Downtown Boys and Girls Club of Santa Barbara hosts grand reopening

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Community members gathered at the Downtown Boys and Girls Club of Santa Barbara over the weekend to celebrate the official reopening of the now independent youth facility.

The facility on East Canon Perdido Street originally opened in 1938 and is now located across from Santa Barbara High School.

“This community open house demonstrated the need to continue the legacy and history of the Boys and Girls Club of Santa Bárbara,” said the facility’s new executive director, Mark Alvarado. “Our 84-year history as a Boys and Girls Club was affirmed today by the dozens of community members and dignitaries in attendance. Your support is a mandate to restore the original Boys and Girls Club to the City of Santa Bárbara.”

For more information about the facility, visit their Facebook page.