The Frank Pierce Community Center provides many structured activities for children as well as playground facilities, basketball courts, and volleyball. Some structured activities include play camps, karate, Rising Stars Basketball Foundation, aerobics, Teen Council, Senior Fellowship and a walking club. The center also has a computer lab and provides an introduction to computers course. For more information, contact Rick Craft at 893-7731. The Olive B. McLin Neighborhood Center, located at 1900 9th Street South, provides families with children up to the age of five years with a primary network of support and resources such as support groups and parenting classes.
Young parents meet, share experiences and inprove parenting skills.
The Family Action Plan gives them a framework to help them meet their personal goals. The center also serves as a focal point for neighborhood activities and gatherings, a place where neighbors can join together at events such as pot luck suppers, volunteer their time or work on personal goals. Many of these children struggle to meet the challenges of their advanced academic program. Their parents often lack basic life-management skills and cannot offer the guidance, experimental opportunities and support these children need to fulfill their potential. In addition, minority adolescents must deal with age-related social issues, especially negative peer pressure which may encourage standards of behaviors which are diametrically opposed to positive social values.