About Us
Founded in 2014 by Willie E. Hubbard Brooks, BenCheri Educational Center aims to support families and youth in the underserved, disadvantaged, underrepresented community of Acres Home and surrounding areas by providing in-school, after-school and tutoring, Summer Youth Programs, mentoring, career development, employ interns at our facility and provide resources to help with (SEL) social emotional learning skills and other educational services based on STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) .The BenCheri team includes educators, business leaders, and community members with a shared vision of improving educational deficiencies among the youth.

Mission Statement
Our mission is to bridge the gap of illiteracy among our youth, families, and community as a whole and to ensure a successful career pathway to a local community college and/or university and continuing studies in Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship, so that our students are prepared for life lessons and become successful adults.