Founded with the mission and inspiration for providing a positive place for kids, the Boys and Girls Club of McGehee, Arkansas, opened in 1999.  Its first home was downtown in an old retail store.  A couple of game tables and arts and crafts supplies were the first activities for the children.

     Two years passed with local leaders and a board of directors working hard to help secure a new home for the club and its children.  The hard work paid off in 2001 when the new club opened its doors at 205 North Washington, across from the elementary school.  Now equipped with two computer rooms, offices, bathrooms and locker rooms, snack room and kitchen, and a full court gym, the club has expanded its capabilities and capacity to serve the youth of McGehee and the surrounding area in ways that are missing in this region of the state.