May brought some wonderful warm and sunny weather. The department was excited to break out their summer clothes.

Caroleana:

Advertised for the Resource Fair via flyers around town. The Resource Fair was on May 23rd. We had over 80 people in attendance including 16 business vendors.

Caroleana also brought in braille bingo cards from Oral Hull so a client can participate in bingo.

Coordinated a new senior birthday drawing- we want to thank McDonalds and Scoop and Swirl for their donations.

Energy Assistance for summer cooling has started. Appointments are coming in. She also met with the director of OEAP for further training. A total of 6 energy assistance applications were completed this month.

Researched caregiver support, education, and online videos for respite caregivers.

Coordinated a large donation of Oranges and Girl Scout Cookies for our Meals on Wheels clients. Also provided MOW clients with health education and flyers pertaining to the center.

Our Respite program, Change of Pace, has continued to grow. In May, we incorporated visitors for firefighter day (Thanks Laurie!), a dog visit, weekly music, and tap dancers.

Attended a training about hoarding.

Organized an AARP safe driving class to happen here at the Center in June.

Had 6 new sign ups for meals on Wheels. Also connected them with food stamps, the library, and energy assistance.

Continued to send out thank you cards for donations and also for all the vendors for the resource fair.

Chelsea:

Helped mail out Longest Day Postcards, worked on a project update flyer for the community Campus Park project, created a banner for the playground engagement webpage (coming soon!), and created a menu for our upcoming summer senior BBQ.

Researched Bid websites and PGE grants for Winterfest.

Mailed prevailing wage documents for the Cedar Ridge Connector trail. Proofed documents for the Invitation to Bid for the Community Campus Skate Park and Pump Track construction.

Updated all our of Park and building rental waivers.

Took care of reoccurring tasks of the Parks & Trails Advisory Board meeting, agenda, and minutes. Paid project invoices. Ordered supplies, ect.

Marc:

The casino trip to Spirit Mountain was full. The group had a great lunch at P.F. Changs in Tigard. The Roadhouse Dinner had 20 people in attendance (one of our largest yet due to some seniors meeting us there!). Both hikes were either full or mostly full. The Iris garden was a hit with most of the group coming back with potted plants. We also gave the seniors the option getting a boxed lunch from Tollgate which went over well.

Shopping shuttles remain full. Regular picks up occurred for the Monday morning cards and puzzle group and Bingo/Pinochle. Regular maintenance got done to the bus and MV1.

The Meals on wheels total for May was 1211.

John:

Orchestrated getting a new roof on the Community/senior Center. This is complete as of June 5th. It looks great!

Attended budget committee meetings.

Met again with the Combat Motorcycle Veterans Association and helped them plan their upcoming fundraiser that will benefit the Veterans Memorial.

Worked on compiling policies for Clackamas County to show we’re in compliance with OAA Funding requirements.

Created a presentation for our June P&R department quarterly meeting.

Carol:

The Summer Guide came out the first week in May.

Adult Softball games started May 31st.

Posters for music and movies are complete and will be distributed to businesses the
beginning of June.

Carol and Amy have been training weekly on the new laser engraver that is in the art
room. Classes will be offered for teens starting the end of June and it’s called “makerspace” which will include the laser engraver, sticker maker, cricket machine and button maker for teens. This new program will be led by library staff.

Amy:

Assisted with interviewing and hiring 3 new building monitors and started training one of them. Created the schedule for the building monitors in June.

Cleaned out the outdoor shed, and the many closets in the community center. Did a LOT of spring cleaning this month.

Held a bee city booth at the library’s May 15th pollinator presentation.

Celebrated National Bee Day on May 20th by doing a community gardens work day. During our garden social later in the event we placed leafcutter bee cocoons into the bee houses in the gardens.

Helped D31 Foundation build raised garden beds for seniors at Avamere. 

Was interviewed by Brit (Pamplin) on Longest Day for an article on the event. 

Submitted articles for the Sandy Source. 

Parks Monthly Report:

Upcoming Important Dates:

• National Pollinator Week – June 19 to June 25
• Longest Day Parkway – June 22

• Noah’s Quest – June 24

• First Makerspace Class on June 28
• Summer camps with Skyhawks (mini hawks basketball, baseball, soccer) & multi sport (capture the flag, dodgeball, & ultimate frisbee) starts the last week in June at Tupper Park. The other camps will be held throughout all the city parks this summer.