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In The News: Other Recent Volunteer Ops Park and Recreation recently partnered with “A Child’s Place” school by separating and sorting by size and gender 625 children’s uniforms. Project Challenge brought two teenagers to work on this project for this partnership effort which was a success for all those involved. Learn More About Volunteer Opportunities: Contact Lori Saylor (704) 3530504 or Margaret Brown (704) 3363509 SuperTeam & Volunteers Team Up for SuperBuild! Playground Build at Lakewood Park On Wednesday July 25 the SuperTeam joined Peter Cook and his coworkers in a Playground Build at Lakewood Park. The day began wet and rainy and progressed into a bright and sunny finish. This physical project was a good exercise for everybody working as a team. The children of this neighborhood now have a super place to play for years to come. this issue Park News P.1 Enterprise Services P.2 Enterprise Services & CRCS P.4 Community & Recreation Center Services P.6 ISSUE August 3 2012 48 WEEKLY NEWSLETTER OF THE PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT Friday Friday Letter Letter THE

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Page 1: MCPRD Friday Letter, August 3, 2012

In The News: Other Recent Volunteer Ops

Park  and  Recreation  re‐

cently  partnered with  “A 

Child’s  Place”  school  by 

separating and sorting by 

size and gender   625 chil‐

dren’s uniforms.   

 

Project Challenge brought 

two teenagers to work on 

this  project  for  this  part‐

nership  effort which was 

a  success  for  all  those 

involved. 

Learn  More  About  Volun‐

teer Opportunities: 

Contact  Lori  Saylor  (704) 

353‐0504  or  Margaret  

Brown  (704) 336‐3509 

SuperTeam & Volunteers Team Up for SuperBuild! Playground Build at Lakewood Park  

On Wednesday  July 25  the  SuperTeam  joined Peter Cook  and his  co‐workers  in  a Playground 

Build at Lakewood Park.   The day began wet and rainy and progressed  into a bright and sunny 

finish.   This physical project was a good exercise for everybody working as a team.  The children 

of this neighborhood now have a super place to play for years to come.   

this issue Park News P.1

Enterprise Services P.2

Enterprise Services & CRCS P.4

Community & Recreation Center Services P.6

I S S U E

A u g u s t 3 2 0 1 2

48 WEEKLY

NEWSLETTER OF THE

PARK AND RECREATION

DEPARTMENT FridayFridayLetterLetter THE

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2012 Professional Disc Golf Association

2012 Professional Disc Golf Association World Championships: Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation partnered with the Charlotte Disc Golf Club to host the 2012 PDGA World Champi‐onships.  Over 1,100 competitors from 13 countries and 47 states competed in the largest Disc Golf tournament in the history of the sport.  Fourteen different courses were used over the seven day event.    Things got started on Saturday, July 14 with doubles competition in three divisions; Pro, Ama‐teur and Junior.  These rounds were played at Bradford Park, Hornets Nest Park and Elon Park.  On Sunday, July 15, Renaissance Park was used for the field events portion of the event.  Competitors competed in long drive, skill shot, hot shot and putting competitions.  The World Putting Champion, Weston Isaacs, was crowned under the lights on center court at Jeff Adams Tennis Center and broadcasted live, worldwide, on Disc Golf Planet TV.  Twenty‐four divisions competed over 5 days at fourteen courses to decide who the World Champion would be in each division.    

The week of play concluded at Hornets Nest Park on Saturday, July 21, with the finals for all divisions.  Large crowds, esti‐mated at over 2,000, gathered to watch the best players in the world compete for this honor.    The youngest World Champion, 10‐year old Forrest Deason of Oklahoma City, OK won the Boys 10 and under division.  Carlos Rigby of Alexandria, VA was the oldest World Champion crowned at 75 years young, winning the Senior Legends Divi‐sion.   

DID YOU KNOW ~ Disc GolfDisc Golf Park and Recreation

Disc golf is a flying disc game

in which individual players

throw a flying disc at a target.

According to the Professional

Disc Golf Association, "The

object of the game is to trav-

erse a course from beginning

to end in the fewest number of

throws of the disc."

Of the more than 3000 estab-

lished disc golf courses as of

2010, approximately 87% are

free. The number of disc golf

courses has more than dou-

bled in 8 years from 2000 to

2008. The game is played in

about 40 countries around the

world.

Page 3: MCPRD Friday Letter, August 3, 2012

It’s All About INVOLVEMENT.

Getting citizens from various

demographics involved in the

community and helping them

become advocates for Parks,

Natural Resources and Com-

munity Recreation Services is

a great way to create citizen

involvement.

Disc golf can be played with

any Frisbee disc but special

discs are made for better

playing technique. Course

questions may be answered

by calling Alan Beaver at

(704) 336-3586.

For more Information also visit: www.charlottedgc.com/ (charlotte disc golf club)

Paul McBeth captured the Men’s Open Pro division for his first World Championship and Sarah Hokom captured the Women’s Open Pro division with at 25’ putt on the final hole to claim vic‐tory.  Kenny “The Champ” Climbo once again earned his nickname by becoming the first player to ever become World Champion in both the Pro Open and Pro Masters Division.    Local Charlotte player and Charlotte Disc Golf member, Jim Banbury, won the Advanced Senior Grandmasters division for his first World Championship.  Congratulations to all the players on an outstanding event.  For a full recap of results visit www.pdga.com.    For more information on the disc golf courses Charlotte Mecklenburg County Park and Recrea‐tion has partnered with the Charlotte Disc Golf Club to build throughout Park and Recreation facilities contact [email protected].  

Discover the playing power of disc golf! It's an inexpensive game and courses are located throughout the county in several parks.  There is no charge to play these courses. 

 

Park/Course Location: Skill Level: Elon Park...11401 Ardrey Kell Road. beginner/intermediate 

Hornets Nest Park…6301 Beatties Ford Rd. advance/professional Kilborne Park………..2600 Kilborne Dr. beginner/intermediate 

Reedy Creek Park….2900 Rocky River Rd. beginner/intermediate Renaissance Park….1200 W. Tyvola Rd. advance/professional 

Sugaw Creek Park…943 W. Sugar Creek Rd. intermediate/advance Veterans Park….……2136 Central Ave. beginner/intermediate 

Page 4: MCPRD Friday Letter, August 3, 2012

Park Operations News

Hidden Gems: Did You See Us? Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation Horticulture Supervisor Tim Turton spotted MCPRD in the August Edition of Our State Magazine.    

Check out the August issue of Our State Maga‐zine, page 138, for a wonderful article about Charlotte.  The first pic‐ture in the article is Fourth Ward Park, taken this year.   

Let us know if we’re caught doing good! 

Over 6500 attended the 2012 Night Beat event on Sunday July 29, 2012 at Memorial Stadium.    This event is a drum corp. spectacu‐lar that consisted of 8 teams from across the country.    Teams travelled from California, Boston, Illinois and other states to perform.  This marked the first time returning to Memorial Stadium since 2008.  The event had been held for over 20 years at Memorial Stadium prior to 2008.  

     Freedom Park will be one of 20 locations where Charlotte residents can rent bikes to get moving. The bike share program is run Charlotte B‐cycle. They are the largest urban bike sharing program in the Southeast. The program has 200 blue bikes and 20 stations strategically placed throughout Uptown and surrounding neighborhoods from JCSU to Freedom Park. Users can pick up a blue bike at any B‐station and drop it off at any other B‐station. The Freedom Park station was installed this week near the park’s Bandshell and the bikes will be available August 1! For information or to become a member please visit http://charlotte.bcycle.com 

Page 5: MCPRD Friday Letter, August 3, 2012

Youth Boxing Program at Revolution Park Sports Academy:    Congratulations to Head Coach, Al Simpson and the Charlotte Boxing Academy’s under 16 com‐petitor Steven Lawrence who were members of the  USA 2012 Junior Boxing Team  at the Junior World Championships held in Kurgan, Russia from July 13‐21. Team USA team placed 1st and re‐ceived  Most Outstanding Boxer awards. The team participated in a one week training camp be‐fore competing against 121 countries event.  For more information on this and other boxing pro‐grams  for youth and adults, call the Revolution Park Sports Academy at 704‐432‐4963. 

CRCS South Corridor Berewick Recreation Center Summer Camp Celebrates the Olympics:

In light of the Olympics begin-

ning, the children in Berewick’s

traditional summer camp, have

been paying special tribute by

playing the games and sports

that Olympic athletes compete

in.

The children have enjoyed

competing in team relay races,

basketball, and handball; along

with individual competitions in

long jump, vertical jump, and

longest jump rope without

stopping. Children have en-

joyed the friendly competition

with each other and also

cheering on their teammates.

Thru the summer, Berewick

has had 48 children each week

of camp in ages ranging from 6

-11 years old. For more infor-

mation about Summer Camps

or other programming, please

contact Berewick Recreation

Center at 704.432.4934 or

BerewickRecreationCen-

ter@MecklenburgCountyNC.

gov

Youth and Adult Athletics in Full Swing  

Currently MCPRD Enterprise services has coordinating the hosting  of a Youth Summer 

Athletics Camp at the Grady Cole Center. There are 20 kids participating  in the camp. 

These youth are learning basketball, volleyball, track & field, soccer, gator ball and foot‐

ball.  

 

In addition to softball we are continuing with regular season games in basketball Men’s 

30+ and Men’s B league. Also starting is the Summer Women’s Basketball League, Au‐

gust 29th at the Tuckaseegee Recreation Center.  

 

Flag football will start the first week of August and games will be held at Frazier Park. 

MCPRD will  also  be  hosting  the Annual  3  on  3  “STILL  GOT  GAME”  tournaments  at 

Tuckaseegee Recreation Center August 4th and 5th. 

Page 6: MCPRD Friday Letter, August 3, 2012

Recreational News from Mecklenburg Communities

“End Of Journey” Teen X-Treme at Naomi Drenan Recreation Center  On Friday, July 27th, staff at Naomi Drenan Recreation Center said farewell to a special group of teens. They participated in a two week Teen X‐Treme Summer Camp program. During the two weeks, the teens went horseback riding, toured Johnson C. Smith University, toured WPEG Power 98, visited Carowinds, became chefs and more!  They had a blast with the fun trips, guest speakers, and daily team building exercises. They also learned “How to be an effective teen and a leader in their community”. At the end of camp they recited the Leader’s Motto and gave presentations about what they learned and loved about their camp experience.   The staff would like to thank all the teens for their participation, the parents, and most of all, our sponsors (CMPD, Sparkling Diamond Lodge, Christ Assembly Church, and Crosspoint Church) and guest speakers (BJ Murphy of 103.3 WGIV, DJ Dexter Dynamite of Thank God For DJ’s, KD Brown, and Q‐Foundation). For more information about this or other programs, con‐tact [email protected] or call 704.432.5231.   

MYEP Employee Shines @ “The View” Kiana Bennett, an employee from the Mayor’s Youth Employment Program, has been assisting with the day‐to‐day operations at Southview Recreation Center as well as The Boys and Girls Summer Camp that is housed at the site. Kiana has led various activities including games, arts & crafts, and gym time. She recently led an activity in which 6‐8 year olds created and decorated their own bird houses to take home. The kids were truly engaged in the project and Kiana did an excellent job facilitating it. For more information on programs and volunteer opportunities, please contact [email protected] or 704.392.7452. 

“Naomi Drenan Introduces 

“Teens Together!”:  Naomi 

Drenan Recreation Center 

will introduce, “Teens To‐

gether.”   

This program will create 

fun and enriching teen ses‐

sions for high school stu‐

dents including leisure and 

recreation, pursue future 

careers, enhance quality of 

life through leadership de‐

velopment & support and 

become productive, re‐

sponsible citizens of their 

community through com‐

munity service activities.   

 

Our volunteer mentors/

coaches will provide sup‐

port and guidance through 

weekly teen sessions held 

on Thursday evenings from 

6:30pm to 8:30pm.  

 

For more information 

about this and other pro‐

grams, contact Nao‐

miDrenanRecreationCente

r@MecklenburgCountyNC.

gov <or call 704.432.5231. 

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It’s All About INVOLVEMENT.

The Therapeutic Recreation

vision is ...

To provide therapeutic recrea‐

tion services for individuals 

who have disabilities that fo‐

cus on abilities, rather than 

disabilities and encourage 

people to attain their highest 

level of independent leisure 

functioning by increasing lei‐

sure skills, improving social 

and communication skills, 

increasing independent living 

skills and increasing their 

awareness of and involvement 

in community recreational 

activities; to advocate for and 

ensure inclusive opportunities 

in all program services; to act 

as advocates for individuals 

with disabilities by promoting 

accessibility at all Department 

parks, facilities, programs, 

special events and classes. 

Don’t Forget to… MAKE CHILDREN SMILE.

Go the extra mile, with a smile!

 

Journey of Hope:   

On Friday, July 27, 2012, the Therapeutic Recreation Camps received a RIDE IN from 35 rid‐ers with the Journey of Hope. Comprised of members of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity the ride fo‐cuses on spreading a message of acceptance and understanding for people with disabilities.  Journey of Hope is a cross‐country bicycle trek beginning in San Francisco (North), Los Ange‐les (South) and Seattle (TransAmerica) and ending together with all teams in Washington, D.C. The event raises funds and awareness for people with disabilities. We were honored to welcome the Southern team who not only visited with us but also captained campers on our tandem cycles for a ride.   

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Scenes from CRCS Naomi Drenan Recreation Center’s Teen X-Treme Summer Camp: Turning Talents and Dreams into Reality and Success:

Naomi Drenan Recreation Center’s Teen X‐Treme Summer Camp jumped into its second week of the “7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens” by touring WPEG Power 98 and Johnson C. Smith University. The teens learned that the art of Hip Hop isn’t just music, but it’s a culture.  They were intrigued how Power 98 encouraged youth development by offering intern‐ships and hosting community outreach events.  On their tour of JCSU, they explored college life and were exposed to the true meaning of the “You can do anything you dream” mental‐

ity by speaking to former alumni’s who now teach or work in a field they love. We would like to thank Power 98 and JCSU for allowing us to visit and providing speakers to encourage greatness out of the skills and talents that our teens possess.   

Submissions for the Newsletter

Please submit all news for the

Friday Letter to your Division

Director for review and routing.

Park Partners may contact

Kesha Meads at

[email protected]

for publication assistance.

The Friday Letter Issue 45 June 8, 2012

MeckTeen Chefs Graduate from CPCC:  MCPRD Department staff members Tari Turner and K.D. Brown led a MeckTeen Chef’s Culinary Day Camp in partnership with CPCC. This was the second of two day camps, each being two weeks in length.   The students used professional kitchens that are also used by college students pursu‐ing their Culinary Arts degree as well as being taught by CPCC’s certified chefs. Par‐ents were treated to a luncheon at their teen’s July 19th graduation, showing off some of their newly acquired culinary skills. CPCC was so impressed with the program that they are currently in discussion with extending an invitation to offer the program at their Harris campus in the fall. Contact Tari Turner at 704.432.0061 for more informa‐tion about this or other Teen programs. 

Mecklenburg County

Park and Recreation

Senior Leadership Team

Jim Garges, Director

Michael Kirschman, Deputy Director

James Alsop, Enterprise Services

Renea Barber, Human Resources

Mario Chang, Budget Administration

Lee Jones, Capital Planning

Lola Massad, Community Services and

Recreation Centers

Jeff Robinson, Park Operations

5841 Brookshire Blvd. Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 336-8840