1 Recreation & Community Services Department
Monthly Staff Report
August 2022
Youth Sports August 2022
Patterson’s Junior Giants program wrapped up at the beginning of August. The program had 12 volunteer coaches teach 271 kids the basic skills of baseball while developing life skills, such as confidence, integrity, and leadership.
Patterson’s Smart Start Soccer has ended and taught 38 three to five-year-old children basic motor skills needed to play soccer.
Patterson Recreational Youth Soccer has started strong with 220 participants between the ages of 5-13 and 19 volunteer coaches. This program focuses on teaching skills appropriate for the child’s development within a fun and safe environment.
Aquatics Department:
The Aquatics Department kicked off the summer season on June 18th and ended on August 12th. During that time, we were able to serve many participants of the Patterson community, below are the highlights:
Swim Lessons: 578 Lessons
Family Swim: 6,787 visits
Dive-in movie: 166
Lap swim: 133 visits
Water Fitness: 142 participants
Swim Team: 47 participants
Jr. Guard: 8 participants
Pool rentals: 4
Concession stands: 4,605 items sold
Overall, the season was successful, and the department will continue to serve the public for Fall operations which include Family Swim, Water Aerobics, Swim Lessons, and Lap swimming.
2 Hammon Senior Center
With the end of summer and students returning to school, the Hammon Senior Center has seen a general uptick in attendance during the month. Typically, numbers increase until the holidays and then start to rise again after the new year begins. Some of the highlights for the month included both pool and dominoes tournaments, the return of the lunch bunch and new computer classes.
Activities:
Health & Wellness:
• The Sit ‘N Be Fit Basic class had 104
participants over the past month, averaging
almost 12 per
class.
• The Sit ‘N Be Fit Intermediate class had 64
participants for the month. (51 in July).
• Cumbiamba Gold, continued to get older adults
active and moving, with 36 participants for the month.
• Workout Wednesdays saw a slight increase with 37
participants for the month.
• The Walking Group continued to see reduced numbers. An alternate being looked into is having this event occur indoors. • Line Dancing has seen a slight increase in attendance for the month.
• Zumba Gold numbers continued to increase with an average of nine students per class.
• Enhance Fitness ended their 16-week class with a celebration for the program graduates!
Resources:
• The Commodities program had another strong month with 66 in attendance. The previous month, only 52 people participated in this program.
• During August, 419 people received meals at the HSC congregate meal site. This was an average of over 18 people per day and a 36 percent increase over the previous month. • The Green Bag program, which provides fresh fruit and vegetables monthly had 27 participants in August (as opposed to 28 in July).
• Blood Pressure Screening stayed right at about average with 20 people participating in August.
Arts & Crafts:
• For the most part, crafts took a hiatus during the summer months. However, there were a few offerings during August.
• Social Sewing continued with six attendees for the month. • One session of Fabric Plates was offered, and four students attended.
Social:
• Emphasis was placed on Loteria attendance and numbers increased from 24 in July to 48 in August.
• Bingo stayed consistent with 36 participants (35 in July) in August. 3 • Billiards not only had a successful tournament (12 participants), but also had 216 attendees over the month.
• Dominoes numbers also increased with 10 participants in the tournament and 37 players throughout the month.
• Table tennis (20 participants) and Wii Bowling (16) are gradually growing and getting back to pre-pandemic numbers.
Educational:
• This area, especially the language classes, really saw an uptick in attendance. • The Basic Spanish class saw an increase in attendance from 10 in July to 27 in August! • The Conversational English class increased from 11 participants in July to 31 in August. • Basic Computing had the maximum of six students in the one session that was offered. • The monthly gardening class was held with the topic being Butterflies in Your Garden. This class, courtesy of the Stanislaus County Master Gardener program, had four in attendance.
An Internet Seminar class was offered with five in attendance.
Farm to Fork Fundraiser Dinner – For Youth Scholarships.
Staff and volunteers have been working for the past few months planning the annual Farm to Fork Fundraising Dinner, scheduled for Saturday, September 10th in the Downtown Circle. Greens on 10th, Redwood Café, and local chefs are preparing a wonderful social hour and dinner. We are excited to share that we sold out tickets this year and we are looking forward to a great financial support for our youth scholarship program.