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• • <br /> PARKS AND RECREATION <br /> Town of Chapel Hill <br /> 200 Plant Road <br /> Chapel Hill,NC 27514 <br /> phone(919)968-2813 <br /> fax(919)932-2923 <br /> www.townofchapelhill.or <br /> www.chapelhi llparks.or <br /> May 20, 2013 <br /> Orange County Arts Commission <br /> 501 West Franklin Street <br /> Chapel Hill, NC 27516 <br /> Dear Grant Committee, <br /> I'm Marian Kaslovsky, the Therapeutic Recreation Specialist for Chapel Hill Parks & <br /> Recreation. I run the Adapted Recreation and Inclusion program, which provides adapted <br /> programming, inclusion support and consultation with parks & recreation staff to help include people <br /> with disabilities/special needs in Parks & Recreation activities. <br /> One program that we offer year-round is Adapted Aquatics, where volunteers and a <br /> specialized aquatics teacher help children and teens with a variety of disabilities learn to swim. We've <br /> had students who were afraid of the water at their first lesson to eventually be on the swim team. <br /> These aquatics students get very attached to their volunteers, who often continue working with them <br /> for a number of years. <br /> I am looking forward to working with Barbara Tyroler, using photography as a supplementary <br /> tool for documenting and illustrating this program. The photos will be used as gift for the students, <br /> who are always so proud of their accomplishments in class as well as for a lovely thank you for the <br /> volunteers who put their hearts and souls into working one-to-one with the children and teens. As <br /> well, they will be used for publicity materials for the Adapted Recreation program. We will be working <br /> together during the time period between July 1, 2013 - June 30, 2014. <br /> Thank you, <br /> Marian as ovsky MS, LRT/CTRS <br /> Therapeutic Recreation Specialist <br /> Chapel Hill Parks & Recreation <br />