COLUMBIA — It’s a Monday at the Boys & Girls Club in downtown Columbia. Two staff members can’t work on Mondays, and a third called in sick. Unit Director Deronne Wilson has been running around all afternoon, shuttling kids from schools to the club in its van and coordinating his skeleton staff. He’s had a blur of a day so far, the kind he says you need your track shoes for.
Boys & Girls Club coach plays father role for Columbia children
Thursday, May 6, 2010 | 11:15 a.m. CDT;
updated 4:44 p.m. CDT, Wednesday, September 8, 2010
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