Carol:

July started off with another successful 4^th of July firework display.  Thanks to Clackamas County Bank for sponsoring another exciting event. 

Mt. Festival started on July 10^th with the Pet Show and 11^th with the Bike Challenge all at Sandy Bluff Park.  Carol had to think outside the box since we could not use the track at CR for both of those events. The bike challenge was a huge success because we had different stations for the kids to participate while they had to bike around the park.  We had 2 vendors one was Rock Haven from Gresham and the other was Northwest Trails Alliance.  The kids loved it and we also used the new shelter at Sandy Bluff for both events.

July 12^th was the Kids Parade and that brought in over 200 people and we had some really cool vendors.  Wippersnappers had a bouncy house that had long lines to get into.  The Mt. Hood Athletic Club had a mini horse for kids to pet and take photos.  Thanks to CCB and Scoop n Swirl for the free hotdogs and ice cream.

July 24^th was the first music in the park that was “Eagle Eyes” , an Eagles tribute band. The Parks and Rec team did another 50/50 raffle and it was a huge success.  The winner ended up with $412 in their pocket.  It was probably one of the biggest crowds in the park.

The middle of July we offered science classes and all 3 different programs were full.  Minds in Motion will be coming back in the fall for more classes.

Currently working on Winterfest more businesses involved and sponsorships.

Chelsea:

• Processed invoices related to various park projects plus end of year final invoices. 
• Attended meetings in regards to various ongoing park projects
• Took and recorded meeting notes for ARC’s work at Cedar Park 
• Completed the meeting minutes from the Parks & Trails advisory board meeting on 7/10 and uploaded the video. 
• Continued to do necessary updates for various park grants
• We closed out the Bluff Dog Park upgrade grant and submitted for final reimbursement. 
• Helped with senior water aerobic sign ups
• I also made a flyer to advertise for the senior water aerobics class
• Helped check seniors in for our summer BBQ- I also helped with the food prep for this event.
• This is the first month of our expanded shelter rentals dates and times. Since they’re becoming so popular, as a team we decided to add more time slots. I updated all the flyers and software system to reflect this. 
• Worked on updating and editing a new Parks Special Event application.

Caroleana:

July was a new month with many aspects of her job covered.  This month started out a new fiscal year.  This time of year Caroleana cleans up her client files, and creates a new excel Napis tracking form for our Clackamas County Contract.  

We started the month at the center with our annual senior BBQ on the second day of July and had 45 older adults attend. All enjoyed the delicious lunch and summer pie with ice cream for dessert. 

Caroleana had over 323 senior related calls.   This month the center had 11 new MOW clients & 4 reassessments; which involves home visits with each client and a completed NAPIS form for Clackamas County.   Caroleana further offered and assisted each household with other available resources. 

Caroleana drove route #3 the first friday of July; meeting a few clients who I’ve never even met before. Very interesting to see the whole route.  

Caroleana continued to make calls and schedule appointments for the summer cooling Energy Assistance program.  She completed and submitted 17 applications 

Caroleana helped the team with flyers and advertisements for summer events; including the design of the Bike Camp with NW Trails Alliance flier, and Mt Festival Kids event flyers.  

She also participated in an online interview with ECO Northwest to help with the Sandy housing production strategy.   In July she participated in two important trainings; Introduction to Trauma Informed practices and Trauma informed practices serving older adults facing housing instability. 

Caroleana  went on a hike this month with Marc and some of our local seniors to Oak and Old Wagon Trail in Tualatin.  

 She also helped at the first summer concert, which had a wonderful turn out. 

Event: 

Mt. Hood Hospice Class on Grief well attended by 6 community members

Embold Bank financial class had a class scheduled for July 30th & unfortunately no one attended.

 

Marc:

SENIOR TRIPS:

– Dine out at Casa Colima in Happy Valley – 8 people with 2 meeting us there.  Our first time trying this restaurant and it was excellent with great service!

– Dine out at The Roadhouse in Gresham – 10 people with 2 meeting us there

– Hike and lunch at the Cazadero trail in Estacada with lunch at the Old Mill Saloon in Estacada – 13 people with Carol joining us

– Hike and lunch at the Oak & Old Wagon Trail at Tualatin Hills Nature Park and Chang’s Mongolian Grill in Beaverton – Was full with a waitlist but 2 last minute cancellations and not enough notice for the people on the waitlist.  Caroleana joined us for that hike

– Oregon Zoo – only 4 people for this one unfortunately

– Sherwwod Robin Hood Festival – 8 people

MOW:

– 1055

– covered one of the routes for one of our drivers

MT. FESTIVAL:

– Helped Carol with the Kids pet show, Bike Derby and Kids Parade

Parks & Facilities:

 Future Events: 

Coed softball tournament August 10th and 11th.

Mt Hood Hospice class on August 13th; Empathy in Action.  

Join Sandy’s Bee City USA Action Group Summer Meeting at the Sandy Community and Senior Center on Tuesday, August 13th from 5:30-6:30. Learn about the different things the city is doing to support pollinators!

 Sunset/Full Moon Hike – Sunday, August 18th 7:00pm at Tickle Creek with Lecia Schall, an Oregon Naturalist through the OSU extension office and the Sandy Bee City Action Group. We will be exploring and learning about the nocturnal environment and hopefully spot a couple of nocturnal pollinators! We’ll meet at a TBD location along the Tickle Creek Trail at 7:00 pm. We encourage folks to not bring flashlights, but if an extra light is needed please bring a red or UV (purple) light only. As the sun sets our goal is for our eyes to adapt to the darkness. Any bright lights (particularly from phones!) will disrupt this process and we encourage participants to keep their cellphones in their cars. Children 4 and up are allowed to attend with a parent, and teens 13+ can attend. It costs $5 to register and you can register here: https://cityofsandy.activityreg.com/selectactivity_t2.wcs?leaguesid=2149

Embold Financial Class Aug 20th –  Paying off debt

Legal Aid classes for the end of summer on the last Tuesday in Aug and Sept. 

Fall Recreation Guide coming out the end of August. 

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.

Carol:

Accomplishments:  The first Annual Yappy Hour was a huge success. We had close to 350 people with their dogs. and everyone had a blast. The vendors are excited for next year and it will even be bigger next year with more vendors wanting to join.

Here’s a fun video of dogs at the event: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tW-RmaG3aTxXuls864rY8Jr6i1AKygDb/view?usp=sharing

A special thanks to Andrew Lytle, local graphic designer and artist, for providing free dog sketches to dog owners at the event. This booth was a big hit! Andrew completed an estimated 25 sketches during the 3+ hour event.

The Summer Guide came out the first week in May. Posters for music and movies have been distributed.

Carol had her largest senior class on May 21^st with 29 seniors attending.  The word has been spreading and we are getting new seniors that come into the center.

Amy:
Worked Yappy Hour
Hosted a booth at the Spring Celebration/Gardening Club Plant Sale
Planned and orchestrated a Community Gardens Work Day

Organized World Bee Day Film Screening of “My Garden of 1000 Bees” 

Softball Scheduling/Organizing is done!

Tupper Park Playground Completed.

Caroleana:

Caroleana had over 425  senior related calls.   This month the center had 7 new MOW clients & 7 reassessments; which involves home visits with each client.     Caroleana further offered and assisted each household with other available resources. 

Caroelana started to make calls and schedule appointments for the summer cooling Energy Assistance program.  

As well she participated in a select online survey for the Institute on Aging with the college of Urban and public Affairs at Portland State.   The interview portion of the survey was conducted over zoom with 10 other center directors throughout the state of Oregon.   The Oregon Health Authority funds and supports 24 specialists statewide.  The local Clackamas County specialist is Kim Whitely who I have met twice.   Their goal is to collaborate with and coordinate with community partners.

Conducted two trainings with meals on Wheels drivers including elder abuse signs and what to do in case of an emergency.  

Caroleana  went on a hike this month with Marc and the seniors to Salish Ponds.  She thoroughly enjoyed herself and is making a point to attend once a month in order to have more conversations with seniors who go on hikes.  

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.

Event: 

On May 14th we had the Senior Resource Fair which was a success and we had over 65 people attend. 

19 businesses and organizations participated, giving their time and providing resources to our community.  

A big thank you to: Avamere at Cascadia and Sandy Avamere, Mt. Hood Hospice, Mt. Hood Adult Day Center, Mt. Hood Senior Solutions, Sandy Public Library, Sandy Area Metro, Sandy PD, Assisting Hands Home Care, Cedar Springs Advisors ltd., Clackamas County Fire, Clackamas County Volunteer Connections, SHIBA with Clackamas County, Clackamas County DHS and Care Oregon, Embold Credit Union, Clackamas County Bank, Parkinson’s Resources of Oregon, and ClearCaption.  

 Future Events: 

Melissa Hagerety with Legal Aid Service with Clackamas County reached out to Caroleana in May.   They received a grant that will fund a few training courses in the fall.   We Scheduled for Legal Aid classes for the end of summer on the last Tuesday in Aug and Sept. 

Marc:

Senior Trips:

– Dine out at Alpine Events by Busy Bee Catering – Full bus with 9 people meeting us there

– Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in McMinnville – 11 people

– Hike & Lunch – Tualatin River Trail and California Pizza Kitchen in Tigard – 13 people with Amy joining us

– Dine out at Oswego Grill at the Clackamas Town Center – 9 people

– Hike and Lunch at Salish Ponds City Trail and Troutdale Station Food Carts – 13 people with Caroleana joining us

MOW

– 1368

– New clients added

Chelsea:

• Processed invoices related to various park projects
• Collected vendor documents for new vendors
• Drafted addendums 
• Updated project budgets 
• Attended meetings in regards to various ongoing park projects
• PTAB meeting, agenda, video, and minutes
• Checked on playground equipment deliveries for Cedar park 
• Started taking meeting notes for ARC’s work at Cedar Park 
• Research for special events 
• Continued to do necessary updates for various park grants
• Worked Yappy Hour
• Helped with the Senior Resource Fair.

John:

On May 6th, I presented the final branding package of the Action Sports Components of Cedar Park (Skatepark, Pump Track and Jump Line) to City Council for a final adoption.  See below for the final branding designs.

Closed out a Congregate Dining Grant of $25,000 that we used to purchase a new/working dishwasher and upgraded our fire suppressions system which will allow us to safely serve free and nutritious meals to seniors.

Coordinated the route, map and communication to City Staff and neighboring community members in regards to the Longest Day Parkway.  This is an annual event that highlights the different parks and neighborhoods that the City has to offer (https://www.ci.sandy.or.us/parks-rec/page/longest-day-parkway-2024)

Parks & Facilities:

Upcoming and important events/dates (save the date or dates of facility closures, or park closures etc.)
– Adult Coed Softball starts June 10^th with 12 teams this year.

– Center closed for Juneteenth- June 19th

– Longest Day Parkway – June 20th

• Noah’s Quest Walk/Run- June 29th

• Summer camps with i9 start the end of June.   The i9 camps will be held throughout all the city parks like Timberline, Cascadia, Bornstedt and Sandy Bluff Park.

Carol:

Accomplishments: March finished up with the Mt. Storm Jamboree at the high school. We had a total of 220 kids grades 3rd-6th from all of the different OTSD schools. We gave out ribbons to all the kids and each coach presented a sportsmanship award to an opposing team to one child that exemplified good sportsmanship.

The Department hosted their second Silent Disco at the Community Center for the teens. Dick Hannah was our presenting sponsor. Dominoes donated all the pizza and Nya’s Cakes gave us a discount on the cookies. The teens had a blast and we used the whole community center. We had a photo booth, and games in the lounge. This event was another success and we might even think about doing one for adults.

We have 3 movies confirmed for Meinig Park this summer:
July 19 Top Gun
August 2 Ghostbusters Frozen Empire
August 16 Kung Fu Panda 4

The music line up for this year is:
July 24 Eagle Eyes
August 16 CJ Mickens band

August 21 Jennifer Batten

Businesses that are sponsoring music and movies so far:
Hoodview, Washman, Smoky Hearth, Whippersnappers, Les Schwab, Bill’s Automotive, Konell Construction, Trimble Investments, CCB, Everfresh, and Timberline.
Our goal is $14,000 and we are at $12,100. More to come!

The Summer Recreation Guide will be completed and printed by the beginning of May.

if you visit the Senior center, you’ll notice that the ping pong table has been set up in the lounge. Some of the seniors are making sure it gets played with.

Amy:

– Mt Storm finished with the Jamboree on March 16th
– Did lots of social media posts for the MOW campaign
– Helped with Silent Disco on March 8th

– Fully trained 2 new building monitors

– Celebrated “Learn About Butterfly Day” on March 14th with a Pollinator Panel

– Had the first Community Gardens Work Day March 24th where we released Mason Bees

Caroleana:

March was a wonderful Month.  

Caroleana had over 322 senior related calls. This month the center had 7 new MOW clients & 5 reassessments; which involves home visits with each client. Caroleana further offered and assisted each household with other available resources. 

Energy Assistance – In March,  the winter heating program for Clackamas County EA continued and we submitted 6 applications. 

The March for Meals Campaign was overall a huge success:

The Senior Dinner on March 2nd was a wonderful evening of multi-generational connection and yummy food made by students in collaboration with D31.    

Over $800 was raised the first night for the March for Meals campaign.  ($485 from the dinner donation specifically) 

6 local restaurants participated in the campaign and we raised over $1880. A BIG thank you to Taqueria El Jaliscience, Smoky Hearth, Scoop ‘n Swirl, Sandy Panda Express, Mountain Moka, and Sandy Dairy Queen.

5 awesome raffle baskets were donated for the March for Meals Campaign.  

A BIG thank you to the local businesses: Embold bank, Mt. Hood Senior Solutions, Mt. Hood Adult Day Center, Prestige Cinema, Next Adventure AND businesses @ the beach: Bruce’s Candy Kitchen, Cannon Beach Smokehouse, and Inn at Cannon Beach. 

 The baskets were in the lounge area of the Senior Center throughout the month of March, which brought attention to the campaign.  Many visitors purchased tickets while at the center for events or classes and some even just simply donated to the program. Overall the baskets raised over $600 for the Campaign.  

Overall the March for Meals campaign was successful with over $3,200 raised in March!  

Presented at the Parks and Trails Advisory Board meeting about what I do, and the March for Meals Campaign.  

Started planning for the Senior Resource Fair in May.   With 15 businesses and organizations participating so far.  I am looking for one more caregiving agency and a hearing company. 

Hosted a quarterly birthday party with the Silvertones providing special music.  All had a good time and enjoyed cupcakes and ice cream.  

Met with Mt. Hood Hospice to plan the Summer and Fall Grief Series. 

Helped with two student volunteers from Oregon Trail Academy to learn about the Meals on Wheels program. They counted and packed each cooler for each route and then packed the coolers in the volunteer’s vehicles.  The two students interviewed me to get a better understanding of the program.  

Marc:

Senior Trips:

– Dine out at Black bear Diner in Gresham – 11 people with 3 meeting us there

– Hike & Lunch at Springwater corridor and then Smoky Hearth for the March for Meals event – 11 people with 2 meeting there for both hike & lunch

– Chinook Winds Casino – 11 people

– Hike & Lunch at Powell Butte and then Red Robin – 10 people

 – Northwest Horse Fair & Expo in Albany – 10 people

– Dine out at Naan and Curry in Welches – Full Bus (14 people) and Chelsea met us there. For most of the Seniors this was their first time ever having Indian food and most seemed like they really enjoyed it! I had no idea I would get so much interest in this trip. We even had a waiting list!

Meals On Wheels:

– 1203 meals delivered during March

– 6 new clients started during March

Chelsea:

• Processed invoices related to various park projects
• Assisted with project change orders. 
• Drafted addendums and new contracts for vendors. 
• Updated project budgets + revamped a few we’ve been using so they match the template we like to use. 
• Attended meetings in regards to various ongoing park projects
• PTAB meeting, agenda, video, and minutes
• Updated our Lounge TV with current event/offerings
• Shopped for refreshments for the first Deer Pointe Park open house and helped with printouts and sign ins. 
• Sent surveys to the Deer Pointe park neighbors and recorded responses in a spreadsheet. 
• Helped plan and order supplies for the 50th anniversary party. 
• Ordered refreshments/snacks/and supplies for the Cedar Creek Trail Grand Opening. I also created signage.

John:

Helped coordinate and manage our March 4 meals campaign.

Finalized contracts for the summer concert and movie series at Meinig Park.

Picked and mapped out the neighborhood and park for the Longest Day Parkway.

Met with ARC and Spoke n Wheel to discuss the branding opportunities for the new skate park and pump track including logos, names and promotional material.

Managed coordination of the install of the Center’s new Dishwasher.

Parks & Facilities:

Upcoming Events:
4/9- 2nd Bee City USA Meeting April 9th 5:30pm-6:30pm

4/13 April Community Gardens Work Day 11:00am-3:00pm

4/18- Golden Anniversary for the Senior Center from 2:00pm-4:00pm- RSVP required

4/18- 2nd Open House for Deer Point Park at the Center from 6:00pm-7:30pm

4/20- Solve Clean up day 9:00am-1:00pm

4/26- Arbor Day at Tupper at 4:30pm

4/27- Children’s Day 10:00am-12:00pm

4/30- First Softball Coaches/Ump meeting of the 2024 season

5/16- New Event! Yappy Hour @ Sandy Bluff Park (a dog festival) 6:00pm-8:30pm

Amy:

– Made it through another month of Mt Storm games and practices.

– Designed many cute posters for our events!

– Updated our website.

– Learned how to work the new Parks & Recreation photobooth

– Supper for Tupper Fundraiser at Scooters!

– Created movie survey for the Summer sounds and movies at the park.

– Lots of social media posts

– Interviewed and helped select new building monitors.

– Turned in Bee City Renewal Report 

Carol:

The Mountain Storm season is moving right along.

Currently working on Spring events such as the Teen Silent Disco, Senior Easter Egg hunt with the library, and a new event called Yappy Hour. Geren’s and VCA have agreed to be part of this new event.  They will have lots of giveaways for the dogs, even a puppachino!

Caroleana:

The month of February was full of planning.  

Caroleana had over 200  senior related calls.  This month the center had 2 new MOW clients & 2 reassessments; which involves home visits with each client.   Caroleana further offered and assisted each household with other available resources. 

Energy Assistance – In February,  the winter heating program for Clackamas County EA continued and we submitted 9 applications. 

 Mt. Hood Hospice presented the last class in the Grief series.   

A lot of planning went into the March for Meals Campaign.  Caroleana finalized flyers, coordinated dinner donations for D31 Foundation, and finalized the Senior Dinner flyer. Also Caroleana went out and about town to get restaurant and cafe’ partners to support the campaign.  Caroelana went to 18 businesses and was able to secure 6 restaurants to participate.  Also, Caroleana reached out to business partners to help make baskets to raffle for the fundraising campaign.  Embold bank, Mt. Hood Senior Solutions, Mt. Hood Adult Day Center, Prestige Cinema, Next Adventure, are all local businesses that are participating and supporting the fundraising efforts.  

Started the planning for the Senior Resource Fair in May.  

One important training that Caroleana participated in was the QPR Gatekeeper Training: Question. Persuade. Refer.  The main topic for this training was suicide prevention.  

Chelsea:

• Processed invoices related to various park projects
• Updated project budgets
• Attended meetings in regards to various ongoing park projects
• PTAB meeting, agenda, video, and minutes
• Created the March/April 2024 senior newsletter, printed and mailed out. 

• Created a birthday party flyer, Deer Pointe Park Open House flyer, and a Grand Opening Invite for the Cedar Creek Trail. 

• Ordered grand opening supplies for the Cedar Creek Trail Opening in April. 
• Sent Open House flyers to the Deer Pointe park neighbors
• Built in March/April Trips to Sportsman
• Attended 4 interviews for the building monitor position

Marc:

Senior Trips:

-Dine out at Ristorante Di Pompello – 13 people with 2 people meeting us there

-Bigfoot Museum & Lunch at Sandbar BBQ – 10 people with 2 meeting us there

-Hike and Lunch at Glendoveer & Mod Pizza – 12 people with 5 meeting us for the hike and lunch with 2 additional meeting us for lunch

-Dine out at The Country Restaurant & Lounge – 10 people 

-Breakfast at Elmers then Portland Spring Home and Garden Show – Full Bus (14 people) with 2 meeting us for breakfast

-Hike & Lunch at Cazadero Trail & Red Apple – 6 people – smaller group as we had a lot of last minute cancellations due to rain.

MOW

-1087

– Marc covered 2 different delivery routes for our volunteers on days they couldn’t make it.

John: 

Worked with American Ramp Company and their marketing department, Spoke & Wheel, to start the process of marketing and branding the action sports elements (Skate Park, Pump Track and Jump Line) of Cedar Park.

Worked with the Oregon Parks and Recreation Association to provide professional development on Fields/Sports Complex maintenance and Recreational (sports) programming.

Finalized our contract and schedule for the bands at this year’s Summer Sites and Sounds at Meinig Park.

Concert 1:
● Date: 7/24/2024
● Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm (15 minutes set break)
● Performer: Eagle Eyes

Concert 2:
● Date: 8/7/2024
● Time:  6:00pm-8:00pm (15 minutes set break)
● Performer: CJ Mickens Band

Concert 3:
● Date: 8/21/2024
● Time:  6:00pm-8:00pm (15 minutes set break)
● Performer: Jennifer Batten

Helped with the planning of our Ribbon Cutting Ceremony of our newest trail (Cedar Creek Trail).  Specifically, I worked on the design elements of a logo which incorporated the newly built bridge that crosses the creek.

Parks & Facilities:

Upcoming and important events/dates:
– March 1- Softball Reg Opens

-March 5th- MOW fundraiser at El Jaliscience in Sandy

– March 8th- Teen Silent Disco at the Community Center

– March 13th- MOW fundraiser at Smokey Hearth
– March 14th- Pollinator Panel

– March 15th- MOW fundraiser at Scoop N Swirl
– March 16th- Mt Storm Jamboree

– March 21st- MOW fundraiser at Panda Express

– March 22nd- MOW fundraiser at Mt. Moka

– March 23rd- 1st Community Gardens Work Day

– March 29th- MOW fundraiser at DQ

Carol:

Mt. Storm started off with games in January at Sandy Grade, Firwood, Welches, and Boring.  Grades 3/4 games are during the week and the 5/6 games are all on Saturdays at Cedar Ridge.  We brought in high school kids that play on the high school basketball team to referee.

We have a total of 251 kids that signed up for this program.

 A brand new class started in January- a dance fitness class- which filled up with 10 participants.  Coming in February are new science classes with Minds in Motion- Outer space physics & Reco robot class.  The robot class is full with 13 kids!

Challenges: Due to the winter/ice storm we had to cancel 2 Saturdays for all 5/6 games and practices for a week. 

 

Amy:

Mt Storm Games started and are going well. I created player awards to be used as a teaching tool for each team. Coaches seem to be enjoying them! 

– I finished setting up the Volunteer Local webpage.

– Had 10 successful “Gratitude for Winterfest” social media posts. I also delivered a large number of thank you cards to the businesses who participated in the Stocking Stroll. 

-Had 2024’s first Bee City Action group meeting in January. We programed events until the end of September for the group. Aside from bees we will be celebrating moths and hummingbirds this year! 

-Connected with Estacada’s Bee City Action Group leaders for potential collaboration.

 

-Marketed Recreation programs at the Library’s Seed Swap event. 

– Continued to work on February’s Supper for Tupper (with Love!) Fundraiser. 

Chelsea:

• Processed invoices and specialty payments related to all the various park projects we have going on. 
• Attended meetings in regards to Cedar park and the demo projects. 
• PTAB meeting, agenda, video, and minutes
• Attended meetings with the Community Campus park neighbors to discuss the park project with them. Followed up via email with additional information. 
• Attended an informational meeting about public contracting, a meeting at Tickle creek to assess the storm damage, and a Bluff Dog park upgrade kick off meeting. 
• Made signs for the Community Campus park project, Tickle Creek trail closure, and for the upcoming Bluff dog park temporary closure. 

• Issued Notice to proceed for the Construction of Cedar Park and compiled the fully executed contract. 
• Completed quarterly grant report and reimbursement.

Caroleana:

January was a full month that came and went quickly.   

Caroleana had 411 senior related calls.  This month the center had 11 new MOW clients; which involves home visits with each client. Caroleana further offered and assisted each household with other available resources. 

Energy Assistance – In January,  the winter heating program for Clackamas County EA continued and we submitted 9 applications. 

The Grief Class presented by Mt. Hood Hospice had to be rescheduled due to weather 

The First Financial education class was held and hosted by Embold Credit Union.

Respite: In January, the decision was made to place the Change of Pace respite program on hold until the numbers increase.  John and Caroleana looked at the numbers/averages throughout the program’s service time.  At this time we will have a waitlist.  

Respite met three times in January and had only one client.  This client and his caregiver were very thankful for the program and will continue to stay in touch with the center.   

Finished up the Winterfest Thank You cards for the business and community organizations that participated in any aspect of Winterfest.  As a department we sent out over 85 cards this January.  Each tier of sponsorship was given a special thank you card with photos from the events.  

Caroleana researched grocery delivery options for homebound seniors who are low-vision or technologically limited.  She called several large companies like InstaCart, Store to Door (which runs in Portland and surrounding areas) DoorDash, and Fred Meyer’s grocery delivery.  

3 different Meals on Wheels (MOW) days were canceled due to inclement weather- Jan 12th, Jan 17th, and Jan 19th.  As a team we called all our MOW clients and checked in on each of them (45+ depending on the meal day) making sure they were safe and well.  We asked if they first had enough food and secondly had heat/power.

The start of January marked the 6 month mark for the Clackamas county contract. Caroleana evaluated the numbers for all contracted services (case management, Information and Assistance, Reassurance, HDM Assessments).  

Marc and Caroleana researched shelf stable meals.  Marc requested a new order form from Trio with more options. 

Started the March for Meals Campaign. Finalized flyers, coordinated dinner donations for D31 Foundation, and finalized the Senior Dinner flyer. 

Started the planning for the Senior Resource Fair in May.  Caroleana also attended the Gresham Senior Center Fair and made multiple connections for our resource fair.

Marc:

Senior Trips

-Dine out at La Carreta – full bus (14 people) with 5 people meeting us there

-Costco Trip – cancelled due to weather

-Hike and Lunch at Wildwood and Dragonfly Cafe – cancelled due to weather

-Rose City Classic Dog Show and Lunch at Famous Dave’s BBQ cancelled due to weather

-Woodburn Outlets trip – 5 people only unfortunately

-Dine out at Dragon Palace – 10 people with 4 meeting us there

Meals on wheels:

-766 meals delivered for the month- this number is down due to missing three delivery days because of the weather.

John:

1.  Met with the ORPA Board for the SPRINT/RSS Committee to plan our monthly section meetings, design our spring Workshop and start planning for our annual Parks and Recreation Conference.

2.  Lead the section meeting for ORPA members on the importance of Program Planning.  Was able to network and share ideas with Recreation Professionals from around the state.

3.  Held follow up meetings internally and with other departments regarding the programs and activities involved with Winterfest!  Worked with Tiana Rundell, our Parks and Facilities manager to build a year scope of our work relating to Winterfest programming and 2024 goals.

4.  Created parameters and guidelines to start the recruitment of a Winterfest workgroup, a team of volunteers to help involve our community in our Winterfest Community-Wide Event.

5.  Continued research and attended meetings to meet a departmental goal of bringing aquatic opportunities to Sandy residents.

6.  Last, but not least, helped organize a department “staff party” celebrating the last year and more specifically, continue to help build the positive culture of our Parks and Recreation Department.

Parks & Facilities Team:

Upcoming Events:

February 14th- Supper for Tupper (with Love!) at Scooters

February 19th- Center closed for holiday

February 25th- Library’s Plant Swap event

March 8th- 2nd Annual Silent Disco for teens at the Community Center

March 16th- Mt. Storm Jamboree

March 28th- Teen and Senior Egg hunt

Carol:

Accomplishments: 6 events in December. We kicked it off with the tree lighting with an estimated 500 people. The next events were pet pictures with the Grinch, reading with the snow queen, our newly added Stocking Stroll through downtown businesses, Estampa Mexicana and pictures with Santa, the shortest day walkway, and Holiday Happy hour (a 21 and over event). All these events, partnered with the Winterfest lights, brought an estimated 15,000 people to the park throughout the month.

The 2024 Winter/Spring Recreation guide came out on December 15th and we handed out close to 100 guides at the Winterfest events in the park.

Upcoming events/programs: Mt. Storm games started on January 3rd and will continue with games through March 16th.

We have new class offerings this year. We are contracting out with Trackers Earth for some Spring break and summer camps. Other new contractors are Minds in Motion (robotics & physics class for kids) and Tippi toes (a kids hip hop class).
I’m currently working on sponsorships for music and movies, July 4th fireworks, Silent Disco for the teens and a new event coming in May called Yappy Hour!

Amy:
– Community Gardens Registration continued through December
– All Winterfest events

– 5/6 Mt Storm Coaches Meeting + ref clinic + first practices for all teams

– Solidified Tupper Park Fundraiser for Valentine’s Day. This next fundraiser will be at Scooters.

Caroleana:

Caroleana took 311 senior related calls with 11 contacts being new clients that she gave resources or assistance and information to.  This month the center had 6 new MOW clients; which involves home visits with each client and a new Respite client.    Caroleana further offered and assisted each household with other available resources. 

Energy Assistance – In December the winter heating program for Clackamas County energy assistance helped an additional 24 households.

The Grief Class presented by Mt. Hood Hospice continued on Dec 12th.  

Caroleana also coordinated new financial education classes that will be hosted by Embold Credit Union in the winter.   

Respite: In December, the Change of Pace respite program continued to meet.  We had special holiday music performance on Dec 21st.

 

Caroleana updated the Aging and Disability Resource Connection listing website with current information about our respite program.  

Caroleana and John Presented to Estacada office of DHS Aging and Disability 

Merry mondays- All three Mondays Caroleana organized and facilitated fun mornings for the seniors to do crafts, decorate the tree, and have a gift exchange. 

Caroleana also designed the stocking stroll map for the new successful Winterfest event we held this month.   

Caroleana designed, printed and sent 20+ thank you cards for the 8 Winterfest events with photos from each event printed on the card. 

Collaborated with Amy Hardesty of D31 for a March fundraiser and dinner. This will help support our Meals on Wheels program.

The respite group worked on Christmas decorations all month; which were used at Winterfest events and in the center. This also brings us to a challenge- our respite program. Low signs up have continued. In December, we averaged 1 respite client per week.  

Marc:

Senior Trips

-Christmas Ships and Old Spaghetti Factory – Full bus with a waiting list

-Dinner at Old Mill Saloon and Celebration of Lights at Aspen Meadow Lodge in Colton – Full bus with a waiting list

-Clackamas Town Center – unfortunately only 6 people signed up

-Dine out at Heidi’s – Full bus

MOW

-1251 meals delivered during December

I also had a busy month of taking care of our regular maintenance for our vehicles that Ride Connection requires every six months. They all come due in the same month plus a few that are due annually.

Chelsea:

• Processed invoices and specialty payments related to the Community Campus Park Project
• Attended meetings in regards to the Community Campus projects
• PTAB meeting, agenda, video, and minutes
• Helped create the Merry makeover/stocking stroll map and various other flyers/signage related to Winterfest. 
• Managed sending out the links for the invitations to bid
• Issued addendas and communicated with planholders. 
• Helped with Merry Monday’s at the center for the seniors. 
• Created the Jan/Feb 2024 senior newsletter, printed and emailed out. 
• Worked 5 of the Winterfest events, including both nights for the Jolly Trolley to hand out cookies and cocoa. The Jolly Trolley event was extremely popular and well received.
• Ordered awards and a giant check for the merry makeover winners. 
• Sent letters to the Community Campus park neighbors to arrange meetings with them. 
• Attended multiple meetings to learn more about the 1200C permit process. 
• Built in January Trips to Sportsman

John:

The month of December was busy.  I continued to support the 2023/24 Mt. Storm Youth basketball season.  Specifically, I coordinated a referee clinic to ensure a consistent, fair and safe season for our Mt. Storm players.  Additionally,  I acted as our Staff Liaison for the Park Naming Committee that presented to The Parks Trails Advisory Board on December 6th and, with their recommendation, presented to City Council on the 18th.  After two rounds of public surveys and a private scoring from our Park Naming Committee, Cedar Park rose to the top.  Lastly, I helped coordinate all things Winterfest.  It was a highlight of my year to see our community come together, spread joy and celebrate the holiday season together.

Parks & Facilities Monthly Report:

Upcoming and important events/dates (save the date or dates of facility closures, or park closures etc.)

• January 1st- Center closed for holiday 
• January 9th- Bee City Meeting
• January 15th- Center closed for holiday
• January 27th- Seed Swap
• Lots of Mt. Storm practices and games

Carol:

Mt. Storm finally closed on November 18th and we have a total of 242 children. Last year we had a total of 221 children. We had 2 open gyms for grades 5/6 boys/girls and the following week we had the skills assessments to form teams.
Meetings will conclude on Dec 4th with the rest of the coaches, while rosters will be complete and kids will be on the court ready to practice before winter break.

Amy:

– 3rd & 4th Grade Coaches Meeting happened on Monday, November 27th. We had a large meeting that lasted 2 hours for the center that included City staff and all the 3rd/4th grade coaches.

-Attended the ORPA conference in early November.

– Just A Fundraiser happened on November 30th at Just Rum. We had a good turn out and people got in the festive spirit.

– Community Garden Registration has opened for previous garden bed registrants. It opens to new registrations on December 1st.

– Mountain Storm Instructional League ended for the season.

Chelsea:

• Processed invoices
• Attended meetings in regards to the Community Campus projects
• PTAB meeting, agenda, video, and minutes
• Helped create the Merry makeover/stocking stroll map and various other flyers/signage related to Winterfest. 
• Helped with Senior Thanksgiving- we had almost 60 people attend! 
• Drafted various documents for the Invitation to Bids for the Community Campus Demo project and Park project. 
• Managed sending out the links for the invitations to bid to the approximately 60 firms who requested them. 
• Issued addendas and communicated with plan holders. 
• Planned Merry Mondays (think senior holiday activities) at the center with Caroleana

• Helped with Holiday Decoration sponsorships and assisted with putting out the signs once they were made. 
• Participated in pre-bid meetings and helped prepare documents for them. 
• Helped plan and participate in the sneak peek of the Meinig Park lights.

Caroleana:  

Caroleana took 215 Senior related calls with 28 contacts who were new clients that she gave resources or assistance and information to.  This month the center had 6 new MOW clients; which involves home visits with each client and a new Respite client.

Energy Assistance – November was the start of the winter heating program for Clackamas County energy assistance and we submitted 17  applications. 

The Grief Class presented by Mt. Hood Hospice continued.  In November the participants did art therapy with intern students from Lewis and Clark. 

Caroleana also coordinated a new financial education classes that will be hosted by Embold Credit Union this winter at the Center.   

The first annual Veterans event:  “We Honor our Veterans”   was held at the Senior and Community Center on November 7th at 2:00pm.  Caroleana collaborated with Mt. Hood Hospice to put on this recognition event.   She had over 60 in attendance and 31 veterans were honored.  5 of these veterans are City employees.  

The Sandy High School Choir started off the event with the national anthem and special words were shared by Mayor Stan Pulliam, Jolie Phanton of Mt. Hood Hospice and Bert Key – a Marine, who served in uniform for 41 years and who retired at the rank of Army Colonel.

Thank you to our wonderful event sponsors: Bill’s Automotive Repair Inc., Mt Hood Senior Living, Michael OLeary of LegalShield, Oregon Trail Chiropractic, Avamere at Sandy and Embold Credit Union

Thank you for the in-kind donations from Sandy Starbucks and Sandy Fred Meyers. Thank you to the Sandy High School Choir, Clackamas County Veterans Services, Combat Vet Association, and VFW Post 4273.

Respite: In November, the Change of Pace respite program continued to meet.  We had one new client join our program; which has been a good addition to our group

Marc:

Senior Trips

-Hike at Vancouver waterfront and Golden Corral – Full bus with Carol helping.

-Hike at Logging Trail road and Denny’s – Was full but people started cancelling due to the weather predicted for that day. 6 people ended up going and it turned out to be a nice day for a hike!

-Spirit Mountain Casino – Full bus

-Mt. Angel Oktoberfest – Full bus

-Dine Out at Olive Garden – 11 people

-Dine Out at Oswego Grill – 12 people

-986 Meals on Wheels delivered- There were less meals this month due to holidays falling on delivery days.

John:

Lots of Winterfest! Assisted with the install of some of the new large Winterfest decorations. Coordinated with our graphic designer on Winterfest logos and signs. Worked with the sign company to place and pick up orders of banners. Helped get businesses signed up for the Marry Makeover Challenge. Handled the majority of the sign ups for the decoration sponsors.

Attended multiple meetings for Mountain Storm preparations + attended the 3rd & 4th grade coaches meeting.

Continued work on Park naming and created a PowerPoint presentation and staff report.

Continued to coordinate kitchen repairs.

Attended the ORPA conference in Portland.

Parks/Facilities Monthly Report:

Upcoming Events/Dates to remember:

• December 1st- Community Garden Registrations open for public
• December 1st- Tree lighting!
• December 2nd- Pet pictures with the grinch
• December 4th- Merry Monday at the Center with ornament decorating
• December 4th-9th- Mt. Storm practices begin
• December 9th- Evening with the snowqueen 
• December 11th- Merry Monday at the Center with an ugly sweater competition and hot cocoa bar
• December 15th- Stocking stroll in downtown
• December 15th-24th- Merry Makeover downtown decorating competition- voting live! 
• December 16th- Pictures with Santa and a performance by Estampa
• December 18th- Merry Monday at the center with a gift exchange, birthday party, and Silvertones Choir performance. 
• December 21st- Shortest Day Walkway 
• December 25th- Center closed for Holiday 
• December 28th- Holiday happy Hour
• January 1st- Center closed for holiday

Carol:

Mt Storm has been open for registration for a few weeks and so far as of 11/1 we have 118 kids signed up.
The Winter Recreation Guide was sent to our designer and will be done and printed before the Tree lighting. The goal is to pass out the Winter/Spring 2024 Recreation Guide on Dec 1st!
Sandy Library and the Recreation Department partnered together for the Halloween Hunt in Meinig. It was a little cold but over 100 kids still showed up. Lots of candy was given out and we had 10 winners (5 middle school and 5 high school kids) who found the golden pumpkins.

We have a total of $13,800 for Winterfest sponsors.
We’re currently working on talking to businesses to be part of the Merry Makeover (Amy and John are helping as well). So far the businesses are very excited about being part of the Winterfest. More details to come on this next month.

Amy:

– 3rd Bee City Meeting with Guest Expert, Beth Ward, from OSU’s Bat Hub

– Installed a Bat House in Sandy Bluff Park and had an educational ceremony 10/24

– Started Mt. Storm Instructional League classes

– Coordinated new marketing with Sandy Cinema and Mountain Times

– Hit up 47 businesses for Winterfest’s Merry Makeover Challenge.  

– Manned a booth for Childhood Resource Day

– Worked with Sandy Rotary Club to install raised garden beds (Wheelchair accessible ones) in the Sandy Community Gardens.

– We had a successful Boos and Brews fundraising event- We raised $925 for the new Tupper Park Playground.

Chelsea:

• I handled routine items such as drafting 2 memos for Parks Board, processing invoices, attending meetings in regards to ongoing projects, creating budget sheets, and created the October Parks & Trails Advisory Board agenda, minutes, and video recording upload.
• I created flyers for Thanksgiving Lunch and Merry Mondays. I also created a Tupper Park Playground Fundraising flier. 

• Completed change orders for the abatement project which wrapped up in October!
• Created and printed our largest Newsletter to date- 12 pages of info for the seniors for November and December! 

• Built November senior trips into Sportsman (finally learned how!)

Caroleana:

Caroleana had a busy October.  237 Senior related calls with 28 contacts who were new clients that she gave resources or assistance and information to.  This month the center had 6 new Meals on Wheels clients; which involves home visits with each client.   Caroleana further offered and assisted each household with other available resources. 

Energy Assistance – October was the start of the winter heating program for Clackamas County energy assistance and we submitted 13 applications.

The Grief Class presented by Mt. Hood Hospice continued. Thank you to Mt. Moka for the yummy treats this month.

Caroleana also coordinated new financial education classes that will be hosted by Embold Credit Union in the winter. 

The main event Caroleana worked on in October was the  “We Honor our Veterans” event on November 7th at 2:00pm.  She collaborated with Mt. Hood Hospice to put on this recognition event. 

 

Respite: In October, the Change of Pace respite program continued to meet.  A current challenge is low numbers in the respite group.

  

Senior Trips:

-Dine out at Eagle creek saloon that turned into a dine out at Carver Hanger due to a power outage- 11 people

-Hood River Harvest Festival.  12 people.  Was full but two people cancelled the day before and we weren’t able to fill last minute.

-Hike & Lunch at Foothills park in Lake Oswego and Backyard Burgers in West Linn.  12 people with Amy helping.

-Columbia Gorge Discovery Museum and Lunch at Cousin’s Restaurant in the Dalles- 11 people

-Dine out at Kumi Buffet in Happy Valley- 11 people

-Hike and lunch at Mosier Twin Tunnels and lunch at Grace Su’s China Gorge in Hood River.  13 people with Amy joining to help.

Meals on Wheels:

–1074 Meals on Wheels delivered.

John:

October was a month of Winterfest details- Creating the Merry Makeover Application, touching base with businesses who might want to participate in the challenge, doing an application through PGE so we can dress up the light poles for the holidays, and working with a graphic designer for a Winterfest logo and flyer.

John assisted Carol and Amy with Mountain Storm to make sure that is going smoothly and we have everything tidied up with gym reservations and paperwork.

The winter/spring recreation guide was a large undertaking- John helped get contracted classes on board and arranged for various offerings for our seniors. With the help of Chelsea, these were built into our software system so spaces are reserved for all these upcoming classes.

Parks Monthly Report:

Upcoming and important dates/events:
November 6th & 7th- Mt. Storm open gyms for grades 5/6.
November 10th- Center closed for Veterans Day November 14th & 16th- Skills Assessments for grades 5/6.
November 23rd & 24th- Center closed for Thanksgiving weekend November 27th- Coaches meeting to form teams for grades 3/4. November 30th- Tupper Park Fundraiser at Just Rum, from 6pm-9pm