Specialties
The mission of the Hanna Community Center is to improve the well-being and quality of life of the community by providing quality programs, services and community interactions for the neighborhood, we serve young people and older adults. Continuing with our mission, we seek to celebrate traditions throughout the Greater Lafayette area while preserving the culture, heritage and history of African Americans and minority groups within Tippecanoe County.
The vision of the Hanna Community Center is to achieve financial stability, create an environment of excellence in the leadership and core functions at the center, forge relationships and collaboration with other agencies that are addressing issues in the Hanna neighborhood, influence transition of the neighborhood through the relocation of the Hanna Community Center, and improve the quality and capabilities of programming at the Hanna Community Center facility.
History
Established in 1923.
The Hanna Community Center traces its beginnings to the old Lincoln Center, an institution built to serve the welfare and social needs of the black community and other minority groups, where resources are limited. Occupying the Lincoln School in 1923, the Center began as a recreational center for Lafayette's black youth. Our goal is to continue Hanna's commitment and to continue its tradition of ensuring that services are provided for all who make up the diverse population of the greater Lafayette Community.
The Hanna Community Center, Inc. is a non-profit, multi-service agency which provides programs and services for the surrounding community and minority residents of Tippecanoe County.
We thrive with the support and sponsorship from many local business, persons and grants and the continued commitment of our staff and volunteers.
Meet the Manager: Tracy F.
Tracy Fuller is a graduate of Indiana State University where she earned her Master of Science in Recreation and Sports Management and her Bachelors of Fine Arts in Media Arts and Animation from the Illinois Institute of Art in Schaumburg. This is just the start of her never-ending continuation of education through various certificate programs.
The only thing that was truly missing was the true focus of community involvement and making tomorrow a better place. When she is not trying to impress upon her resume, she focuses her time on being active through community involvement through pageantry. Advocacy, fundraising, donation collection is just among a few things that she has currently done. You can also catch her reading a thriller series when time allows. Tracy is a Chicago native, and now resides with her son, Hunter in West Lafayette, Indiana.
