Sheila Tate

The Boys and Girls Clubs of Santa Clara Valley is pleased to announce the appointment of volunteer Sheila Tate as the Clubs Interim Chief Professional Officer. Sheila has generously volunteered to take this leadership role, with the goal of leading the Club, with its five Clubhouses and six after-school sites, as it moves forward in this challenging economic environment.

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Clara Valley has three Clubhouses serving Fillmore and Piru, the Neil C. Schmidt Clubhouse in North Fillmore, the Fillmore Clubhouse on First Street and the Rancho Sespe Clubhouse in the Rancho Sespe Apartments on Telegraph Rd., between Fillmore and Piru, the two Clubhouses in Santa Paula include the Las Piedras Clubhouse (sharing space with the Santa Paula Police Storefront on 13th St.) and the Harvard Clubhouse on Harvard Blvd. After-School sites are located at Barbara Webster Elementary, Thelma Bedell, Glen City School, McKevett School Blanchard School and Grace Thille School.

Sheila approached the board with her offer to help as a result of reading an article about the Club and its recent difficulties in the Ventura County Star. Offering her help pro bono for the next few months, “I think the Boys & Girls Club is too important to our young people and an effort must be made to keep it a viable part of the Santa Paula, Fillmore and Piru communities.” Sheila said.

A Los Angeles native, Sheila married her husband Rick in 1976 and moved to Ventura County in 1983, and is a part of the historic Sharp family agricultural link to the Heritage Valley. She holds her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and her Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy from Cal State Northridge. The Board of Directors and staff of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Clara Valley welcomes Sheila and looks forward to working with her as we enter the new year!