Carol:
June was the start of the Adult softball League, Longest Day Parkway and Noah’s Quest.
Longest Day Parkway was another success. It is a great way to show the community what the City has to offer and promote programs, events, and amenities. Looks like close to over 300 people showed up at Timberline Park. Parks & Recreation gave out mini sports toys, toy bikes and skateboards, stickers, and even had a drawing for the Skateboard to use at Basecamp once it’s complete!
This year was the 19th year for Noah’s Quest. It was a perfect day for everyone to be together. We had over 15 volunteers helping out on the course and at registration tables. We released 100 butterflies at the beginning before the kiddie run. This year one of our volunteers who participates won the weekend getaway in Astoria. The weekend getaway is a house in Astoria and it’s something that gets raffled off every year.
We have more vendors this year for the Mt. Festival Kids Parade. The kids will have lots of hands-on activities from Wippersnappers, Todos Juntos, US World Class Taekwondo, Mt. Hood Athletic Club, Sandy Library & Sandy Parks & Recreation.
The Bike Challenge will have Northwest Trails Alliance & Rock Haven Climbing Gym on site for kids to play on obstacles.
Amy:
-Hosted a Community Gardens work day.
-Had a Bee/Pollinator booth at Longest Day Parkway and gave out Seed bombs!
-Lots of social media posts.
-Held a Building Monitor training session.
-Attended some softball games and practices to help ensure everything is running smoothly.
-Helped drive seniors to and from the Center while Marc was out
Chelsea:
- Processed invoices related to various park projects
- Attended meetings in regards to various ongoing park projects
- Took and recorded meeting notes for ARC’s work at Cedar Park
- Continued to do necessary updates for various park grants- We did close out the Cedar Creek Trail Grant this month!
- Helped with the Police Chief Open House at the Center
- Attended a lunch and informational session on the Envoy car.
- Completed the July/August newsletter
- Create a Longest Day neighbor reminder flyer
- Ordered supplies and participated in Longest Day Parkway.
- Built in July senior trips
- Helped with brainstorming the swim lesson/pass sign up process.
- Ordered supplies for the Senior summer BBQ.
John:
Met with Tiana and Scott (IT) to discuss the possibility of adding speakers and sound to Meinig Park. This would allow us to have music playing throughout the Park which would help with the ambience of many of our events, but specifically to our Winterfest Experience.
Worked with all of the departments to help coordinate, set up and assess The Longest Day Parkway. 2024 was another successful event with an estimated 350-ish people in attendance.
Lead a training for a Building Monitors (part time employees that help with rentals) that focused on customer service, open communication and meaningful/independent work.
Finalized all communication and paperwork for the Partnership between The Mt. Hood Athletic Club and Sandy Parks and Recreation to offer aquatic opportunities to Sandy Residents.
Caroleana:
June was a month of networking and learning.
Caroleana had over 253 senior related calls. This month the center had 3 new MOW clients & 2 reassessments; which involves home visits with each client. Caroleana further offered and assisted each household with other available resources.
Caroleana continued to make calls and schedule appointments for the summer cooling Energy Assistance program. She completed and submitted 30 applications.
She was a guest at the Sandy Health Clinic staff meeting and learned about their many services and the great work that they are doing for our community.
Caroleana attended a lunch with the team for the Envoy vehicle with Steve Higgs. We learned about the work that SAGE does in our area of the state and possible opportunities to further partner in the future.
She also met with the Legal Aid Services lead team for Oregon. She learned a lot about their services and the great work they do for the community at large. They partner with Oregon Law Center. This will be a great resource for the unique cases that may be a bit different and difficult.
Caroleana helped the team with flyers and advertisements for summer events; including the design, printing, and stamping of the swim passes for the new partnership with Mt. Hood Athletic Club.
Caroleana went on a hike this month with Marc and the seniors to the Biddle Nature Preserve.
Caroleana also helped a local senior get assistance with the purchase of special orthopedic shoes. She connected this senior to Sandy Helping Hands and assisted in filling out the intake paperwork in order for him to get financial assistance.
Of note is that our contract units for Senior Services for Clackamas County was met in May and we had one more month (June) of services to our senior clients. We will request an increase to the contract soon in the fiscal year this coming contract year.
As well, Caroleana met the Energy Assistance contract units of 120 applications and will be asking for an increase for the new fiscal contract year.
June Events:
Senior Birthday Party on June 17th
Mt. Hood Hospice Class on Grief well attended by 9 community members
Embold Bank financial class attended by 3 community members and 1 staff
Future Events:
Mt Hood Hospice class on July 23rd on the Power of expressive writing.
Legal Aid classes for the end of summer on the last Tuesday in Aug and Sept.
The Silvertones group has ended. Their leader and piano player has resigned. We have less seniors in the community center who are interested in this program. But we also a few that are now displaced and who benefit from this group for the socialization aspect. We’re brainstorming a solution for this.
Marc:
TRIPS
– Dine out at Bugatti’s in Oregon City – 9 people. First time trying this restaurant and everybody loved it and definitely wants to go back!
– Hike & Lunch at Willamette Greenway and Old Spaghetti Factory – 11 people. Amy joined us for this hike.
– Spirit Mountain Casino – Started off at 6 people and ended up with 7 coming back. When we arrived there someone out front saw our Sandy bus and started talking to me. Turns out he is a senior from Brightwood and had taken public transportation down there a few days earlier and inquired about getting a ride back to Sandy. So I had him call Chelsea to create a Sportsman account with us and sign up for the return trip. When we got back we got him a newsletter and rec guide and he is looking forward to doing stuff at the center.
– National Neon Sign Museum and Lunch at Spooky’s Pizza in The Dalles with a stop at Eastwind Drive-In for dessert in Cascade Locks on the way back – 9 people
– Dine out at Eagle Creek Saloon in Estacada – full bus (14 people)
– Hike and Lunch at Biddle Nature Preserve in Vancouver and Buffalo Wild Wings in Wood Village – 12 people. It was a full trip with a waitlist but we had a cancellation the morning of and it was too last minute notice for anyone on the waitlist. Caroleana joined us for this hike.
Meals on Wheels:
– 967 meals this month – Lower this month due to no deliveries on Juneteenth and most people did not want extra meals delivered prior to that date.
Parks & Facilities:
Upcoming and important dates/events:
July 4th- Fireworks at the High School Field
July 10th- Mountain Festival Kid’s Pet Show
July 11th- Mountain Festival Kid’s Bike Derby
July 12th- Mountain Festival Kid’s Parade
July 19th- First Movie in Meinig Park for the summer- Top Gun
July 24th- First Band of the summer! Eagle Eyes.