BOYS
Committee: (Left to Right) President Ben Walker, Ed. Consultant Staci
Hall-Harding, Financial Sec. Lavera Foster, Secretary Marsha Taylor-Robertson,
Business Manager/Teasurer Mildred McLaughlin, Vice President Calvin Laws, and
center Youth Counselor David Robinson of the Boys & Girls Club
The Beyond Our Years of Service (BOYS) committee organized
its second brunch to honor this year’s recipient the Boys & Girls Club of
Chester. The event was held at The Austin Room in Chichester, PA. More retired
employees than present gathered to reflect on their years of service and to
give their support for the organization. Last year the recipient was the PTO of
the various schools in the district. Founder Mildred McLaughlin said, “Once the
donation is counted, the amount to the Boys & Girls Club will be revealed.”
George Carter, Jr. spoke at the brunch in honor of
his father George Carter, Sr. who was the Executive Director of the Boys and
Girls Club of Chester for 50 years. This is the 86 year for the club which opened
in 1930 for boys to go. George Carter, Jr. said his Father’s dream was to move
the club from Front Street so they had a fundraiser to move the club to its present
location on 7th Street. The new club is named for his father. Carter spoke
of his father’s passing and that his father told him to “Trust in God and wait
on my dreams.” He thanked the BOYS organization, “Thanks for the fundraiser to
carry the torch a little further.”
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