PARKS DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT

2011

Presented by:PAM VANDERKOLK

Superintendent

Park Board: Rick McEvoy, John Gerber, Susan Campbell & Christine Zadylak

InfoMore 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

INCOMEPool 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

JANUARY

Racquetball Tournament – 12

Crochet Lessons – 7

Craft Club – cancelled due to weather

Pickle Ball League – 3

BINGO – 19 (average) year-round

FEBRUARYStuff & 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 dancesThank you to our generous community!

Stuff & Fluff Mystery Dinner

Daddy/Daughter Dance

MARCHSpring 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

SPRING COLORING CONTEST WINNERS

Skylar Gaunt Kaylee Fisher

APRILSenior Exploration – 57

Easter Egg Hunt – 100

Dog Egg Hunt – 25 pets

Senior Carry-in Lunch – 45

Egg Coloring event - 22

Egg coloringEaster Egg

HuntFor kids

AndDogs!

MAYZumba 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!

Giggles & GamesWith Grandma

JUNESummer Coloring Contest – 35

4 Dance Camps – 44 (max)Drawing Camps – 62

Art in Park – 107Crochet Camp – 9

Hemp Jewelry Camp – 11Reed Basket Making – 8

Bowling Camp – 25Hair Braiding – 6

Funky Flip Flops – 24Nail Art – 19

Grandpa & Me Build a Toolbox – 31Crackle Painting – 11Decoupage Day – 8

Tot Swim Lessons - 20

Tennis Lessons – 72Swim Lessons – 110

Kids Kamp – 17Adult Tennis League – 8

Homemade Ice Cream – 13Touch-a-Truck – 360Kids Garage Sale – 2Cooking Camp A – 17Cooking Camp B – 17Show Choir Camp – 10Drawing Animation – 19

Loom Hot Pad – 11Tumbling – 38

Mini Cheer Camp – 31Special Needs Swim Less. - 9

Many Summer Camps!

Crackle Painting, Decoupage, Animation & Archery

Show Choir, Tumbling, Mini Cheer & Basketball

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

Bowling, hair braiding, funky flip flops & cooking camps

Touch-a-Truck

Kid’s garage

sale

Grandpa & MeBuild-a-Toolbox

JULYArt in the Park – 96Wood Kit Craft – 8Archery Clinic – 10

Tot Fire Dept. Visit – 43Movies at Kehoe – 510+

Rubber Stamping – 3Pee Wee Basketball – 59Belly Dance Class – 12

Mini Basketball Camp – 22Mosiac Art Camp – 21

Origami Camp – 18Swim Lessons – 120Pee Wee T-Ball – 22Drawing Camp – 24Tie Dye Day – 33

Iron Kid Triathlon – 74Boot Camp – 20Kids Kamp – 29

Plastic Canvas Camp – 18Paper Mache Class - 19

Mosiac, rubber stamping, paper mache & origami classes

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

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

IRON KID TRIATHLON

Pee Wee BasketballBoot Camp

Summer Color ContestWinners:

Cam BertschNikki Johnson

AUGUSTDig & Seek – 30

3 on 3 BB tourney – 31

Women’s Self Defense – 11

Kehoe Concerts Series ends – successful!

Dig & Seek and Men’s 3 on 3 tourney

SEPTEMBERMuffins 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

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

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

OCTOBERSenior Carry in Luncheon – 40+

Open gym begins

Pumpkin Dunkin – 106

Great Pumpkin Hunt – 325+

Autumn Adventure – 1,422

Fall Coloring Contest winners:Cameron McFarren & Tianna

Baumgartner

Howl-o-Ween Pet Winner:Halle Pence

Great Pumpkin Hunt winners:Adeline Sabinske, JacobWerling &

Olivia Hull

Great Pumpkin Hunt & Hayride, Autumn Adventure, Pumpkin Dunkin

NOVEMBER

Adult Volleyball League – 45

Badminton League – avg. 12

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.

DECEMBER

Winter coloring contest winner: Kendal Crist

76 entries

Tot Candy Cane Hunt – 41

Santa’s Mailbox – 318

Paws & Claus – 45 pets

Daycare Visit – 49

Winter Wonderland – 96

Santa’s Workshop - 16

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

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.

Volunteer of Year Celebration

Cara Deininger2011 Volunteer of the Year