, Elsa, Faysville, Monte Alto, Hargill, San Carlos, and San Manuel/Linn. The Club is financed by public and private funding sources including the City of Edinburg, the Urban County Program, the United Way of South Texas, corporate and foundation grants, private donors and club fund raising activities. Please contact the Club at 956/383-2582 for information about giving.
“Giving our children an opportunity to develop important life skills in a safe, state of the art, first class facility is something that the entire community can be proud of,” said Peña. “El Portal del Norte will not only serve our children but the general public who will be able to use the park, walking trails and other recreational facilities.”
