Newly renovated teen center for Boys and Girls Club

It’s exciting news for the Boys and Girls Club of the Gulf Coast. Today they unveiled their newly renovated teen center.

The Boys and Girls of the Gulf Coast received a $20,000 facelift. Aaron’s Regional Manager Jason Lykins said, “Monday we were here all day taking out all the old and bringing in all the new. I brought my crew from D’Iberville, Gulfport, Long Beach, and all of the people that work in the Aaron’s stores to assemble all of this.”

This being a new teen center on the top floor of the club. Aaron’s selects Boys and Girls Clubs throughout the nation to tailor make a teen center to the club’s liking.

The students at the D’Iberville location chose a STEM based center to engage students in areas like science, technology, engineering, and math as well as the arts.

Jaliyah Snaer says this is something that will excite students for years to come. “Over the summer is when we get our most teens so they’ll have a new experience to walk into. They will not only have the games, but they’ll have the Cricut if they want to start trying to make t-shirts which is what I personally like to do and then they’ll have the robots if they want to do engineering and coding with the computers. So, it’s really all around good for everyone.”

Boys and Girls Club member Amerie Sayre said, “When I first walked in, I couldn’t believe it. They completely renovated our old space. It’s unbelievable.”

Aaron’s partnered with the Boys and Girls Keystone program which is the youth leadership club to make this happen. Lykins says the company is happy to be a small part of shaping the youth today. “The Keystone program at the Boys and Girls Club they have teens honing their own path in life and success and just to be able to be a part of that no matter how small we’re happy to be here and see that be successful.”

Snaer says she is thankful the community is instrumental in helping the students reach their goals. “It’s very overwhelming. We knew that it was coming, but for it to be here, it’s just very exciting. We’re so appreciative of everything Aaron’s has done and the Boys and Girls Club for giving us the opportunity of choosing our club and it’s more than words can say.”