October Seniors trips were quite popular. The Hood River Fruit Loop trip sold out within an hour and was a success day of. We already have a plan to offer this trip twice next year due to it’s popularity. There was a hike to Little Zig Zag falls with lunch in Government Camp- the group also made a quick pit stop at Trillium lake for pictures. The pumpkin patch was another fun outing.
Carol finished finalizing all sponsorships for Lights in Meinig. A total of $12,500 came in from
Everfresh Fruit Co, Clackamas Credit Union, Sandy Helping Hands, Barlow Vet, Just Rum Liepold Farms and Sandy Décor. The Recreation Department also spoke to Kiwanis, Sandy Actors Theatre, Sandy Chamber, Ant Farm, and Rotary Club about the lights in Meinig- all of these organizations will be involved and donating their time.
A good chunk of the lights at Meinig have been hung up- Shout out to the Sandy Police Department for increasing patrols around the park for the next few months to hopefully keep any vandalism at bay. We also finalized our Holiday Lights flyer- these will be hung up around Sandy and also neighboring towns starting in November.
Sandy Library and the Recreation Department partnered together for the Halloween Hunt in Meinig. It was a little wet but over 100 kids still showed up. Lots of candy was given out and we had 6 winners (3 middle school and 3 high school kids found the golden eggs.)
John did the Trick or Treat Trail with help from our Building Monitor, Brooke. They had approximately 400 trick or treaters.
Chelsea worked on the November and December newsletter. We decided to do a 2 month run this month due to the upcoming holidays. The plus side of this is now we have a template built for any other months we might want to do this.
Parks & Recreation has also taken over the Meinig Gazebo/Amphitheater and Centennial Plaza rentals. It’s great to have all the city rental options run through the same department.
The RFP for the Community Campus was republished late October and will close mid November.
We hired our new Client Services Coordinator, Caroleana Smallwood. She comes to us with years of experience in Senior services and has made an amazing impact on the seniors already.
