$100K seized from drug dealers donated to Boys & Girls Club of Allentown

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (WPVI) -- The Lehigh County District Attorney's Office is donating $100,000 seized from drug dealers to help keep a Boys & Girls Club facility open in Allentown.

District Attorney Gavin Holihan announced the funding on Monday morning at the Boys and Girls Club of Allentown's Cumblerland Gardens.

The facility had been facing possible closure due to cuts in federal funding.

The organization is now responsible for paying rent on the clubhouse, which had previously been donated, in addition to covering staff salaries, officials said.

"It is designed to address keeping this clubhouse functioning because of how important it is to our community. We see programs like this as a long-term project in reducing crime and delinquency in our community," said Holihan.

The Boys and Girls Club offers educational and recreational after-school and summer programs for hundreds of children each year.

The facility has served the South Side of Allentown for nearly five decades.