The date for the unveiling has been corrected to Aug. 28.

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Lee Wetherington Homes will spend more than $30,000 to renovate the second floor of the DeSoto Boys and Girls Club at 5231 34^th St W in Manatee County, FL. The unveiling ceremony, opened to the media and the public will be held on Aug. 28, 2012, at 5 p.m.

“This whole space will be transformed into one of the best Boys and Girls Club teen centers in the area,” said Lee Wetherington, founder of Lee Wetherington Homes.

Lee Wetherington has been part of the Boys and Girls Club movement since 1990 and has transformed several other clubs in the region in addition to building the state- of- the -art club bearing his name on Fruitville Road in Sarasota. “I’ve been mainly working in Sarasota, but I’ve been on the boards of both counties, and I just always look for projects with them that I can really change the lives of a lot of kids- and this is one of them,” said Wetherington.

At the DeSoto club, the second floor was being used but was in a state of disrepair with sagging ceiling tiles and holes in the floors.  At the completion of this makeover the new room will have three sections:  a young boys' section, a group section and a young girls' section, each with their own flat screen television. There will be one large central seating area with a 50-inch flat screen TV for movies and games and the back room will be transformed into a computer lab. Take a peek at what it looked like in the beginning: http://youtu.be/4f5vmZTyZ1M

In the past, this club has been able to accommodate about 40-45 children; with this new addition, it should be able to accommodate close to 70.

“My company loves to do it, I love to do it, and the coolest thing of all is you will not believe what these kids look like and how their faces brighten up when they see what we do to these centers; it’s fun,” said Wetherington.  Wetherington plans to be on site for the unveiling of the renovations on August 23, 2012 at 5pm.

With more than 30 years of home building experience and community engagement, Lee Wetherington homes has built more than 2,500 homes in the most prestigious and sought after communities in Sarasota and Manatee Counties. L

ee Wetherington Homes is esteemed by the most demanding of audiences. Known for exceptional quality and unsurpassed customer satisfaction, Lee Wetherington Homes and LeeSure Water Pools have been recognized with both local and national awards from industry peers and homeowners alike, including Best Builder from the readers of The Sarasota Herald Tribune for 8 consecutive years and America's Best Builder from the National Association of Home Builders and Builder Magazine.

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Lee Wetherington Homes is a locally owned and operated company located in Lakewood Ranch.Lee Wetherington Homes, named America's Best Builder by the National Association of Home Builders and Builder Magazine, has been designing and building high-quality single-family homes and custom homes in Sarasota and Manatee Counties, including the Bradenton and Venice areas since 1974. The mission at Lee Wetherington Homes is to provide customers with the best experience in home building delivering exceptional home designs, features, and value in a caring and professional manner throughout the entire construction process. For more information go to www.lwhomes.com