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Programming for after school enrichment and School by residents through the careful planning of a recreational activities in the youth category has risen plethora of new and distinct programs to benefit par- from 11 individual offerings to approximately 40. Our ticipants. Not only did our complement of basic and current brochure for youth and teens is the size our intermediate computer classes doubled in numbers, combined brochure was 6 years ago. The adult pro- but the addition of others with specific benefits to par- gramming has risen from 25 evening class to around ticipants such as career preparation programs, basic 60 choices with many of the classes having multiple literacy offerings, educational enrichment classes, and listing to serve the public. This brings the option for leisure time activity workshops grew at all time levels. class selection to over 90 per semester. In addition,the Adult Brochure has become a stand-alone document, Adult physical recreation has maintained approxi- now 16 pages in booklet form. Distribution for the mately 26 in over 30 basketball and 22 in coed indoor youth and adult brochures is 3500 and 8500 respec- soccer. Newly established is coed volleyball with 22 tively. Youth brochures are distributed directly persons registered and around 14 to 16 participating. through the school system,library,town hall and mail- In addition,we offered courses in golf,running,roller- ers. The adult brochure is distributed through the blading, tennis,jazzercise, karate, and kickboxing. Upper Cape Local,the Mashpee Enterprise,local busi- ness,local libraries, schools, town hall, and mailers.In Staying with the philosophy of providing quality addition to the brochure, we also use the Internet, programs at affordable costs to the residents, we feel cable television, and newspaper advertisements to we are well priced in relation to surrounding commu- publicize our programs. nity schools averaging 30 to 70 percent less for com- YOUTH PROGRAMMING parable courses of the same or we feel better quality. Youth physical recreation continues to show SPECIAL EVENTS growth. Over the past 6 years we have risen from 180 The past year was marked as a watershed year for to 268 in youth basketball(K-6)and 99 to 206 in youth some of our special events held annually in town. indoor soccer.We again offered swim lessons at South Cape and Attaquin Park for beginner through interme- Starting with the Children's fishing derby we had diate and beginner and advanced beginner during the to move the location from Attaquin Park to winter at Cape Cod Holiday estates and the Sea Mist John's Pond to secure enough beachfront to hold Resort. We continually support the youth sports the event safely. Over 100 children participated leagues in town and are work with Mr. Paul Sullivan in the event. in the creation of a youth Lacrosse League. The Commodores Baseball Organization has again done a • Daffodil Days and Kids Safe Summer followed terrific job in providing a quality baseball camp for the with crowds estimated at over 2000. Mashpee children. And let us not forget the very gen- erous support the Willowbend Children's Charity has We continued with the Super Swim which has provided the town in support of our children, for with- grown to 150 swimmers from all over New out them many programs would not be possible.A sin- England and the Atlantic seaboard and now has cere thanks from the Leisure Services Department. world ranked swimmers participating. Before & After-school child care, alon with the • The Woodland Run and the Town Cup Golf g Tournament instituted for the 125th celebration Kids Klub Pre-School and our summer camp program, continue to be successful and well supported. child care continues to be a large portion of our pro- gramming sphere. Youth from age 3 to 14 continue to • Oktoberfest this year was a tremendous success be our major area of concentration, with most pro- with crowds estimated at around 4000. grams filling up in a short period of time. Presently we have approximately 50 youth participating in our And we finished off the year with the annual nationally accreted Pre-School program, with over Children's Parade with over 200 children partak- 100 youth participating in our Kids Klub program. ing in the parade and refreshments at the conclu- Summer Camp had over 100 youth participating daily sion. during our 8-week season. PARKS & BEACHES ADULT PROGRAMMING Through the enthusiastic help and donation of funds Throughout the last few years, Leisure Service has by Mashpee Little League,Heritage Park was afforded continued to implement new and exciting programs the ability to hold night baseball games this past year. that follow the needs and desires of our constituents. Through their generosity and that of Town Meeting We have steadfastly increased the use of our new High the construction of lights on one of our fields was completed.Thanks should also go to the generous help 143