50 Jan. 24 - Feb. 6, 2009
Youth
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Groundbreaking for new Boys & Girls Club
Construction is under way on a new 30,000-square- for an amount not to exceed $735,000 to Bollinger In keeping with the City’s new Green Building
foot recreational facility for area youths, following and Cardenas Architects. Earlier this month, the City Program, the completed facility will be certified
groundbreaking ceremonies by the City of Chandler Council approved the construction contract with through the Leadership in Energy and Environmental
and the Boys & Girls Clubs of the East Valley recently. Chasse Building Team, Inc. Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System. LEED
The new facility, to be located at 300 E. Chandler The Compadre branch has been at its current certification provides independent, third-party
Blvd. in Chandler, is a $7,076,937 million project location since 1983. Despite being in buildings more verification that a building project is environmentally
that will include a gymnasium, meeting rooms, than five decades old, organizers say the Chandler responsible and meets the highest green building and
multipurpose rooms, computer lab, office space and club has always provided a wide variety of recreational performance measures.
shared space for other nonprofit groups. The existing and educational programs for the children of the The Boys & Girls Clubs of the East Valley serves more
facility will remain open and operational throughout community. than 30,000 children and teens annually in Chandler,
the yearlong construction process. Once the new club “Boys & Girls Clubs build character and give Gilbert, Apache Junction, Guadalupe, Mesa, Tempe,
is complete and occupied, the old buildings will be children hope,” says Mayor Dunn. “I made a promise Queen Creek and the Gila River Indian Community.
demolished and turned into parking and landscape to the people of Chandler several years ago that After school and summer programs provide youth and
areas. with their support we would build a new club for teens ages 6 to 18 with fun and educational activities,
To fund the new facility, Chandler residents the community, and we are now ready to bring this supervised by professional staff.
approved bonds in a May 2007 vote. In early 2008, project to fruition. It’s time to put the shovels to work For more information on the new facility, visit
the City Council awarded a design services contract and start the construction.”
www.clubzona.org call 480-820-3688.
CCYSA goal to curb underage drinking
The Chandler Coalition on Youth Substance Abuse Never providing alcohol to anyone younger and dangers of underage drinking via curriculum
(CCYSA) aims to curb the locally growing problem of than 21 developed specifically for alcohol merchants, police
underage drinking in 2009, with a variety of projects
Keeping any alcohol at home locked in a
officers and school staff.
in the works.
secured cabinet
The CCYSA was founded by youth and staff from
The CCYSA cites that between 2006 and 2007, the nonprofit Chandler organization ICAN as well as
juvenile DUI arrests increased by more than 33 percent
Knowing your children’s friends and where
concerned community members.
in the Chandler community. Consequently, CCYSA
they hang out
ICAN is located at 201 S. Washington St. in downtown
urges community members to help prevent underage
Talking to your children about the dangers and
Chandler.
drinking by:
consequences of underage drinking
For more info, visit
www.icanaz.org.
Reporting to the police that underage drinking
Upcoming CCYSA projects include increasing
parties are occurring, and where
community awareness and training on the prevalence
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