Roche Bros. Co-founder Pledges $1 Million for Boys & Girls Club
WELLSLEY, Mass. -- Pat Roche, co-founder of the Roche Bros. supermarket chain here, last week donated $1 million toward building a new clubhouse for the Boys & Girls Club in Marshfield, Mass., where he's lived for the past 42 years, according to a published report.
"It's such a necessary thing. It really is," Roche told the Quincy, Mass. Patriot Ledger.
The club's current space, which it moved into in 2004 and has a 300-member capacity, is too small, so the organization has leased 9.3 acres of town-owned land on which to build a new 34,000-square-foot clubhouse. The $9 million project will include a full-size gym, a learning station and computer lab, a large outdoor play area, and a teen center. Construction will be funded entirely by private donations such as Roche's.
As well as his money, Roche has also donated time to the Boys & Girls Club, heading the fundraising drive and serving on the organization's board.
He said he hopes that others will pledge to donate so the clubhouse can be built more quickly.
"It's such a necessary thing. It really is," Roche told the Quincy, Mass. Patriot Ledger.
The club's current space, which it moved into in 2004 and has a 300-member capacity, is too small, so the organization has leased 9.3 acres of town-owned land on which to build a new 34,000-square-foot clubhouse. The $9 million project will include a full-size gym, a learning station and computer lab, a large outdoor play area, and a teen center. Construction will be funded entirely by private donations such as Roche's.
As well as his money, Roche has also donated time to the Boys & Girls Club, heading the fundraising drive and serving on the organization's board.
He said he hopes that others will pledge to donate so the clubhouse can be built more quickly.