Aliquippa School District bringing first Boys & Girls Club to the community [Video]

It’s a project decades in the making, the only hold up to opening a Boys and Girls Club in Aliquippa was the space.

“This divider goes across and there’s a whiteboard on it. It’s in different pieces but what I envision is there will be opportunities for a large group activity setting and then some small teen outreach programs that will need to be divided,” said Aliquippa Superintendent Dr. Phillip Woods.

The school district is now stepping in to open its doors to create a club in this school. It’s a first of its kind inside an actual school.

“We won’t have to go fish out candidates, they are here. This is a space they are comfortable in and have good access to,” Woods said.

The club will be broken up into two parts with one major competent being an after-school program and summer learning. Breaking a huge barrier for …