Tuckered out from a morning of swimming and aerobics, Kathy Evans and her daughter, niece and nephew took a short break to rest on a bench at the Firstenburg Community Center.
The family was pleasantly surprised Saturday morning when they arrived at the fitness facility to find that it was the center’s 10th anniversary celebration — and that entrance for the four was free.
“I did not realize,” Evans said, adding that the center is “really wonderful.”
The Firstenburg Community Center marked its decade in the facility at 700 N.E. 136th Ave. with free admission for visitors, swimming classes and sessions on Sadri’s Summit, the facility’s 27-foot-high climbing wall. Crowds of families — and those hard at their usual weekend workout — filled the facility.
Louise Allen, a fitness recreation specialist who has worked for the Vancouver Parks and Recreation department since 1998, called the community center an “all-purpose” space for the entire community.