The Boys & Girls Club of Thunder Bay is available again for after school care. The facility on Windsor Street has been closed since before the Chr.
The Boys & Girls Club of Thunder Bay continues to ramp up for the return of summer camps in July. Program Director Leeann Skirving said Friday tha.
The sight of a bunch of kids rushing from school buses, running to their friends, laughing, learning, and beaming of innocence are some of the things the Boys and Girls Clubs of Thunder Bay has missed in over a year.
On a normal day, more than 150 children and youth from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 12 from different schools attend this after-school club where they make friends, participate in activities ranging from science, educational to recreational and outdoor.
The pandemic has however changed the way the club works. During the colour-coded framework of reopening in Ontario, the club could be open, however they could have only four schools and kids from different schools were not allowed to mingle with each other due to social distancing restrictions. The club that once saw 150 kids suddenly started seeing numbers as low as 60 as they were only able to accommodate four schools of different age groups. Despite the club being open, a lot of kids did not return as they did not