Boys & Girls Club of Martinez

This is a very late post but i see old and negative reviews on here and just wanted to put some positivity out therr. My 6 year old son went here this past summer. I was a bit nervous at first but later felt relieved. He loved it! This was gis first tine here coming out from kindergarden. He net some new friends, went on a field trip just about every week and also went swimming. He had a blast and I’ll be bringing him back this summer. Plus! They provided lunch! Good place for the kids

My son is 9 years old and this was the first summer we had decided to try out this center. And it was fantastic AT FIRST! However quickly after he started visiting the center there were «ADULT STAFF» memebers Bullying him as well as the other kids. A specific Staff member named «DYLAN» seemed to be on a power trip or trying to flex his authority and seemed to always be the MAIN problem. He was doing everything from taking the kids hats from them for no reason, benching kids for no reason, not even telling the kids what they did to get benched in the first place, too calling them names. After several hysterical abrupt phone calls to come pick my son up, I spoke with the director Tuong Truong and was hopefully that he would correct the issues and the «staff» memeber that was the problem. However this did no happen. After my son decided to make another attempt to visit the center he lasted less then two hours before calling me to get picked up saying «they were doing it again» (meaning bullying him and benching him for no apparent reason, he was benched 4 times in 90 min) and was hysterically crying once i got there to get him. I spoke to Tuong Truong once again and this time he was very rude, refussed to believe what my hysterical 9 year was accusing there staff member of and basicly called my son a liar and a bully himself and was someone with a bad additude and saying my son didnt want to come to the club and didnt like it. Which was completely incorrect and completly out of left field and out of character for my son! Not to mention he LOVED going there to play and see his friends he just dint like the way the «staff» treated the kids. I have NEVER had an issue with my son in these reguards in the past and it seemed to me that they were obviouslly trying to protect there «staff» member my blaming my son!
So I will never send my child to the Martinez Boys and Girls Club of Diablo Valley again nor would I EVER recommend any other parents send there children there.
If the board of directors CEO (Tuong Truong) can have such disregard for complains and concerns about our children, then it stikes me as completely unfair for him to be in such a spot of authority.
VERY UNHAPPY PARENT\CHILD

Underused with few programs for the youth but glad the doors are still open. Needs active community involvement and local business, group and organization support.

The following is a shameless plug for a very worthy youth charity that deserves the community’s continued support.
The Boys and Girls Club of Martinez (aka Diablo Valley) is a «home away from home» and a positive place for for kids. It offers various programs including character and leadership development, education and career development, health and life skills, the arts, and sports. My Site Manager and her husband have been personally involved with this very worthy organization for years. My company is also a long time supporter and many of my colleagues volunteer many hours of their own time (including some periodic food bank work). At one time many years ago, I served on their Board of Directors. However, I have had no direct involvement with the Boys and Girls Club of Martinez for several years. I just got busy with other charitable activities closer to home.
The Boys and Girls Club of Martinez also organizes various fund-​raising events throughout the year. These have included, a Crab Feed, the annual Auction, the Pete Ginocchio Memorial Golf Tournament, Power Lunch, and the Day for Kids. These events are not only enjoyable, but are attended by various interesting and very caring members of the greater Diablo Valley community.