Senior Services
During the month of May, the seniors enjoyed trips this month to Westminster Church, Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden, and English Tea Garden Cafe, Salmon Creek hike, Candy Basket tour, dine out to the Road House, and Red Ridge Farms/Archery Summit Winery in Dayton. A presentation was made by the Aging and Disability Resource Connection about the types of private and public resources available to individuals looking for assistance. An inflammatory lunch was hosted by staff which included some educational material and exercises for Arthritis Awareness Month.

Served 303 congregate meals Delivered 1913  meals to homebound individuals Provided 8 hours of Case Management services Provided 13 units of reassurance Provided 203 referrals to resources outside of the center Held 9 Tai Chi classes (average attendance 12 individuals) Provided 76 hours of respite care (5 days of 4 hours; average attendance 5) 4 new riders for transportation (shopping, activities/outings, to and from center) coordinated 15 medical/other rides through TRP (We currently have only 1 volunteer for this program at this time.

Recreation

The Summer Community and Recreation Guide launched in mid-May. Since converting to an electronic guide the design and publishing is done in house saving the city about $18,000-$20,000 per year. The online guide has live links, email addresses, websites and many ways to download and share the information. Previously, the guide was limited to 16 pages front and back which included the cover and registration page. With the conversion more space became available and the guide has expanded to include information about the Senior Center, a greater representation of Library programs, and special events are promoted with more lively pages.
The name was recently updated to reflect the additional programs represented in the guide. It is now known as the Community and Recreation Guide.   A limited number of printed copies are also available. 
The guide is distributed via an email newsletter/blast and is available on the cities website. Promotion of the guide, programs, and events is supported by school flyers, the reader board, social media, and targeted email newsletters and announcements. Design and format continue to evolve to reflect the new city branding and to update the presentation of city programs and events.
Summer programming highlights include a variety of music camps and a new day camp format, as well as the popular summer soccer program, kinderdance classes and more.  Camp Namanu has returned to provide a week-long program on-site at their property just outside of Sandy. This camp includes pick-up and drop off at the Community Center. Pick up after camp is now at 5:30 to better accommodate family schedules.
The number of Adult Coed Softball teams has nearly doubled over last summer, bringing it back in line with previous seasons. 

Special Events

A fundraiser was held at the Community Center on Friday, May 17th. The evening included a taco/burrito bar with all the fixings and a reggae concert by Aaron Nigel Smith. This fundraiser was done to support a scholarship program for seniors to assist them to participate in recreational trips and activities.

Carol Cohen was able to attain sponsorships from Johnson RV, Clackamas County Bank, Les Schwaab, and Vanport to cover the cost of the performer. All 125 tickets were sold which reached capacity for the auditorium. The ticket sales totaled $1230.00.

All food was donated by Timberline Meats, Grocery Outlet, La Milpa Tortilleria, La Cima Mexican store. Olga Gerberg did an amazing job and cooking all the food and volunteers assisted with serving and clean up. 112 people were served with a total of sales of $807.00.

It was a huge success largely due to Carol and Olga tremendous hard work.

Aquatic Center

The aquatic center closed its door on Friday, May 31st after open recreation in the evening. For the month of May, 583 visits for lap/open recreation swim, 116 participants in water exercise classes, 141 private and semi privates swim lessons were taught, 67 participants in American Red Cross swimming lessons, 19 birthday parties hosted were hosted on Friday nights and Saturdays, and 48 students from Job Corp were tested.

Several participants who did not utilize all punch passes and private lessons will be receiving a refund in June for any passes not used.

Aquatic staff were thanked for their hard work and service over the last year with a goodbye party held on Monday, June 3rd.