Jackie Joyner-Kersee Youth Center

Olympic cake

The Jackie Joyner-Kersee Youth Center, is named for Jackie Joyner-Kersee, who is one of the all-time greatest athletes in the  women's heptathlon and long jump. She won three gold, one silver, and two bronze Olympic medals, at four different Olympic Games.

She established the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation, which provides athletic lessons and resources for youth, adults, and families to improve their quality of life.

When we pulled into the center the parking lot was closed. We could see the cake not too far from there. I didn't know if the center was open or not. There were only a couple of cars in the parking lot. We drove along the driveway and came to an open gate in the fence that had a walkway leading right down to the cake. Right next to this walk way is another walkway coming from the Metrolink Station. And right after that was something I have never seen before, a  surveillance truck.

The center has really nice kept grounds and was bigger than I thought it was. It has basketball courts, athletic fields, computers and community rooms. The school district uses the center for after-school programs.

The cake really celebrates a birthday party. It has lots of colorful balloons on it.

Cake artist -  Linda Thompson

Ninety- three down 157 to go.