Mercer Family Resource Center

10/13/2026

🧠💪 NEW CLASS: Corrective Thinking for Youth 💪🧠

Peer pressure, stress, conflict... teens deal with a lot. Let’s give them the tools to handle it. 🧡

Mercer Family Resource Center is offering Corrective Thinking, an evidence-based course that helps students build the skills they need for academic, social, and life success!

In this class, teens will learn how to:
✅ Make responsible decisions
✅ Manage stress
✅ Reflect on personal relationships
✅ Resolve conflict peacefully

Through hands-on, collaborative learning, students practice skills proven to help prevent violence and other risky behaviors. 🌱

📅 Starts: Tuesday, October 27, 2026
🗓️ Dates: Tuesdays, 10/27 - 11/24 (5 weeks)
🕓 Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
👥 Who: Youth ages 12-18
💵 Enrollment Fee: $45
📍 Where: Mercer Family Resource Center, 535 W Yellowstone Hwy, Casper, WY 82601

Enrollment must be completed in person by a parent or legal guardian at Mercer Family Resource Center. We’re open Monday-Thursday, 9 AM - 5 PM, so stop by and get your teen signed up! 🙌

Have questions? Send us a message! 📩

10/08/2026

Don't miss out! We're selling out of tickets for Dancing with the Stars of Casper fast- get yours before they're gone!

A link to Dancing with the Stars of Casper 2026's event page.

10/07/2026

🚭 FREE ONLINE CLASS: To***co & Va**ng Education for Youth 🚭

Ready to learn the facts, ditch the myths, and take control? 💪

Mercer Family Resource Center is offering a free, online To***co and Va**ng class for youth ages 12-18, and teens can do it on their own schedule! 💻✨

📅 Starts: Saturday, October 10
⏰ Registration Deadline: Thursday, October 8
👥 Who: Youth ages 12-18
⏳ Format: One-week, self-paced online course
💵 Cost: FREE
🏅 Bonus: Youth receive a certificate of completion after finishing the class!
📍 Registration: In person at Mercer Family Resource Center, 535 W Yellowstone Hwy, Casper, WY 82601
🕘 Office Hours: Monday-Thursday 9 AM - 5 PM

Log in when it works for you, go at your own pace, and finish within the week. No set class time, no commute, and no cost. 🙌

Registration must be completed in person by a parent or legal guardian by Thursday, October 8 at Mercer Family Resource Center. We're open 9 AM - 5 PM Monday through Thursday, so don't wait. Stop by soon to get your teen signed up! 🏃‍♀️

Have questions? Send us a message! 📩

10/01/2026

Join us on Saturday, October 24th for an amazing event supporting the youth and families of Natrona County!

Casper, WY — Dust off your boots and get ready for a night of rhinestones, rhythm, and a little western flair as Mercer Family Resource Center presents

09/28/2026

📸☀️ What a summer it's been at Mercer Family Resource Center! ☀️📸

August has been a whirlwind and apparently so is September as we're nearing the end of the month! Between preparing for our upcoming Dancing with the Stars of Casper event and our staff soaking up some well-deserved personal time before back-to-school season, things have been BUSY. But we still found time to slow down, recharge, and connect as a team at our staff retreat day at Edness Kimball Wilkins State Park! 🌳💚

A big thank you to Sona Rummel for setting up a fun workout that got everyone up and moving! 💪 What a great way to kick off the day.

We're also so grateful to Lisa Brown for setting up, providing beautiful materials, and guiding us through a meaningful craft activity. We explored our internal fears and how they try to protect us, then created some truly beautiful collages featuring letters written by "Fear" alongside our own rebuttals, choosing not to let fear control our lives. 🎨✉️ It was powerful, eye-opening, and a reminder of the courage it takes to keep showing up for the families we serve.

Our amazing staff brought a wonderful potluck spread (we ate well, friends 😋🍽️), and we wrapped up the day with a team-building Murder Mystery! 🕵️‍♀️🔍 After much sleuthing, the culprit was revealed: Cash McGraw, played by the one and only Craig Mitchell, was the murderer! 😱

Days like this remind us how lucky we are to work alongside such a caring, creative, and fun group of people. Now we're refreshed and ready for a great fall! 🍂

09/25/2026

📚✨ Investing in our mission means investing in our people! ✨📚

We're proud to share that Nick Mitchell and Jill Davis recently completed Fundraising Fundamentals, a three-day course from The Fund Raising School at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, held right here at Casper College! 🎓

Founded in 1974, The Fund Raising School has helped train fundraising professionals for 50 years. The Lilly Family School of Philanthropy is the world's first school dedicated solely to the study and teaching of philanthropy. Beyond the core skills of effective fundraising, the course brought together nonprofit professionals from across Wyoming, creating meaningful connections and a chance to share ideas, challenges, and successes with peers who share a passion for making a difference.

A huge thank you to the Wyoming Community Foundation and the Wyoming Nonprofit Network for hosting this training and bringing world-class professional development to Wyoming! 🙌 Your commitment to strengthening nonprofits across our state makes a real difference, and we're grateful for the opportunity.

Nick and Jill came back energized, full of fresh ideas, and ready to put what they learned into action for Mercer Family Resource Center and the families we serve. 💡🤝

Please join us in congratulating them on this accomplishment! 👏 And to everyone who supports our work: your generosity is what makes all of this possible. We can't wait to show you what's next!

09/17/2026

Our Youth Empowerment Council is doing some great things! If you are a young person ages 12-18, or have a young person in your life, who would love to be part of something positive like YEC, bring them by for a visit!

Location: 535 W Yellowstone Hwy, Casper WY
When: Every Thursday from 6-7pm
What will they be doing: Gathering with other youth to create a stronger community
What's provided: A meal, every week, and TONS of fun

Reach out to Nick Mitchell for additional information at 307-265-7366 or [email protected]

We'd LOVE to see you there!

09/08/2026

🚨🚨Attention!!!🚨🚨

Mercer Family Resource Center is in need of 32 oz mason jars! If you have any that you'd like to donate, please reach out. We can pick them up or you can drop them off at 535 W. Yellowstone Hwy Casper, WY 82601.

Thank you!!! 🌻

09/08/2026

💥 Mercer Family Resource Center is so excited to be part of Sounds Like September Fest again this year! 🎸🤘

For the past two years, this festival has grown into a vibrant celebration of creativity, courage, and community. Casper is full of incredible young people — artists, musicians, creators, dreamers — but too many of them feel like there's no space for them to shine. Most performers and vendors have been between the ages of 6 and 21, and many had never been given a platform before. When they stepped forward, they showed us just how much talent, passion, and potential lives right here in Natrona County.

That's exactly why Mercer Family Resource Center supports this event. Our mission is rooted in making sure the youth in our community feel like they belong — and Sounds Like September Fest gives them a real stage and a real voice. When a young person performs their first song or sells their first piece of art in front of a crowd that cheers them on, that's not just a fun afternoon — it's a message that they matter, and their community is paying attention.

We're proud to stand behind an event that turns "there's no space for us" into "look what we made." See you there! 🎉

Welcome back Mercer Family Resource Center to the festival.
We are so grateful to have them come and share the love they have for our community. If you are going through hard times, they are a great place to start with for help. Make sure to go say hi to these amazing ladies.
Mercer- Serving youth and families in Natrona County since 1971! Mercer Family Resource Center provides education, counseling, and prevention services that build stronger and healthier youth and families in our community. We serve the community in the following ways: family/parenting education; early intervention for alcohol abuse and life skills; community connection, such as mentoring and case management; and environmental strategies for policy change and social norming. We serve nearly 3,000 individuals each year, in addition to the thousands of county residents we reach with our awareness campaigns.