Olivet Boys & Girls Club will be temporarily closing the organization’s PAL Site due to concerns regarding exposure by site personnel to a confirmed case of COVID-19.
President and CEO, Chris Winters, made the announcement Thursday afternoon stating children for remote learning support and all Olivet personnel were sent home.
“Safety is the number one priority of the Olivet Boys & Girls Clubs. We purposefully developed and implemented set emergency procedures and protocols for the well-being of our youth and our Team members and are doing everything possible to keep children, our team, and volunteers protected from the COVID-19 virus” said Winters.
“All personnel and youth in our facilities are abiding by the required social-distancing, mask-wearing and hand-washing protocols.
Due to the recent information that one of our Team at the PAL Club was directly exposed to a direct family member who tested positive, and out of the abundance of caution for our children and our team personnel, we have closed the PAL Site until Monday October 26, 2020.”
All families of youth attending the PAL Site, Team members, and community partners have been notified and asked to follow appropriate CDC guidelines.
During this time, Winters says staff will deep clean the PAL Site and utilize CDC guidelines to ensure that all youth, team members, community partners and volunteers are safe and secure when the PAL Site reopens on Monday, October 26th.
“Olivet Boys & Girls Club is taking this news very seriously and acting with firm conviction and established protocols. We will remain steadfast in our missions to provide safe and nurturing environments for youth to complete virtual learning support and Olivet after-school programming. Our other sites will remain open and operational.”
