Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Tarrant County (BGCGTC) hosted a groundbreaking ceremony to make way for the first brick-and-mortar Boys & Girls Club in Lewisville. Work will include remodeling and expanding the 8,000-square-foot former fire station at 195 W. Corporate Drive generously gifted to the organization by the city of Lewisville. The new location will serve as a year-round home for high-quality youth development programs, bringing much-needed resources, mentors, and opportunities to one of the fastest-growing counties in the United States.
BGCGTC has served Denton County through mobile and school-based programs since 2023. According to the latest U.S. Census, 1 in 17 children in Denton County lives in poverty, and as of 2024, nearly 29% of public-school students in Denton County qualify for free lunch under the National School Lunch Program. BGCGTC projects that the Lewisville Club could serve 6,000 youth annually, in addition to the organization’s existing mobile operation in Denton County.
The RAO Foundation has stepped forward with a $1 million lead gift for the site’s development and are challenging the entire community to match that funding — so that the first Boys & Girls Club in Lewisville can open its doors by August 2026 for the young people who need it most. That gift will support renovations, furnishings, safety upgrades, transportation vehicles, and programming infrastructure needed to open the building as a fully operational Club.
Source: Press release
