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ERC Loyalty Cards
We appreciate you! One punch for every activity $15 or more (excludes SummerScape, RecXtra, Adult Sports) Enrolled online? Show us your receipt for punch within 2 weeks of paid date. When your card is filled, you receive a $30 credit to be used in one transaction. We will not combine cards or back date. Loyalty cards never expire and you just need one per family.
Chili Nights Family Festival
Sunday, October 21, 2018
Join us for our annual Chili Nights chili cook-off with a new twist! We will battle it out with our Staff Chili contest, dive into a kids’ candy scramble that will only take seconds for the kids to enjoy, and roast marshmallows at our famous s'more making fire pit available on the front lawn. New this year, with Halloween right around the corner, is our Pumpkin Decorating Stations! Bring your own pumpkin and we will have stations set up to either carve, paint or decorate your pumpkin! Tickets can be purchased from the main office and are only $3/person. Join us for a night the whole family can enjoy!
Time: 6:00pm
Candy Scramble is free and is for kids ages 5 and under.
Location: ERC Gymnasium and Front Lawn
ERC’s Birthday Bash
- Date: Sunday April 28, 2019
- Time: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Games, Prizes, and Food on our Front Lawn! Free Swim for everyone! 5K and 10K races begin at 10:15 a.m. The races are open to everyone and the 5K will be the big finish for our Winter/Spring Couch to 5K classes!
Tae Kwon Do
Join Leap of Faith Martial Arts for self defense, patterns, and fitness! Our fun, high energy classes encourage cardiovascular health and focus while learning Tae Kwon Do! Come try your first class FREE! Ages 6 through 106 are welcome!
Instructors: Master Brad Douglas, Mr. Noah Douglas, and Ms. Madelynne Douglas
- Days: Tuesdays & Thursdays
- Time:
6 and Up: 6:15-7:15pm
Adults: 7:15-8:15pm - Location: ERC Community Room
- Fees: $45 per month first family member, $30 per month each additional
Home School Swim Days
Spend your P.E.Time in the pool at ERC. School age participants are invited to use the pool for their exercise time while socializing with other home-schooled students.
Fee: $1 per person with teacher
- Dates: September 11, October 9, November 13, and December 11, 2018
- Time: 1 - 3 p.m.
Need some place for the kiddos to run and play? Want to have a little chit chat time with other adults? Bring your kiddos to a special time set aside just for them in our Gymnasium! Children 5 and under can come run, jump, and play with toys in our gymnasium Monday through Friday during Cabin Fever. Day cares are more than welcome to bring their gang to play too!
- Days: Monday - Friday
- Time: 9 - 11 a.m.
- Nonschool days and summer break: 8 - 10 a.m.
- Fees: $1 for adults and free for children
- Punch card: $20 for 22 punches
The Emporia Recreation Commission has teamed up with the BIG man at the North Pole to collet Wish Lists for Christmas this year. PARENTS stop by or call the ERC starting December 1st and add your kids to the list to receive this special letter from Santa. We will ask you questions about your kids, so be prepared! Kids can also drop off letters to Santa in our special North Pole Mailbox near the front office.
Date: December 1-15, 2018 Fee: FREE
Letters will be mailed on December 19, 2018