The Board of Directors of the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clara Valley is very happy to announce the appointment of Sheila Tate as the Club’s new Chief Executive Officer. Sheila’s appointment was announced Wednesday, March 10th and she will take on the permanent position effective April 7, 2010. Readers may recall that Sheila stepped into the Interim CEO position in December, 2009 when the Club was experiencing serious financial difficulties. Sheila took hold of the reigns with a firm and unswerving hand, bringing the Club back to its current condition of solvency. Services to the communities’ youth continue and the trust of the community has been restored.

The Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clara Valley is a 501(c)3 non-profit operating with a $986,000 budget, 30 employees, serving 700 children daily from six school sites and two Club locations in Fillmore and Santa Paula. Sheila has been tireless in her efforts to raise grant, corporate, and individual donations by speaking before local service groups and City Council meetings. The Club is moving forward with grant applications, collaborations with other local non-profits and anticipates a financially solid and responsible fiscal report when it ends its fiscal year in June, 2010.

Sheila has long been a contributing member in the Santa Clara Valley, participating as Rotarian with Santa Paula Rotary, and having recently closed her therapy practice on Main Street in Santa Paula. All in all, the Board feels it has made a wise decision in retaining Sheila. Donations are always encouraged at the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clara Valley and can be made by contacting the Club at 805-525-7910, or mailing a check payable to the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clara Valley at PO Box 152, Santa Paula, CA 93061-0152.