{"id":632,"date":"2018-08-17T03:03:26","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T03:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/communityservices\/?p=632"},"modified":"2018-08-17T03:04:49","modified_gmt":"2018-08-17T03:04:49","slug":"community-services-may-june-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/communityservices\/2018\/08\/17\/community-services-may-june-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Services – May & June 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sandy Community Campus (Tanya Richardson)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
More changes are occurring at the pool including work on replacing toilets, fixing of the plumbing, installation of staff areas, refurbishing of benches in locker rooms, new dressing area partisans, electrical safety checks, and installation of electrical outlets in front lobby and office.\u00a0 Painting throughout the entire building, exterior paint, new Olin Y Bignall Aquatic Center sign, and new stripping of the disabled parking area at the front entrance.<\/div>\n
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Recreation (Sarah Richardson)<\/div>\n
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The Summer Recreation & Leisure Guide was launched in May. Over the last year the guide has expanded to include more Senior\/Active Adult listings as well as more Library listings. The guide was originally created to highlight recreation and special events but the move to an electronic guide has provided more flexibility at no additional cost.<\/div>\n
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New this summer Code to the Future – Video Game Design and Minecraft Modding Camps, and a return to Day Camps at Camp Namanu. Adult Coed Softball kicked off in June.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Senior Services (Melissa Thompson)<\/div>\n
The staff implemented monthly focus topics which was augmented by speakers and providing information about awareness and education.\u00a0 In May, the focus was on Arthritis Awareness and June was Alzheimer’s Awareness month.\u00a0 The seniors enjoyed hikes to the Klickitat River,\u00a0<\/b>Mt. Tabor, Tyron Creek & Butler Creek.\u00a0 Other wonderful trips included a Bed & Breakfast Tour, Schreiner Wildlife Ranch, Corbett Children’s Theater, and the Lavender Festival.\u00a0 An AARP driving course was well attended in May as well as a special presentation of “Understanding & Responding to Dementia”.\u00a0 The staff served a Brain Healthy Lunch at the end of the month and included a presentation from Cami Henderson about her attendance at the National Alzheimer Conference held in Washington DC.<\/div>\n
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Special Events ( Carol Cohen)<\/div>\n
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Running Dirty occurred in May for the 3rd year.\u00a0 We had a good crowd with people wanting to get down and dirty at Liepold Farms. We had 3 different heats for the adults and 3 different heats for the children.\u00a0 Everyone had a great time with food and beer provided by Liepold\u2019s.<\/div>\n
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Noah’s Quest<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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On June 23rd was the 13th Annual walk\/run with over 132 participants.\u00a0 We had an overwhelming amount of volunteers and food, fruit and coffee donated from Franz Bread and Starbucks.\u00a0 There was a great article in the Post the following week about a local mother who lost her baby 13 years ago.\u00a0 She mentioned Noah’s Quest saved her life and got her out of the house and started the grieving process.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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