Carol:

4 Winterfest events in December. Pictures with the Grinch, Estampa with Santa, and the shortest day walkway, and Holiday Happy Hour (a 21 and over event). All these events brought in lots of visitors to the park.

The 2025 Winter/Spring Recreation is online and cases are filling up.

Currently working on sponsorships for music and movies, July 4th fireworks, Silent Disco for the teens and second annual event Yappy Hour.

Amy:

Held a Building Monitor Training
Mt Storm Season began with 3 practices each for 26 teams.
Winterfest!

Winter Rec Guide Finished

Caroleana:

December was a month full of giving and Winterfest.   

Caroleana had over 288 senior related calls.   This month the center had 2 Reassessments for MOW clients; which involved home visits with each client and a completed NAPIS form for Clackamas County.   

Caroleana helped support our team by packing coolers several times throughout the month and delivering several routes for the Meals on Wheels program (due to drivers being out sick).  

Our Meals on wheels clients received several extras this month:

• Holiday wreaths were sent out the week before Christmas which were donated by Sandy High FFA 
• Christmas cards that were made by local kids and residents 
• New this year, we sent shelf stable meals to be used with inclement weather.  Each person received 3 meals that they can use if the winter weather causes us to close this year.  
• Those with pets received a special animal toy from Animeals Fido Food bank. 

As well we thanked our Meals on Wheels volunteer drivers that are so dedicated to the program serving seniors in our community.  They all go above and beyond to make sure the seniors we serve are taken care of.

For the month of December Caroleana completed and submitted 22 applications for local senior households, and has 5 applications pending. Several appointments were held with the assistance of a translator from Todos Juntos staff.  

Outside my regular duties, I helped with several WinterFest events and tasks. 

• Helped at the Estampa and Santa WinterFest event at Meinig park-Set up and clean up – I carried heavy signs across the park.  
• Designed, updated and printed Stocking Stroll Map for our 2nd annual Stocking Stroll event.  Designed and printed the Passports for the Shortest Day Walkway 
• I sent out thank you cards to all our WinterFest sponsors, Stocking Stroll participating businesses, Friends of the Lights sponsors, special event non-profit organizations that participated in our WinterFest festivities.  In total for Winterfest we sent 92 thank you cards. 
• Thanked Sandy PD for their extra attention to Meinig park during WinterFest, and sent them fun holiday treats and gifts for the evening shift Police officers. 

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Designed and had printed new calendars for the Senior newsletter for the months of January and February. 

We hosted a senior Christmas gathering with a fun gift exchange.   Carol coordinated special music of local students. 

Helped sign up local seniors for Christmas Food boxes through Sandy Kiwanis; which entailed phone calls to homebound seniors that I serve in many capacities (meals on wheels, and Energy Assistance and those who have been on my client list in the past). 

Sandy Kiwanis served over 250 households this year with food boxes and toys for over 500 children.  Later in the month myself and Carol helped pack presents for the children.  As well, I helped deliver food boxes to homebound seniors who did sign up.  

Marc:

Senior Trips:

– December pop up dinner at Alpine Events & Busy Bee Catering in Rhododendron

   – 11 people with 3 meeting us there

– Lunch at Backstop Bar & Grill in Canby and then the Clackamas County Winter Fair at the fairgrounds

   – 8 people

– Dine out at Heidi’s in Gresham

   – 11 people with 2 meeting us there

–  Pittock Mansion with lunch at Elephant’s Delicatessen afterwards

   – Full bus with a waiting list

(view of the city from the grounds outside the mansion)

– Hike & Lunch at Rosemont Trail in West Linn and Famous Dave’s BBQ in Tualatin

   – 5 people. 4 people cancelled the week of and 2 more cancelled the day of the event due to rain. They all missed out! We had a great time and stayed dry!

Meals On Wheels:

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-Due to Wednesday being one of the two days we deliver food, we changed it to Tuesday, Christmas Eve day and New Years Eve day, to make up for being closed for Christmas and New Years Day.

Chelsea:

• Processed invoices related to various park projects. 
• Attended meetings in regards to various ongoing park projects
• Drafted various signs and publications for upcoming Parks & recreation needs. 
• Attended the December Parks & Trails Advisory Board meeting, posted the video, and wrote up the meeting minutes. 
• I picked out a tree for the Center from Ant Farm’s tree lot and Brandon helped get it to the Center. Our decoration volunteer decorated it and I helped put finishing touches on it. 
• We hosted a senior holiday party with decorations, refreshments, a gift exchange, sweater competition and live music. I helped by ordering supplies and getting gifts for the contest and exchange.
• We published the January and February senior newsletter. 

• I helped proof the Winter Recreation guide and entered in block reservations for the classes. 
• I worked the Estampa y Santa event and the Shortest day walkway event. Both were successful! It’s always good to see how many people come out and enjoy the Winterfest events and the park itself. 
• I closed out the 1200c permit with DEQ. 
• Center rentals are picking back up. December was a busy month for rentals. January weekends are almost full at this point.

John:

We successfully completed our 3rd annual Winterfest events, culminating in the Holiday Happy Hour, where we announced the winner of the Merry Makeover Challenge. This year’s Mayor’s Award went to That Salon, and the Voter’s Choice Awards were as follows:
1st Place – Pacific Northwest Tattoo Collect
2nd Place – Blue Door Rustic
3rd Place – Berkshire Hathaway

I attended the annual board meeting for the Oregon Recreation and Parks Association, where we discussed the year’s goals, priorities, and future professional development opportunities for Oregon Parks and Recreation professionals.

I was awarded a grant through Mt. Hood Territory Clackamas County Tourism in the amount of $66,979.75. This funding will allow us to install a customized pole with a camera at Jonsrud Viewpoint, enabling the City to stream the viewpoint online and collaborate with local news outlets to showcase one of the most impressive views of Mt. Hood.

I attended a quarterly meeting for Senior Centers in Clackamas County, where we discussed state and federal funding related to senior programs such as Meals on Wheels, transportation, energy assistance, and case management.

Additionally, we updated the suppression system for our commercial kitchen range, which will enable us to launch our Congregate Meals program in the near future.

Parks & Facilities:

Upcoming Events/Closures:

Mt. Storm games will start on 1/10 and will continue with games through
3/15/2025.

Full Moon Hike Jan 13th, 5:30-7:00, location TBD

Jan 20th- Center closed for MLK Day