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Eaton Rapids Teen Space’s very own wood shop teacher, Wayne Ash, was recognized by Modern Woodman for his contributions to his community! After being nominated for the Modern Woodman award by his granddaughter, Wayne received his award in November with friends and loved ones around. We are so grateful to Wayne who gives his time…

Eaton Rapids Community Alliance and Eaton Rapids Teen Space ended 2022 with very good news! ERCA was awarded two grants from Women Working Wonders and Huntington Bank! The few thousand dollars combined from these grants will go directly to funding programs and facilities at Eaton Rapids Teen Space. A big thank you to Women Working…

This is one of our newest volunteers, Julie Reincke. Julie was a judge for many years until she retired and started working on a Master’s in counseling. Fridays at Teen Space, Julie will be available to do brief, conversational counseling sessions with youth. Anyone who might want to talk about life, stress, or just stuff…

Friday, October 28, Eaton Rapids Teen Space was the recipient of a generous donation from Consumers Energy as part of their Digital Academy CE-lebrity Hackathon.  Consumer’s Energy’s Executive Director of Corporate Giving, Carolyn Bloodworth, said, “This contribution from Consumers Energy has been made on behalf of my coworker Kristy Rennick.  Kristy earned a chance to select a local nonprofit organization to…

We have some fun events at Eaton Rapids Teen Space this week! Thursday, Oct. 27 we have one more mask making craft activity. It’s free and we provide the materials, so all you have to do is show up! Friday, Oct. 28 we have our Teen Space Halloween party! We’ll eat candy and watch a…

Time for school again! We had a wonderful summer, but we missed all our after school visitors! With school back in session, Teen Space is returning to our regular hours of operation, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. If you’re an Eaton Rapids area teen or pre-teen in grades 6-12, come hang out with us after…

The school year is almost here! That means Teen Space will be transitioning back to our regular hours of operation and preparing for new activities and events. This end of summer open house will be an opportunity for parents and teens to tour our facilities, learn about programs and opportunities at Teen Space, get to…

We are excited to announce that last month ERCA and Eaton Rapids were awarded a 75,000 Impact Grant from Capital Region Community Foundation! A big thanks to the Community Foundation for selecting us to receive this grant! We look forward to sharing how this money will be spent in the days ahead!