PARKS DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT 2011

1. PARKS DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT2011 Presented by: PAM VANDERKOLK Superintendent Park Board: Rick McEvoy, John Gerber, Susan Campbell & Christine Zadylak

2. Info More than 7,000 people participated in our programs/events We also had 92 dogs attend! 70 + Volunteers for more than 245 hours! Grants - $5,116.00 Donations - $14,572.00 (cash & gifts) Pool – 15,556 visitors = daily avg. 229 929 for adult lap swim = daily avg. 20 Wet Wacky Wednesday evening family swim – 75 & 110 Vandalism loss - $1,956.94

3. INCOME Pool admissions - $24,918.67 Pool Concessions - $15,542.53 Roush 1 Concessions - $13,681.68 Roush 2 Concessions - $5,321.40 Jefferson Concessions - $6,507.45 Pavilion Rentals - $2,790.00 Gym memberships/Dog Park & Roller Hockey Keys - $18,608.00 Swim Lessons - $1,226.50 Pool Rentals - $4,857.50

4. JANUARY Racquetball Tournament – 12 Crochet Lessons – 7 Craft Club – cancelled due to weather Pickle Ball League – 3 BINGO – 19 (average) year-round

5. FEBRUARY Stuff & Fluff – 35 Crochet Lessons – 15 Craft Club – 5 Special Needs Dance – 56 Daddy/Daughter Dance – 279 Mystery Dinner – 66 & 87 $1,040.00 in prize donations received for dances Thank you to our generous community!

6. Mystery Dinner Stuff & Fluff

7. Daddy/Daughter Dance

8. MARCH Spring Coloring Contest – 71 Pee Wee Soccer League – 75 Craft Club – 7 Weekday Walkers (Oct – March) – 4 – 12 per day Toddler Time (Oct – March ) – 2 - 6 per day

9. SPRING COLORING CONTEST WINNERS Skylar Gaunt Kaylee Fisher

10. APRIL Senior Exploration – 57 Easter Egg Hunt – 100 Dog Egg Hunt – 25 pets Senior Carry-in Lunch – 45 Egg Coloring event - 22

11. Egg coloring Easter Egg Hunt For kids And Dogs!

12. MAY Zumba Classes – 96 in 5 weeks Women’s Self Defense Class – 5 Cinco de Mayo Luncheon – 26 Giggles & Games w/Grandma – 25 Wells Community Pool opens!

13. Giggles & Games With Grandma

14. JUNE Summer Coloring Contest – 35 4 Dance Camps – 44 (max) Drawing Camps – 62 Art in Park – 107 Crochet Camp – 9 Hemp Jewelry Camp – 11 Reed Basket Making – 8 Bowling Camp – 25 Hair Braiding – 6 Funky Flip Flops – 24 Nail Art – 19 Grandpa & Me Build a Toolbox – 31 Crackle Painting – 11 Decoupage Day – 8 Tot Swim Lessons - 20 Tennis Lessons – 72 Swim Lessons – 110 Kids Kamp – 17 Adult Tennis League – 8 Homemade Ice Cream – 13 Touch-a-Truck – 360 Kids Garage Sale – 2 Cooking Camp A – 17 Cooking Camp B – 17 Show Choir Camp – 10 Drawing Animation – 19 Loom Hot Pad – 11 Tumbling – 38 Mini Cheer Camp – 31 Special Needs Swim Less. - 9

15. Many Summer Camps! Crackle Painting, Decoupage, Animation & Archery

16. Show Choir, Tumbling, Mini Cheer & Basketball

17. Homemade ice cream, wood crafts, crocheting & reed basket making classes

18. Bowling, hair braiding, funky flip flops & cooking camps

19. Kid’s garage sale Touch-a-Truck Grandpa & Me Build-a-Toolbox

20. JULY Origami Camp – 18 Swim Lessons – 120 Pee Wee T-Ball – 22 Drawing Camp – 24 Tie Dye Day – 33 Iron Kid Triathlon – 74 Boot Camp – 20 Kids Kamp – 29 Plastic Canvas Camp – 18 Paper Mache Class - 19 Art in the Park – 96 Wood Kit Craft – 8 Archery Clinic – 10 Tot Fire Dept. Visit – 43 Movies at Kehoe – 510+ Rubber Stamping – 3 Pee Wee Basketball – 59 Belly Dance Class – 12 Mini Basketball Camp – 22 Mosiac Art Camp – 21

21. Mosiac, rubber stamping, paper mache & origami classes

22. Tie-Dye day, dog obedience, jewelry making & art in the park

23. Tot FD visit, summer tennis, T-ball camp, Kehoe movies

24. IRON KID TRIATHLON

25. Pee Wee Basketball Boot Camp Summer Color Contest Winners: Cam Bertsch Nikki Johnson

26. AUGUST Dig & Seek – 30 3 on 3 BB tourney – 31 Women’s Self Defense – 11 Kehoe Concerts Series ends – successful!

27. Dig & Seek and Men’s 3 on 3 tourney

28. SEPTEMBER Muffins w/the Mayor – 18 Fall Coloring Contest – 43 Pedal & Picnic – 85 National Neighborhood Day – 200 + Bark Before Dark – 35 people, 18 dogs Art Bazaar – 10 exhibitors Senior Exploration - 55

29. Senior Exploration, Art Bazaar, Muffins w/Mayor, Bark before Dark

30. National Neighborhood Day, Pedal & Picnic, St. Fair Float (2nd place), Washington Park renovations

31. OCTOBER Senior Carry in Luncheon – 40+ Open gym begins Pumpkin Dunkin – 106 Great Pumpkin Hunt – 325+ Autumn Adventure – 1,422

32. Fall Coloring Contest winners: Cameron McFarren & Tianna Baumgartner Howl-o-Ween Pet Winner: Halle Pence Great Pumpkin Hunt winners: Adeline Sabinske, JacobWerling & Olivia Hull

33. Great Pumpkin Hunt & Hayride, Autumn Adventure, Pumpkin Dunkin

34. NOVEMBER Adult Volleyball League – 45 Badminton League – avg. 12

35. Thank you Rotary for the beautiful pavilion renovations & to the Wells County Foundation for the new picnic tables. Thanks to First Bank of Berne for the monetary gift for sidewalks at Roush Park. Thanks again to WCF & FBB for the beautiful patio at Washington Park. Coming soon will be grills & bench swings at Washington Park from the Joe & Frankie Emshwiller family. There are also new benches on the greenway courtesy of their generosity.

36. DECEMBER Tot Candy Cane Hunt – 41 Santa’s Mailbox – 318 Paws & Claus – 45 pets Daycare Visit – 49 Winter Wonderland – 96 Santa’s Workshop - 16 Winter coloring contest winner: Kendal Crist 76 entries

37. Santa letters, Paws & Claus, Daycare visit with Santa, Santa’s workshop

38. Candy Cane Hunt, Paw & Claus, and Winter Wonderland Thanks to the generosity of many donors of prizes throughout the year as well as our dedicated volunteers and employees. Special thanks to the Wells County Foundation for the grant funds for our Kehoe Movie & concert series. Also for the folding chairs and chair carts. Thanks also to Baller Signs, Bluffton Dental, Adams Wells Internet, YAR, Elks, Cardinal Audubon Club, Patrick Pearson, Indiana Arts Commission, Arts United & National Endowment for the Arts for their generosity.

39. Volunteer of Year Celebration Cara Deininger 2011 Volunteer of the Year