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Please read the following notes:
If participants are sick please remem-ber to keep them home Staff will only warm lunches in the microwave, please send participants with already prepared meals, as well as their own utensils if needed. Please observe program dates, times and locations carefully. These may vary depending on the program. If you lose your newsletter, it is always posted on our website. Do not drop off participants any ear-lier that the noted time (on site or off). Also, if participants are not trans-ported by TR, please have them picked up by the program end time and signed out.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
Our Next Quarterly Parent Meeting is 9/23. We invite all parents/ caregiv-ers and participants to our parent meeting. We will be sharing important information and updates, as well as answering questions.
If you are interested in volunteering and haven’t already filled out a volun-teer application please do so. As a part of accreditation all volunteers must have completed the volunteer process prior to volunteering
Once you have had the opportunity to read over your newsletter please turn reservation forms in as soon as possible. We ask that in the future reservation forms be returned by the 1st of the month.
Riddle of the MonthRiddle of the MonthRiddle of the Month
What lights up a soccer stadium?
Last Month’s Answer: Nothing, it just waved! Nice Work, Margaret, and Tim !
TR News Pg. 1
Calendar Pg. 2
Program Details Pg. 2-3
Special
Announcements
Pg. 3
Our Memories Pg. 4
Reservation
Form
Pg. 5
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Inside Your Newsletter:
August 2013
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1
Bowling/ Bingo
2
3
4 5 Life Skills/
Cycling and Lunch
Downtown
6 Fishing and lunch
@ Lake Oliver/
Open Recreation
National Night Out
7 Tennis and lunch
@ Cooper Creek /
Armchair Travel-
Caribbean's
8
Bowling/
Bocce
9
10
11 12 Oxbow
Meadows Field
Trip & Picnic/ Gar-
den Club
13
Fishing and lunch @
Lake Oliver/
Bunko
14
Tennis and lunch @
Cooper Creek /
Cooking Class
15
Bowling/ Bingo 16 17
18 19 Life Skills/
Cycling and Lunch
Downtown
20
Fishing and lunch @
Lake Oliver/
Open Recreation
21
Tennis and lunch @
Cooper Creek /
Cooking Class
22
Bowling/
Bocce
23
24 Columbus Midnight
Express– Country’s
Bar-b-que
25 26 Life skills/
Columbus Park Crossing and lunch at
Red Robin’s
27
Fishing and lunch @
Lake Oliver/
Open Recreation
28
Tennis and lunch @
Cooper Creek /
Cooking Class
29
Bowling/ Bingo
30
31
August 2013August 2013
PROGRAM DETAILS
August 1 & 15: Participants
planning to ride the TR van to
Peach Lanes can arrive as
early as 8:45am and no later
than 9:30am. Open recreation
will be taking place in the
game room until departure
time at 9:45am. We will bowl
at Peach Lanes from 10am un-
til 12pm. Participants wishing
to eat at tbowling should pur-
chase food while bowling. Af-
ter the last bowler finishes we
will travel back to Pop Austin
so other participants can enjoy
their lunch and prepare for
bingo. Bingo will
begin promptly at
1pm.
August 5 & 19: We will start
the day off by learning about
bike safety and the health
benefits of cycling. At 10am
we will head downtown to rent
our cycles and begin the trail.
After the bike trails we will
enjoy lunch Downtown. Par-
ticipants can
bring and eat
their own lunch
or purchase
lunch at Subway.
Bike Rental: FREE
Subway: $6
August 6, 13,20,& 27: Partici-
pants planning to ride the TR
van to Lake Oliver can arrive
as early as 8:45am and no later
than 9:30am. Open recreation
will be taking place in the
game room until departure
time at 9:45am. We will be
fishing at Lake Oliver Marina
from 10am until 12pm. We
also have lunch at the Marina
afterwards. Participants can
bring their lunch or purchase
lunch at the Marina. The Ma-
rina will provide cane poles
for the participants to use,
participants also bring their
own fishing supplies. Bait can
be purchased at the Marina for
a minimal fee.
There will be open recreation
at Pop Austin from 1pm until
closing.
August 7, 14, 21, & 28: : Par-
ticipants planning to ride the
TR van to Cooper Creek can
arrive as early as 8:45am and
no later than 9:30am. Open
recreation will be taking place
in the game room until depar-
ture time at 9:45am. We will
be playing tennis at Cooper
Creek from 10am until 12pm.
Lunch we will be eaten once
we arrive back at Pop Austin.
Cooking class begins at 1pm.
**There will be no cooking
class on Aug. 14th. We will be
traveling to the Caribbean's
during Armchair travel. Arm-
chair travel-Caribbean's will
begin at 1pm.
Field Trips:
August 12: TR will be taking a
field trip to Oxbow Meadows
Environmental Learning
Center. Afterwards, we will
have a picnic if weather
permits. Garden club will meet
at 1pm after the field trip.
August 26: TR will be going
to Columbus Park Crossing.
Participants will be focusing
on learning how to
independently shop and
appropriately interact with
others in the public settings.
Afterwards, we will go to Red
Robin’s to have lunch.
Red Robin’s: $15
Note: Unless otherwise
noted, all day programs
(9am-2pm) will require par-
ticipants to bring lunch.
Take home is also available
to those that qualify.
Happy Birthday!
Brenda Marshall 8/16
Lori Neville 8/18
Buddy Coulter 8/19
John Frank 8/19
Christy McKinney 8/22
Debbie Ellison 8/25
Lori Swank 8/27
A NOTE ABOUT RESERVATION FORMS:
Reservation forms must be returned before the 1st of the month if you plan to use TR transportation to an event, so that we have an accurate count and can request the appropriate size vehicle. Please be sure to get these back to us in a timely manner. If you plan to meet us at the location reservations forms can be turned in two (2) days before programming. Pay-ments must be received at least two (2) days before attending the program. Newsletters are distributed in the manner that they were requested when you completed your membership application. If you lose your newsletter, or for some reason have not received one within 48 hours before the next program month, please call us or pull one up on our website at:
www.columbusga.org/parks/therapeutics/therapeutics.htm. How can I be sure to get my reservation form in on time?
1. Hand Delivery 2. Postal Mail 3. Fax to 706.320.9175 4. Scan and email to: mcrawford@columbusga.org
Newsletters are usually distributed and posted online 2-3 weeks prior to the next month. If you would like to change
your method of receipt, please let us kno
Armchair Travel: Caribbean's
Come travel with us as Ms. Tamlin takes us to the
Caribbean’s. We learn about the culture, food
and recreation in the
Caribbean Island.
On Tuesday, August 6th Therapeutic Rec-
reation will be having a National Night
Out Block Party at Pop Austin Recrea-
tion Center. The event will kick of at 6pm
and last until 8pm and open to all people
with disabilities and their caregivers.
There will be food , music, games and
more. Help support this event as an
endeavor to keep our community safe.
Special Thanks to Jason and the staff at Ride
on Bikes for allowing the Therapeutic
Recreation Program to
rent cycles free of charge
while we get fit and
practice for
Special Olympics.
Thank You!!!
P S S S S T …
I f y o u h a v e s o m e
n e w s o r p h o t o s
y o u ’d l i k e u s t o
s h a r e , E m a i l U s !
Therapeutic Recreation Main Office & Program Center Pop Austin Recreation Center
1331 Alexander Street Columbus, Georgia 31904
Phone: 706.323.8707 Fax: 706.320.9175
706.304.5560 | 706.304.5556 PopAustinRecreation@columbusga.
org
Mailing Address (Gallops Senior Center)
1212 15th Street Columbus, GA 31901
Check out your newsletter
online!
WWW.COLUMBUSGA.ORG/PARKS/THERAPEUTICS/THERAPEUTICS.HTM
OR
Use your Smart Phone to
check out our website by
scanning below!
Our Monthly Memories...
This Month We Celebrate
National Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month Cataract Awareness Month Happiness Happens Month
National Immunization Awareness Month
Friendship Day 5 National Night Out 6 International Geocaching Day 17 World Humanitarian Day 19
Columbus Midnight Express-Country’s Bar-b-que 24
Check out your newsletter online!
Please take only Please take only Please take only ONE ONE ONE newsletter. newsletter. newsletter. Newsletters are also posted on our website at: Newsletters are also posted on our website at: Newsletters are also posted on our website at:
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Thank you for your
continued support
Name:Phone Number:
Date Activity/ Event Transportation TotalMonday Programming
5-Aug Life Skills/Cycling $1.2512-Aug Garden Club $1.2519-Aug Life Skills/Cycling $1.2526-Aug Life Skills $1.25
Tuesday Programming6-Aug Fishing/Open Recreation $1.25
13-Aug Fishing/Bunko $1.2520-Aug Fishing/Open Recreation $1.2527-Aug Fishing/Open Recreation $1.25
Wednesday Programming7-Aug Tennis/Cooking Class $1.25
14-Aug Tennis/Cooking Class $1.2521-Aug Tennis/Cooking Class $1.2528-Aug Tennis/Cooking Class $1.25
Bowling Transportation
1-Aug Take home $1.25 $1.25 Questions?
8-Aug Take home $1.25 $1.25 706-304-5556 or 706-304-5560
15-Aug Take home $1.25 $1.25
22-Aug Take home $1.25 $1.25
29-Aug Take home $1.25 $1.25Notes:
5-Aug Lunch Downtown @ Subway6-Aug National Night Out
7-Aug Armchair Travel: Caribbean's12-Aug Trip to Oxbow Meadows19-Aug Lunch Downtown @ Subway26-Aug $15.00
Check# ________ TOTAL PAID:M.O. ________ DATE:
1-Aug Bowling $3.008-Aug Bowling $3.00
15-Aug Bowling $3.0022-Aug Bowling $3.0029-Aug Bowling $3.00
Check # ________ TOTAL PAID:M.O. ________ DATE:
Signature:
Your Answer to the Riddle on page 1: _____________________________ Date:
Field Trips/ Special Events
(x) if attending
Columbus Parks & RecreationTherapeutic Recreation Reservation Form for August 2012
1331 Alexander Street | Columbus, Georgia 31904
Please make a SEPARATE check out to AMF Peach Lanes for Bowling Fees.
Please remit checks or M.O. to:
Columbus Park Crossing and Red Robin's
Caregivers must attend with participants
Therapeutic Recreation1212 15th Street
Columbus, Georgia 31901
$6.00
$6.00
1.) Don't forget to make a copy of this form or circle reserved programs on the calendar on page 2 for your records. 2.) If attending extended programming, do not pay a transportation fee for the day program.
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