A new facility for the Boys and Girls Club in the Battlefords could soon be named after the Battlefords Tribal Council.
BTC has paid $250,000 to get the naming rights for the $1.4-million building.
The club, which serves an average of 102 kids a day, provides a safe place and activities after school for children aged six to 14 years. They get help with homework and learn positive lifestyles.
Chief Pauline Okemow is happy BTC could make a contribution, because the club steers kids from poor backgrounds in the right direction.
The club’s membership is at least 90% Aboriginal.
Construction of the new building is expected to begin this summer.
Contractors hope to break round on the new building in a month or two.
Okemow says BTC has yet to decide what to call the clubhouse.