MARION GERRISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC

Every year the organization provides free meeting space for 150 groups that are made up of teams, clubs, nonprofits, service agencies, support groups, home schoolers and more. We do not have residency restrictions on who can utilize the building. We aim to decrease the social isolation of older adults with our free programs including 2 games groups every weekday and monthly programs such as WiFi Cafe, entertainment, information sessions and movies. We have free programming to bring families together including 4 large scale events such as Family Fun Fest which has about 1,000 people in attendance. Our Winter Wiggles program gives physical activity to preschoolers and community for their caregivers. We operate a free after school enrichment program at Gilbert H Hood Middle school. We feel it is important to make our programming free so that it is accessible to everyone. Meeting space is available to rent, for a nominal fee, for businesses and parties, which provides another low-cost resource for the community.