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HONORING J.T. & MARGARET

T ALKINGT ON

J.T. and Margaret Benefit

Lubbock’s Boys and Girls Clubs

he Lubbock Boys & Girls Clubs
have been serving boys and BY TOM VERMILLION
Tgirls, ages 6 to 18, in Lubbock, activities for children ages 6 to 18. The
Texas since 1940. Our mission is to new Club will contain the following
inspire and enable all young people to program areas: Gymnasium, Kid’s Café
realize their full potential as productive, Area, Computer Center, Junior & Teen
responsible and caring citizens. We Game Rooms, Arts & Crafts, Learning
currently serve 2,600 children in four Center and the Teen Center. We hope
Club locations, and with the help of the to have an average daily attendance of
J.T. & Margaret Talkington Foundation, 150 to 200 children each day.
we are building a new facility to
serve children in West Lubbock. The Within a one-mile radius of the new
organization has wanted to build a Club location, almost 58% of the
new facility in the western part of our families have a household income of
community for several years because less than $25,000. The cost of a school
of the new growth and need. The J.T. year membership at the Club is $10.00,
& Margaret Talkington Foundation so we will definitely serve the children
has helped this dream of a new Boys & and families that need us most! This
Girls Club become a reality. is all made possible by two wonderful
people, J.T. & Margaret Talkington, who
The J.T. & Margaret Talkington Boys have left a long-lasting legacy for many
& Girls Club will provide almost in our community!
16,000 square feet of space for
educational and recreational

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