History and Milestones

Arya has made history as our first California State and Pacific Regional Youth of the Year!

Reopened the Paradise Teen Center and closed down the Chico Phoenix Club to move over to the Bellin Center to become a tween center for 6th & 7th graders.

Published “Your Playbook on How to Support Children, Youth, & Families During & After a Wildfire” in collaboration with Paradise Board Member, Dr. Lindsey Nenadal and Chico State.

Opened as second Teen Center in Oroville on the Oroville High School campus, relocated Paradise School Site Clubs to semi-permanent locations, and began phasing out disaster case management services.

Celebrated 25 Years of Changing Local Kids’ Lives amid the global pandemic, our Paradise Teen Center’s ‘Here We Grow’ mural symbolizes community resilience and regrowth.

Expanded our services to hire case managers and the Chico Phoenix Club opens on April 10, 2019 to take in every family Camp Fire impacted that found stable housing and relocated in Chico. Boys & Girls Clubs nationwide adopted a new tagline: “Whatever It Takes.”

The Oroville Teen Center, which had been located at the Southside Community Center for ten years, has now moved to Las Plumas High School. Rashell Brobst, CEO, was honored with Woman of the Year award for Assembly District 3. On November 8th, the Camp Fire displaced over 800 Club kids, their families, staff, board members, and supporters.

Created Barrels, Bites & Bounty fundraiser for our Oroville Club and Growing Great Futures Dinner for our Hamilton City Club and became a Platinum GuideStar participant – proving our effectiveness, efficiency and commitment to philanthropic transparency. Created a new tagline 17 Years and 9 Clubs Strong!

The Hamilton Elementary Boys & Girls Club opened on August 16, 2016, expanding our services into Glenn County. The education room was dedicated as the Soroptimist Serenity Center at the Chico Ostrander Clubhouse. Our BGCNV logo was updated to “Serving Butte & Glenn Counties” instead of listing all the cities.

Received the Career Launch Innovation Award and League of Eagles Bronze Award.  Shane Thomas, Oroville Youth of the Year competed at for the California Youth of the Year. Oroville Area Resource and Support (OARS) Committee, formed by BGCNV’s Oroville Teen Center in collaboration with Live Spot, to bring local non-profits together to share resources and support youth and families. The Cioppino Feed was created to support Club initiatives & special projects.

The Boys & Girls Clubs in Juvenile Hall became the first of its kind to be awarded 21st Century Assets 5-year grant funds. Shane Thomas Oroville Youth of the Year makes Club history winning North Valley and Northern CA Youth of the Year.

Successfully kept open all of our 9 Clubs throughout the county and survived the recession, created the Paradise Cook-off fundraiser for Paradise & Magalia Clubs and the Food Truck Fest for the Oroville Club and rebranded the Chico Back to School Spaghetti Feed to Pasta on the Plaza.

Maureen Pierce announces her retirement and Rashell Brobst after 14 years of service to the Club has been named Chief Executive Officer of the Club. We got our first bus to transport kids in Chico. Boys & Girls Clubs nationwide adopted a new tagline: “Great Futures Start Here.”

The inaugural Back to School Chico Spaghetti Feed was created by Chris and Patti Bonacorsi.

The Boys & Girls Club of Oroville Teen Center opened in September at the Southside Oroville Community Center and final year the Paradise Chocolate Fest was ran by the Boys & Girls Club with 100% proceeds going to the kids and Club.

The Boys & Girls Club of Paradise Ridge expanded from one site to open Clubs on three elementary school campuses, two in Paradise and one in Magalia. The Skyway site was renovated to become a Boys & Girls Club Teen Center. The Boys & Girls Clubs of the North Valley opened a Club within the walls of the Butte County Juvenile Hall located in Oroville.

The Boys & Girls Club of Chico opened the teen center and Nettleton Gymnasium, completing the downtown campus for kids. and the Boys & Girls Club created and funded the development of the Paradise Chocolate Fest for the Paradise Clubs.

The Boys & Girls Club of Chico along with the Chico Noon Rotary Club closed Wall Street permanently and completed the design and development of the Rotary Plaza which joined the Clubhouse and Nettleton Gymnasium / Teen Center.

The Boys & Girls Club of Chico completed the first phase of its campus and opened the doors of the Ostrander Clubhouse in October.

The Boys & Girls Clubs of the North Valley officially launched a capital campaign and successfully raised over $2 million to build a downtown campus.

The Boys & Girls Club of Chico and the Boys & Girls Club of Paradise Ridge merged to form the Boys & Girls Clubs of the North Valley.

The Boys & Girls Club of Chico purchased, with the help of the S.H. Cowell Foundation, the Sierra Health Foundation and the City of Chico a warehouse across the street from its Club site to build and renovate a teen center and gym downtown for a Campus For Kids. The Valentine’s Gala was established as the Clubs main fundraiser.

After Partners for Youth in Paradise donated a renovated building to the Boys & Girls Club of Paradise, the Club opened on the Skyway in September. The annual tradition “Turkey Time” was created, bringing joy and delicious Thanksgiving meals to the youth and families.

A group of community-minded citizens in Paradise, concerned about the growing problem of juvenile delinquency, decided to start a Boys & Girls Club and incorporated as the Boys & Girls Club of Paradise Ridge.

After securing a City-owned site in downtown Chico for $1 a year and a long-term lease, the Boys & Girls Club of Chico opened its doors at 601 Wall Street on July 5th. Our tagline a “Positive Place for Kids!”

A group of community-minded citizens in Chico, concerned about the growing problem of juvenile delinquency, decided to start a Boys & Girls Club and incorporated at the Boys & Girls Club of Chico