The Family Focus Guide helps families and individuals in and around the Fayetteville area find resources in our community.
If you have a service-focused organization that serves families in the Fayetteville, Cumberland County area and would like to be listed, please email us at [email protected].
4th Friday is a true celebration of the arts and downtown. Folks of all ages get a taste of Fayetteville's art and entertainment while enjoying the small galleries, bookstores, bistros and shops with unique items for shoppers. It's safe, it's fun ... and it's free!
Fall event following 4th Friday in September. Showcases the historic and artistic customs and traditions of many different cultures. Exhibits - entertainment - refreshments and featured astists all combine to bring the art of Fayetteville to everyone and free to everyone!
Promotes leadership, character, health, and career development while emphasizing social, cultural, and educational growth. Call us for more information on our After School Program.
Provides children ages 5 to 13 years old an affordable, fun, safe place to come after school; homework assistance; tutoring; games; and recreation.
Teaches students, civilians, and military service members about the core values, sacrifice, courage, devotion to duty, and exploits of this unique sector of our armed forces. Exhibit galleries are free; theater and motion simulator have admission charges.
Sunday 12PM-4:30PM
Closed Mondays and Federal Holidays
Open Memorial Day, 4th of July and Veteran's Day
Provides an appropriate educational and recreational summer program for children, adolescents, and young adults diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder for approximately 5-6 weeks.
Always closed on Independence Day (4th of July)
Provides programs for youth to help with social, physical, and educational development. Offers tutoring, competitive reading programs, education field trips, and a recreational program during the summer months.
Meals on Wheels for adults 60 and over. Minor home repair, in home-aid, telephone reassurance program, Senior companion program and Senior Health Insurance Program (SHIP) which helps to better understand medicare.
Coordinates the planning and execution of the annual Dogwood Festival, held the 4th weekend in April. This event encompasses approximately 30 events which target all members of the community. Also coordinates an annual fall event called Historic Hauntings: A Ghastly Ghost Tour. This tour, conducted via hayride, explores the mysterious happenings of downtown Fayetteville with ghostly re-enactors and story-tellers highlighting the history and spooky legends of the past.
Health club, sports, exercise groups for men and women, informal educational classes, day camp recreational facilities and programs. Annual memberships fees or per class fees may apply. Youth sports programs, daycare, sleep-ins, after school care and summer day camp.
Concerts. Please see our website for schedule and ticket prices.
The School Resource Officers, with the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office, provide the students that attend Cumberland County Schools in the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th grade, a program that teaches them how to deal with peer pressure, conflict resolution, and communication skills between other students and adults.The Sheriff's Office also has a summer camp that is free of charge to participants. Registration is done through the Cumberland County School System, and the number of students is limited to 80. If interested, please contact the elementary school that your child attends. Only children from 4th and 5th grade are eligible to attend.
Gang Resistance Education And Training (G.R.E.A.T.) is an evidence-based and effective gang and violence prevention program built around school-based, law enforcement officer-instructed classroom curricula. The Program is intended as an immunization against delinquency, youth violence, and gang membership for children in the years immediately before the prime ages for introduction into gangs and delinquent behavior.
Recounts the social, economic, and political history of southern North Carolina. Comprised of the Museum, the 1897 Poe House, and the Arsenal.
Offers summer camping programs, including day camp and one and two week sessions and environmental education programs. Features tent camping for scout groups, facilities for adult, youth, school, and family retreats.Tree house camping facilities and hayrides are also available. Offers group challenge course, featuring a series of physical obstacles and problems requiring combined cooperative efforts of group to solve.
The Spring Lake Recreation Center provides recreational opportunities for citizens of Spring Lake and Cumberland County. SLR operates a Community Center Facility to include an indoor gymnasium, classrooms, fitness center, full kitchen, walking trails, and classes for all ages. SLR also operates a Senior Center that is dedicated to provide services to seniors of Spring Lake and Cumberland County. The Town of Spring Lake operates all outdoor parks to include Mendoza, Odell Road, Ruth Street, and Wilson Avenue. This includes all picnic/shelter areas, ball fields, playgrounds, and tennis courts.
Saturday 10 AM to 6 PM
Sunday CLOSED
Offers summer camping programs, including day camp and one and two week sessions. Features tent camping for scout groups, facilities for adult, youth, school, and family retreats. Tree house camping facilities and hayrides are also available. Offers group challenge course, featuring a series of physical obstacles and problems requiring combined cooperative efforts of group to solve.
Nurtures, advocates and celebrates the arts in Fayetteville/Cumberland County. Provides grants to local art agencies, artists, and schools to increase and support art activities in the community. Produces International Folk Festival, Fourth Fridays, and Dickens Holiday.
Offers child care, sleep-ins, after school care, youth sports programs, aquatics, and summer day camp. Learning Center can be reached at 527-6777.
Myers Recreation Center plans, organizes, and directs structured and affordable leisure time activities for children, adults, and seniors. Parks
