Our History

1944

Marlborough Boys Club Inc. opened in a rental hall in the old Hunter Block on Main Street.

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1946

The Club was chartered as a member of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America and moved to a new location on Mechanic Street.

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1954

The Club had collected $15,000 from various fundraisers and used the money as a down payment for a new building on Rawlins Avenue (known as the Pastime Theater Building).

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1972

The Club was transformed into a year-round operation, adding programs, staff and a full-time Director.

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1983

The Club’s Board of Directors voted to sell the Pastime Theater Building and purchase the vacant Mitchell School on Pleasant Street (where our Marlborough Clubhouse is still housed today).

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1991

Marlborough Boys Clubs Inc. became the Marlborough Boys & Girls Clubs Inc.

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1996

Marlborough Boys & Girls Clubs Inc. and Girls Inc. merged.

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1999

The Hollis Street Clubhouse in Framingham opened, focused on serving middle school students, and the organization became the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Marlborough.

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2000

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Marlborough, Inc., Boys & Girls Clubs of Hudson, and the Hudson Youth Center merged to become the Boys & Girls Clubs of MetroWest.

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2003

The Hudson Clubhouse underwent a two million dollar expansion.

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2008

The Hollis Street Clubhouse relocates to 154 Pearl Street in Framingham, known as the Pearl Street Clubhouse.

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2016

The Pearl Street Clubhouse relocates to 25 Clinton Street in Framingham, known as the Framingham Clubhouse.

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2019

The Boys & Girls Clubs of MetroWest became the primary before and after school care provider for the Marlborough Public Schools.