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--- CITY OF .i-.TL}U"\J.Ti,....._______ DEPARTMENT OF Pl.RKS j.:.NiJ RECRE..i'..T ION E . 0 . l:... Report #2 - i~gust 1, 1~67 The E. O • .i-. . Contract with the City of i,tlanta Department of Parks and Recreation for ':iummer Recreation covers seven fields of activities: Senior Citizens, Resident Camping, Wilderness Camping, Swimming, Playlot F rogram, the Extended Program, and Operation Champ. SIINlOR CITIZENS 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 games at the .i-i.tlanta Stadium. i-.TLANTl-,. RECREl-:.TION Cf,J•lPS . .-..t our resident camp at Lake l-.llatoona for the period July 1 7 to July 31, our attendance ,-,as 175 young people. The ages ranged from 3 to 12 years and the children came from Grove Park, Center Hill, Brannon, KirkHood, Vine City, and Savannah Street. SWIIvlHING - Using our four portable s,,!imming pools located in the disadvantaged areas of Atlanta, we had the following total participation for the period July 3 - July 31, 1 ~67: Conley Street, six classes, with an enrollment o f 106 for a t otal attendance of 1332. M:erritts i ,venue, six classes, with 113 enrolled for a total attendance of 1438. Rhodes Street , six classes, u ith 92 enrolled, for a total attendance of 75S . Wylie Street, five classes, ·with 50 enrolled ,for a total attendance of 695. This totals 23 classes with a total ~nrollment of 361 for a total attendance of 4 224. Children from Operation Champ are now being taught swimming at l-iedmont Park with a total of 18 classes organized involving 29 4 different children for a total attendanc e of 1305. �Summer Recreation P rogram Page Tv10 1-.ugust 1, 1967 E .0 . 1-~. PLZ.YLOT PROGRii.f-1 - There ·were 32 playlots in operation during July and from July 1 through July 15 participation totaled 30,781. From July 16 through l.ugust 1, the attendance Has 27,015, for a grand total for the month of July of 57,7 9 6. EXTENDED PROGRJ'J'-1 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 a b le to open their doors earlier and remain open later in the evening averaging betv.reen 10 to 30 hours a 1:1eek beyond the regular program hours. There appears to be a 15% increase in participation in the overall recreation program at the 10 community centers involved. Dis~iplinary problems in most areas are decreasing because of the added staff members and the extended i_.Jell rounded program. The Extended l rogram is being offered at TechHood, E. 1- . Howell, Grove, l .iozley, P ittman, Joyland, 1.nderson, Carver-Campbell, Bass, and Bessie Branham. Ol='ER.1-.TION CHt -. iiI; Total participation f igure for t he £ irst seven weeks of Operation Champ i s 76, 960. Thi s figure is the total number of differ e nt children particip ating ea c h day, a dded for a tota l of seven 1eek s. hbout 5322 spectators obse rved the various Oper a tion Champ p rogram s and are not counted in the ab ove mentioned f i g ure . For the period July 17 through z.u g ust 1, total d a ily a t tendance was 2226 for a collective average of g 2 .7 young people a t ea ch p lay lot . For the pe riod June 17 through July 1 , the total particip ation u as 21 4 7 p er day u ith an avera ge per playlot of S l .S· . There has not be e n a p p r e ci ab le increase in the averag e daily a ttendance d uring the mont h o f July. One t u o u e ek pe rio d included eight days o f r ain ·1.-!hich drast ic a lly curtail e d our p a r t ic i p ation f i g u re. F ree a dmis sion a nd tran sportation ",!e re provide d f or t he f ollowing : 1 4,~:S 0 ch i ldren to Ci t y .'.3-u immi ng Po o l s. 1,511 1,310 5, 50 0 3 , 000 1S2 2, 4 0 8 t!-, 773 63 533 1, 38 4 childr e n children children children children children children children children children Lecture, to 1-iath i s Da i r i es. t o the Coc a-Co la Company. to h tl a n t a Bra ves ' Game s. t o ~ ..t l ant a Ch i ef's Games. t o bowling c li nics. to free movie s . to dances in i ndividu al areas . to the h rchive s Bui l d i ng. to the 1.t l ant a Journa l . to Grant l-·ark Zoo, Cyclorama , Nature and Tour. �E.O. A. 0urnmer Recreation Program Page Three J.-.ugust 1, 1~67 \'lILDERNESS C.i-J-'lP - A ·Hell and hand pump is nou in o peration on the 470 acre tract of virgin land at Lake l~llatoona near Cartersville. 9 0 children have taken a day trip to the Wilderness Camp during the period ending July 31, 1~67. Beginning in early l.ugust, app roximately 50 young men ·will p articipate in developing trails, cutting undergr01·1 th, etc . at the :ilderness Camp. �