1860
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 the street.

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

1954
Scottsdale Junior Chamber of Commerce lead effort to organize a Boys Club in Scottsdale. In a temporary location at Loloma Elementary, 258 boys 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.

1958
Construction of the Osborn Branch begins. In its first year of operation, the Osborn Branch serves 1,186 boys from the Scottsdale community.

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

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

1962
A Thrift Shop, the inspiration of original Girls Club board member Barbara von Ammon, opens. It remains a valuable source of income to this day.

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

1966
The first permanent Girls Club facility opens at 8250 East Rose Lane. The branch serves several hundred Girls Club members with a spacious gymnasium and several workshop areas.

1974
In response to a need for another Boys Club location in Scottsdale, the Chaparral Branch on Jackrabbit Road opens.

1987
A $2 million capital campaign is launched to build a new Boys Club facility in Scottsdale Ranch Park.

1991
National organization becomes 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.

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

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

1997
A $5.5 million capital campaign is launched to build new facilities in Eldorado Park and the Grayhawk neighborhood, as well as establish a million dollar teen endowment. Durrell Hillis of Motorola serves as the campaign chairman.

1998
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Scottsdale - Hartley & Ruth Barker Branch, including the first dedicated teen center, opens in Eldorado Park.

As a prelude to the new Grayhawk facility, a satellite branch is opened in Grayhawk Elementary School to serve Scottsdale youth.

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Scottsdale - Red Mountain Branch opens on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community.

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

2002
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Scottsdale opens a branch at the Lehi Community Center. It is the Club's second branch serving youth from the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community.

2004
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Scottsdale opens a permanent facility in Fountain Hills called the Four Peaks Branch.

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.

2006
A partnership is created with the Hualapai Tribal Community to help build a clubhouse in the Northwest part of Arizona. The Boys & Girls Club 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.

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.

2008
Scottsdale Area Chamber of Commerce awards Club with the prestigious Sterling Award in the Non-Profit category.

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

2010
The Virginia G. Piper Administrative Training Center opens relocating Development and Administration offices to one central location; building also provides space for organizational meetings and community agencies.