EduRec Youth & Family Fun Center is the vision of Melvin and Joyce Cooper. It is a youth and family fun center housed in a 53,000 square foot facility, situated on 15 acres of land. It is recognized as a public IRS 501(c)(3), designed to serve the educational and social needs of the community. It was created to offer youth, ages 5-21, a positive alternative for creativity and growth.
The goal is to help instill three core tenants: Character Development, Work Ethic and Servant Leadership. The goal is to increase the resiliency of each youth thereby increasing the probability they will engage in more pro-social behaviors and reduce their chances of violent, delinquent or substance abusing behaviors.
EDUREC offers an after school program in which youth are picked up from school, provided a snack, receive help with their homework and tutoring and they participate in supervised, fun activities until a parent/guardian picks them up each day. It also offer programs which build character and self-esteem, teach discipline and promote team building such as karate, ballet, basketball, football, guitar lessons, piano lessons, drama classes and praise dance classes.