Community Services – July 2018

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Aquatics (Tanya Richardson)

On July 5 at 12:00pm, the renovated Olin Bignal Aquatic Center was opened with a ribbon cutting ceremony.  The Aquatic Center was open for free for all citizens from 12;00pm – 5:00pm.  We had over 200 people visit and enjoyed on the inflatable obstacle. course.  30 part time staff members were hired as lifeguards, swim instructors, head lifeguards, and water exercise instructors.  Carol Cohen moved to full time to assist in overseeing operations of the Aquatic Center with Tanya’s oversight.

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The aquatic center had over 100 children registered for the American Red Cross swimming lessons over the month.  The open recreation swim times averaged over 50 per day with Friday evenings very busy.  

Recreation (Sarah Richardson)

Recreation hosted three events during the Mountain Days. The Kids’ Pet Show was very successful in the new location, and the turn out was the best in 10 years. The Bike Derby included fun races for ages 2 and up and despite the hot weather attracted the usual crowd. The kids always enjoy riding their bikes around the track before and after the races. The Kids’ parade featured entertainment by clown Heather Pearl,  and a hot dog lunch sponsored and staffed by Clackamas County Bank.
Adult Coed Softball was in peak season and fun games and friendly banter was enjoyed by all. This is a family friendly league and it is common to see all generations gathering together as players and fans.
The new Code to the Future Camp kicked off at the end of July and was well received. We look forward to offering more programs with this organization in the future.
Programming for the fall and the coming year was in high gear.
Senior Services (Melissa Thompson)

In the month of July, seniors participated in a hike at Lacamas Lake, a trip to Hood River for cherries, trip to Timberline, a dine out at Crooked Tree in Parkdale, Portland Spirit Cruise, and another hike at Farraday Lake. Carol Cohen’s Functional Fitness class continues to grow! Several July classes had over 25 participants. Several seniors volunteered their time, provided fruit, and shared some baking secrets to bake pies for our fundraiser. Everfresh donated 253 pounds of fruit!  Kurt and Lillie Williams assisted in the coordination of the fruit donation, and provided some from their own garden.   Lillie also spent many hours assisting in preparation as well as the day of baking. Sara Reis helped set up the day before, and helped get the baking started. The center sold 114 pies altogether!