Years of building support and a generous donation later, the Red Barn Youth Center opened its doors to parents and children from Peninsula Middle School Tuesday evening to showcase the Key Peninsula’s only after-school facility.
“It is a good feeling,” said Hedin, the soft-spoken president of the youth center board. “At times the process got a bit tedious. But now it’s cool.”
A beaming Olivia Gehrke, 11, agreed wholeheartedly.
“I expected a place with a bunch of teachers,” Gehrke said. “It’s cool. You get to play a bunch of games.”
Wednesday (Aug. 27), parents and students from Peninsula High School will take their turn, trying out the pool, foosball and table hockey games and taking a tour of a back room that will one day house a basketball court and performance stage. The youth center officially opens Sept. 3, the first day of school for the Peninsula School District.
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