Carol:

Corn Cross for the kids was a huge success. We had 120 kids and 80% of these kids
(ages 2-12) came from Sandy. The kids course was able to go through the corn maze and sunflowers. Thanks to Coach Robbie for helping with this event. He even helped some of the kids to go through some of the obstacles. Parents were so excited to have the kids go through the maze and have it more challenging this year. A special thank you to Everfresh Fruit Company & Clackamas County Bank as they were our sponsors for this event.

Fall classes and programs started in September with some new classes offerings like senior yoga and cooking and art classes for teens.

Sponsorships for Winterfest events so far are at $13,800. We have some new
sponsors this year: Tractor Supply, Next Adventure, Rollis Auto Detail and AEC.

Amy: 
– Continuing to do social media posts, but also researched options for marketing. Coordinated with Sandy Cinema to start putting in advertisements for our activities in Nov and Dec.

– Coordinated the details for installing a Bat House at Sandy Bluff Park and to have Carl Exner speak at the event. An expert from Bend, Oregon drove into town early October to help Tiana and I solidify a location.

– Presented to the Sandy Rotary Club about volunteering events with Parks and Rec and was able to coordinate their involvement in the Sandy Community Gardens (we had a great volunteer work day in September).

-Donated more food to the Sandy Action Center from the gardens ~ up to 86 pounds of food donated. 

-Helped host a successful Volunteer Appreciation Event! 

-Secured Mt Storm Gym Rental Dates for Mt Storm Instructional League

-Got Sandbar BBQ to agree to a Boos and Brews event

John:

• Continued efforts on the Park Naming committee: helped facilitate the creation of a public park name survey with the co and co-chair of the park naming committee.
• Presented at a City Council meeting with a Winterfest update/vision.
• Met with Transit to discuss opportunities for transportation during Winterfest Events and the possibility of programming a “Jolly Trolley Joy Ride” where families can register for a tour of Sandy’s best decorated neighborhoods.
• Met with Carl Exner and PGE on the possibilities of partnering for Winterfest.

Chelsea:

• Processed invoices, attended the Parks Board meeting and completed the agenda, video, and minutes. Assisted with the abatement contract.
• Attended various meetings in regards to the Community Campus projects
• Updated shelter waivers- this as always evolving as our rentals continue to grow.
• Created a Merry makeover Flier as part of Winterfest
• Attended City Manager Finalists reception

Marc:

Senior Trips:

-Hike at Trillium Lake and lunch at Wraptitude – full bus with Carol joining as a helper

-Hike at Vancouver Lake and lunch at Buffalo Wild Wings – 10 people plus Bodhi, our building monitor, joining as a helper

-Chinook Winds Casino – 12 people

-Mt. Angel Oktoberfest – Full bus

-Dine Out at Apple Valley BBQ – 12 people

-Due to the check engine light coming on during a return trip from another outing we unfortunately had to cancel the next day’s shopping shuttle and Olive Garden dine out (which had been full with people planning to meet us there).

Meals on wheels:

-1197 meals served in September.

-Started working on updating the MOW binders- cleaning out past clients, new templates created so all current client cards are printed and not handwritten, any other updated info and new maps reflecting all current clients.

Caroleana:

Caroleana had an active and engaged month of September. September was the start of several new classes at the center.

 

The Grief Class presented by Mt. Hood Hospice started in September.  We had 8 participants of different generations attend and receive information and resources during the class.  Also Caroleana was able to get Mt. Moka to sponsor for the next two classes.

Clackamas County Street Trust came on Sept 26th.  They shared resources and information regarding the Oregon Crosswalk laws and street safety.  Many seniors from Carol’s exercise class attended. 

Caroleana worked with AARP to schedule a future Safe Driving course. This is scheduled for November 28th.  

Another future event Caroleana is working on is the “We Honor our Veterans” event on November 7th at 2:00pm.  She will be collaborating with Mt. Hood Hospice to put on this honoring event.  Caroleana & Jolie with Mt. Hood Hospice went to several businesses and requested sponsorships and in kind donations for the event.  So far, Embold bank has committed to a Silver sponsorship.  And several other businesses are pending. Caroleana has connected with several local veteran nonprofits to also partner with for the Veterans Event.  Mission 22 a program for suicide prevention for veterans, Combat Vets, VFW and a Clackamas County Veterans Service Officer. She also started designing invitation postcards to go out to businesses and veterans; as well as senior clients that are veterans who come to the center.  

Caroleana hosted a ‘Meals on Wheels lunch and learn’ for all the volunteer drivers.  We had 5 wonderful volunteers who were able to attend, some of them who have served for multiple years.  This ‘lunch and learn’ was a great opportunity to show our appreciation for their time and commitment to the program.  Caroleana had a short slide show presentation with some training information and reminders.  As well, we gave our drivers a thank you card and a planted flower; which was donated from Tony’s Garden Center, and a car wash from Washman’s.   

She attended multiple trainings online through several education platforms.

Energy Assistance – September was the last month of the cooling program for  assistance and 7 households were helped. For the 22-23 year she submitted 109 applications.  This gives our center a Superior grade from Clackamas county.  This is the highest number of applications submitted for our center in comparison to prior years (looking back 5 fiscal years).   This represents the help and assistance that the senior center team is making to low-income seniors and families in our community.  

This month the center had 6 new MOW clients.

 

Respite: In September, the Change of Pace respite program continued to meet. Caroleana is currently brainstorming with the Rec Team how she can advertise more and in new locations or avenues, as a current challenge is low numbers in the respite group.  

Fun Projects– Caroleana enjoyed organizing the office supply closet. She had fun beautifying the three gift baskets for the city volunteer event at Meinig Park. She also designed a card template to print event photos on our city Thank you Cards.  The first few thank you cards went to sponsors for the Kids Corn Cross event. She is very excited about the fun possibilities of using this template for Winterfest thank you cards. 

Parks Monthly Report:

Upcoming Important dates:

Mt Storm Instruction League Classes started the beginning of October- Classes occur on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.

October 9th- Mt. Storm registration opens for grades 3-6 .

October 21nd- Childhood Resource Day with Todos Juntos, 10am-1pm

October 21st- Volunteer Gardens Work Day, 1-5pm (we will be building the raised beds for wheelchair users in the gardens with the Rotary Club!)

October 24th- International Bat Week Celebration at Sandy Bluff Park from 5:30-5:45pm

October 26th- Boos and Brews event 6-9pm

November- Open Gyms and skill assessments for Mt. Storm.

We’re working on Winter/Spring Guide and the goal is to hand it out during the Tree Lighting on December 1st.