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General Meertings Start at 6:30pm

In Loving Memory Of Nick Bonifacio

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March 14, 1948 - August 2, 2024

I have fought the good fight. I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved his appearing.

 

 

2 Timothy 4:6-8

Our History
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1930's

 

During the depression, Mrs Roscoe Mitchell saw 6 immigrant boys playing in this makeshift clubhouse on the side of the road.

The "West Side" of Buffalo

Once considered the "Italian Ghetto"

1932

Mrs Mitchell decided to buy this old barn on Efner Street and gave it to the boy's in the neighborhood on the condition that they respect the memory of her son. In 1933 the building was named the Butler Mitchell Boy's Club

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Purchased Old Barn on Efner Street

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1933-1973

Membership grew rapidly, a  church was rented and all programs were moved here. The young adults had a safe place to go for recreation which included a gymnasium, game room and a wood shop.

274 Virginia Street

1955

The Boy's Clubs of Buffalo and Boy's Clubs of Niagara Frontier jointly sponsored a campaign to raise enough money to erect a new building

In Buffalo's West Side.

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370 Massachusetts Avenue

"A camaraderie like no other"

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