The Salvation Army Kroc Center, South Bend

"This community was chosen as one of the rare communities across the country to be able to have a Salvation Army Kroc Center built here in South Bend. The initial donation of $1.8 billion (which included an enormous endowment to continue to maintain and manage the facilities) from Mrs. Crock, the wife of Ray Crock of McDonald's asked that the donation be used to build these incredible locations which house an amazing fitness center with huge basketball courts, climbing walls, an incredible workout center with high level and updated machines, as well as free weights and a massive pool with a lazy river, swimming lanes, slides for the kids. Also, there's a teen center and computer lab which is an outreach to tend of our community that need an additional mentor. Also, did I mention the jacuzzi. It is also made affordable to those who have difficulty paying the user fees. The Salvation Army is a church first and the various services, such as our Kroc Center, provide to our communities an outreach of the initial mission of one hand of God and one hand to man with the Salvation Army being in the middle of that connection, Therefore they have a chapel located on the premises of each Kroc Center located in different areas of our country."

"The facility is nice, but the pricing is way too expensive. My son wanted to visit the Kroc just to go swimming for a couple of hours, and we were told the only way to do that was to purchase a day pass for both me and my son, which totaled $23, just for me to sit and watch my son swim for 2 hours. That is too expensive. We have also explored the possibility of a Kroc membership, but $70 per month for a single income family is just not affordable."

"They have too many rules for the kids swimming area they are constantly yelling at the children to stop playing they can’t run in the water they can’t jump around in the kid pool. You can’t have your child in a life jacket with you in the deeper part of the pool. My 6 year old who can go on amusement park roller coasters and Farris wheels or water park giant water slides that I’m to afraid to go on was told she couldn’t slide down their water slide. They have seat looking things in the kiddie pool but the kids were yelled at to not mess with them. It is a horrible place and they ruined my kids birthday party. It’s 15.00 per adult EVEN IF YOU ARENT SWIMMING. I will not be taking my kids back to the Kroc center ever again"

"This place is a must come for every person in the south bend area. I went here with my friends for a birthday party and I want to come back every day. Tommy the life guard is the best employee that has ever walked this earth. He gave me a high five and let me and my friends go to spots when we are not aloud into them. They had the best chili dogs and every one should eat them. There was an awesome employee named Miguel and he helped me find my phone when it was lost. There was another guy named Trent and he was the best rock wall guy, he put a bag of chalk on my side so I could get a good grip. By remembering the power of Trent a manage to go up a crazy amount. I loved the game room with the awesome racing game. There was amazing games in the game room. It was an amazing experience and I would come back every single day! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ stars. UPDATE I just went to the bathroom after I ate the chili dog from the vending machine, it is a price to pay. It tasted good but the aftermath was something. It mad the experience a once in a life time. 5.1 stars for the unique experience."