East Salem kids have a place to go after school as Boys & Girls Club opens new branch
Four years ago, as she was seeking a new location to build a clubhouse serving kids in northeast Salem, Sue Bloom got a phone call.
Builder and philanthropist Gary Epping told the Salem Boys & Girls Club CEO that his family wanted to donate the homestead he grew up on — a 2.7 acre property across the street from Chemeketa Community College — to the nonprofit to be their new branch.
“You could have knocked…
