CLUB HISTORY

• Established in 1926 as the Community Building Association

• Incorporated as a Boys Club in 1956

• Merged with the Community Center in 1969

• Girls became full-time members in 1980

• Changed name to reflect service increase to entire Valley in 1993 to Boys & Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley

• Opened Raymond P. Lavietes Clubhouse in Shelton June, 1999

• Opened Joel E. Smilow Clubhouse in Ansonia May, 2009

• Opened Seymour Unit in December, 2013