The ribbon being cut at the R. Randall Collins LIFT Youth Center in Fort Oglethorpe.

FORT OGLETHORPE, Ga. (WDEF)- Fort Oglethorpe youths have a new spot to hang out after school.

Lift Youth Center has opened a new facility on Battlefield Parkway, named for R. Randall Collins, as it has operated since the beginning of this school year.

The center is inside a former church, and provides a gym, play room, and library among other resources.

It is LIFT’s second facility in Catoosa County, joining a center in Ringgold, as borth serves nearly 100 kids on average per day.

The goal of the center is to help give children in need a safe space to be that place.

One student, named KJ, said, “ As soon as I came in, like I was saying at first, they all treated me the same and practiced what they

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