The Next FIFA World Cup Soccer Players are Here

What are you doing on Saturday Oct. 18th??

Going to the South Franklin Soccer Tournament!

Check out some photos from our past soccer games this season. Come support the youth as they play soccer. You'd be surprised with how good they are! Bring your friends and have fun watching the teams play their last games.

Photos by our VISTA Erica Arguello

Don't forget Oct. 18th games start at 9:15 am and go until 2 pm. Hope to see you there!

770 S. 700 W. Provo

Free Ghanaian Dance and Drumming Class!

Want to expand your talents?

You know you do!

Learn Ghanaian dance and drumming at our community center by Akramah Cofie! 

He is a former member of Abibigromma, the resident theater company of the School of Performing Arts, University of Ghana. We appreciate his willingness to share his talents by

teaching these free classes! Come, enjoy, and bring your friends!

Photo credit 

Have fun Mondays at 7pm. 

770 S. 700 W. Provo, UT

There's a New VISTA Face at the Community Center!

Erica

I'm the new Americorps VISTA working at the South Franklin Community Center! I'm excited to get started and interact with this wonderful community. I was previously working with Welcome Baby, another United Way program, which holds their playgroup at the community center every Friday from 11 am-12:30 pm. 

I graduated from Brigham Young University-Idaho with a B.S. in Child Development, and a minor in Communication. I interned at United Way and loved it so much that I decided to stay! So here I am at the community center. I've always wanted to help people and I love working with youth, so it seemed like a perfect fit. Though as adults we have much to teach the youth, they in turn have a lot to teach us. 

I was born and raised in Ecuador, and moved to Colorado when I was 9 years old. I love Ecuador and living there has given me an appreciation for life and has helped me with my outlook on the world. All my life I've wanted to lift others up and help them get to a better place than were they were before. Every person has something to offer and at the community center, we are able to learn from other people's talents. South Franklin gives opportunities to those in the community to grow and gain knowledge. 

10 Facts about ME!  

1. I loved playing hide-and-seek as a child.

2. I enjoy photography and went to Photoshop World in Vegas.

3. I once got my foot stuck in the mud in the Amazon Jungle. 

4. I have climbed 7 fourteeners (mountains).

5. Watermelon is my favorite fruit.

6. I am the baby of the family.

7. I love finger painting.

8. I played the clarinet for 8 years.

9. I have been to the middle of the world where I've straddled two hemispheres. 

10. I swam with sharks...and didn't die.

Google Gives Us a Makeover!

 On Friday June 13^th, Google lent a hand to the South Franklin Community Center, a project of United Way of Utah County.

As part of their service project, 18 Google Team Members worked for over 5 hours to beautify the South Franklin Community Center (SFCC).

We would like to thank Google for their generosity in completing this three-part project.

Part 1: Landscape the Front of the SFCC. This new landscaping is not only gorgeous, but will also make maintenance easier.

Part 2: Install a Drip Irrigation System. This system was a whole lot of work to install. Thanks to Google, this project that we have had on our wish list since the building opened can now be checked off. We also now have to spend less time dragging out the hose and watering our garden, because this drip system is timed automatically! Better yet, each plant receives tender loving care from this customized system.  

Part 3:  Clear the Weeds! The weeds had overtaken the SFCC, and thanks to Google we now have re-gained control of the community center.

THANK YOU Google.

Here are a few more fun photos from this past Friday.

Before and After Pictures