2010: The Virginia G. Piper Administrative Training Center opens, allowing Administration and Development offices to operate in one central location and providing offices for Scottsdale Charros and Scottsdale Leadership.

2009: Club membership grows to serve more than 16,000 youth.

2008: Scottsdale Area Chamber of Commerce awards Club with the prestigious Sterling Award for best non-profit organization.

2007: The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale Vestar Branch opens in the Desert Ridge community located in Northeast Phoenix. Club membership grows to serve more than 15,000 youth.

2006: A partnership is created with the Hualapai Tribal Community to help build a clubhouse in Northwestern Arizona. The Boys & Girls Clubs of Peach Springs opens with membership of more than 100 youth the first day. The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale dedicates the Fountain Hills clubhouse as the Mary Ellen & Robert McKee Branch.

2004: The Boys & Girls Clubs of Scottsdale launches a campaign to grow its service area and increase by 40 percent the number of youth that the organization serves. To better reflect the expanded service area, the organization name is changed to Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale. The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale Thrift Shop moves to a new location at 2626 North Scottsdale Road. The Boys & Girls Clubs of Scottsdale opens a permanent facility in Fountain Hills called the Four Peaks Branch.

2002: The Boys & Girls Clubs of Scottsdale opens a second branch to serve youth from the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community at the Lehi Community Center.

2001: The Boys & Girls Clubs of Scottsdale Thunderbirds Branch opens with more than 250 members in the Grayhawk neighborhood.

1998: Two new branches open. The Boys & Girls Clubs of Scottsdale Hartley & Ruth Barker Branch opens in Eldorado Park, including the first dedicated teen center. The Boys & Girls Clubs of Scottsdale Red Mountain Branch opens on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. A satellite branch is opened in Grayhawk Elementary School to serve Scottsdale youth during the construction of the new Grayhawk facility.

1997: Expansion continues with a $5.5 million capital campaign to build new facilities in Eldorado Park and the Grayhawk neighborhood, as well as establish a million dollar teen endowment.

1996: With a start-up grant from the Office of Justice Programs, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Scottsdale expands to serve the youth of Fountain Hills in a temporary location at Four Peaks Elementary School.

1992: The Scottsdale Girls Club and the Boys Clubs of Scottsdale merge to become the Boys & Girls Clubs of Scottsdale.

1991: The Boys Clubs of America changes its name to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America to reflect an expanded mission to serve all young people. The Virginia G. Piper Branch opens on East Lakeview Drive.

1987: As the population and needs in Scottsdale continue to grow, a $2 million capital campaign is launched to build a new Boys Club facility in Scottsdale Ranch Park.

1974: In response to the need for a second Boys Club location in Scottsdale, the Chaparral Branch is built on Jackrabbit Road.

1966: The first permanent Girls Club facility opens at 8250 East Rose Lane.

1965: Scottsdale Girls Club becomes the 100th member of Girls Clubs of America, Inc.

1962: The Girls Clubs Thrift Shop, the inspiration of original Girls Club board member Barbara von Ammon, opens. It remains a valuable source of income today.

1961: Scottsdale Girls Club opens its doors to 100 members in a small rented house on the corner of Miller Road and Roosevelt Street.

1960: John Martin and the Civitans recognize the need for a Girls Club in Scottsdale.

1958: The Osborn Branch is completed. In its first year of operation, 1,186 boys from the Scottsdale community are served.

1957: More than 100 volunteers and civic clubs participate in a $150,000 capital fund drive to build the organization's first permanent home at the corner of East Osborn Road and 75th Street.

1954: Scottsdale Junior Chamber of Commerce leads effort to organize a Boys Club in Scottsdale. In a temporary location at Loloma Elementary, 258 boys are served in the first year of operation.

1906: Fifty-three member Clubs form the National organization, originally named Federated Boys Clubs, and later Boys Clubs of America.

1860: The Boys & Girls Club movement begins in Hartford, Connecticut, when three women invite a group of boys into their home for tea and cake to give them a positive alternative to being on the streets.