Boys & Girls Clubs of Napa Valley Break Ground on New American Canyon Clubhouse

NAPA COUNTY, CA – The Boys & Girls Clubs of Napa Valley broke ground today kicking off construction of the new Napa Valley Vintners Clubhouse in American Canyon.

The 15,000-square-foot clubhouse will serve approximately 250 to 300 children each day and will feature areas dedicated to early childhood education, teens, technology and general education.

The facility, expected to be completed on the fall of 2017, is to include a kitchen and meeting space for public use.

“It is an exciting day for the families of American Canyon," commented Mark Kuhnhausen, executive director of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Napa Valley. “The community has really pulled together and demonstrated the importance of our kids. We are very thankful to the Napa Valley Vintners for their leadership and commitment to this project and look forward to its completion.”

The new facility in American Canyon is being built on the existing clubhouse site on Community Park II and near American Canyon Middle and Donaldson Way Elementary schools, and close to the Parks & Recreation Aquatic Center and Gym. The fundraising effort is currently 90 percent to goal, kicked off with a donation from the Napa Valley Vintners trade association which pledged $2 million from Auction Napa Valley proceeds to seed the project.

More information is available and community donations toward the project can be made at www.buildingAC.org.

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Napa Valley serves more than 1,200 kids and teens per day at 11 locations in Napa and American Canyon. Learn more at thepositiveplace.org.

Images courtesy of Boys & Girls Club: Artist Rendering; groundbreaking featuring left to right: Jaime Gallegos (Area Director, American Canyon Boys and Girls Clubs of Napa Valley), Becky Peterson (Napa Valley Vintners), Susan Duke (Napa Valley Vintners), Russ Weis (Napa Valley Vintners), Peter Stoppello (Board President, Boys and Girls Clubs of Napa Valley), Leon Garcia (Mayor of American Canyon), Ryan Gregory (RSA+)

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