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CITY OF i-.TLP.NTJ:. DEPi>RTi·lENT OF P.i-.RKS .i-:.NiJ RECREi'. .TICN E.O.l-... FINi-.NCE.J SUViNER RECRE i ..TIGi~ PROGiifJ-i - lS:67 Report #2 - .i-,ugust 1, 1~67 . The E. C ..i-~. Contract ,,,i th the City of i-.tlanta Department of Parks and Recreation for ":; ummer Recreation covers seven fields of activities: Senior Citizens, Resident Camping, Wilderness Camping, Swimming, Playlot ~ rogram, the Extended Program, and Operation Champ. SENlOR CITI ZENS - For the period July 17 through July 31., 1~67, 250 Senior Citizens participated in a daily craft class; 555 participated in a night program; 150 took field trips; and 1000 attended baseball and soccer g~mes at the i ..tlanta Stadium. i ..TLl,r.lTh. RECRE.t'.TION Cfl' IPS - .tl.t our resident camp at Lake hllatoona for the period July 17 to July 31, our attendance was 175 young people. The ages ranged from 3 to 12 years and the c~ildren came from Grove Park, Center Hill, Brannon, Kirkwood, Vine City, and Savannah Street. 1 SWir-:il'-1ING - Using our four portable su imming pools located in the disadvantaged areas of Atlanta, 1.-re had the following total participation for the period July 3 - July 31, 1~67: , Conley Street, six classes, with an enrollment of 106 for a total attendance of 1332. Merritts l.venue, six 9lasses, with 113 enrolled for a total attendance of 1438. Rhodes Street, six classes, Hith 92 enrolled, for a total attendance of 75S. Wylie Street, five· c;lasses, ·with 50 enrolled,for a total attendance ·of 6S5 . T_h is totals 23 classe s u i th a total enrollment of 361 fo r a t o t al attendance of 4 22 4. Childr en from Operation Champ a r e nm·r being ta ught s 1,·1i mming at l-- iedmont Park with a . total of 13 cla sse s organized invo lving 294 d ifferent children fo r a to t al attendance of 1305. �E .O .i-•• Summer Recreation Program Page T·v10 J.ugust 1, 1967 ~ 'pLJ,YLOT PROGRIJ.i - There 1.-1 ere 32 play lots in operat ion during July and from July 1 through July 15 participation totaled 30,781. From July 16 through i.ugust 1, the attendance ~-,as 27,015, for a grand total for the month of July of 57,7S6. EXTENDED PROGR.i'J I The Recreation l:-rogram has been boosted by the addition of staff through the Extended Services Program this summer. Centers in 12 poverty areas are able to o pen their doors earlier and remain ope n later in the evening averaging beb·:een 10 to 30 hours a uee k b e yond the r e gular program· hours. There appears to be a 15¼ increase in participa tion in the overa ll r e creation program at the 10 community c enters involved. Dis~iplinary problems in most areas are cJ.ecreasina because o f the added staff members and the extended ueil rounded p{ogram. The Extended i-rogram is being offered at Tech,mod, E. 1:- . Hm1ell, Grove, i.iozley, Pittman, Joyland, i.nderson, Carver-Campbell, Bass, and Bessie Branha m. OP E.?J.:..TION CH..:J :i1; Total participation figur e for the first seven weeks of Operation Champ is 76, 960. This figure is the total number of different children participating each day, added · for a total of seven •,reeks. i-,bout 5322 spectators observed the various Operation Champ program s and are not counte d in the above mentioned figure . . For the p e riod July 1 7 through I.ugust 1, total daily attenda nce was 222 6 for a colle ctive a v e rage of 9 2.7 young p e ople at each playlot. For the period Jun e 17 through July 1, the total participation ,ras 2147 per day vith an average per playlot of Sl.S. There has not been a ppr e ciable increase in the average daily attendance during the month o f July. One ti.m Hee k p e rio d include d eight day s of rain ,-. rhich drastica lly curta il e d our p a rticipa tion figur e . Fre e admi ssion and t ra n sportation wer e provide d for the follo~·ring: · 14,9SO 1,511 1,310 5,500 3,000 lS 2 2,40S t!-,773 children children childre n ch i ldre n children childre n children chi l d r e n 63 children 53 3 ch i ldre n 1, 32 4 chi l dren Lectu re , .. · ·- to City 3,-rimming Pools. to i .iathis Dairies. to the Coca-Col a Compa ny. to .;,tl a nta Br a v es ' Games . t o · ;:.t l a nta Ch ief ' s Games . to .hrn-,ling clinic s . to fr ee movies. to d a n ces in ind i v idual areas. to the i,rchi v es Bu i lding. t o t h e l.tl a nta J our n a l. to Gr a nt l-ark Zoo, Cy clo rama , Natu r e and rrour . �E.O.A. 3ummer Recreation Program Page Three hugust 1, 1~67 HILDERNESS C.i-..1-'IP 1-.. Hell and hand pump is nmr in operation on the 470 acre tract of virgin land at Lake Allatoona near Cartersville. 90 children have taken a day trip to the Wilderness Camp during the period ending July 31, 1~67. Beginning in early Lugust, approxima•tely 50 young men ·will participate in developing trails, cutting undergro .-1th, etc. at the :ilderness Camp. 1 �