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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: April 18, 2006 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. (p -b <br />SUBJECT: Orange County Senior Games <br />DEPARTMENT: Recreation and Parks <br />Department on Aging <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Proclamation <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Terry Colville, 245-2016 <br />PURPOSE: To proclaim the weeks of April 22 -May 18, 2006 as Orange County Senior <br />Games Events Days and May 22 -July 6, 2006 as SilverArts Days and to encourage citizens <br />age 55 and over to participate, <br />BACKGROUND: The first Orange County Senior Games were held in May 1988 with 69 <br />participants in athletic events ranging from softball throw to tennis, and 100 Orange County <br />citizens volunteered, In the years since 1988, the numbers have steadily grown, as we placed <br />more emphasis on year round programming and added new events. Each of the 150 plus <br />participants benefit greatly from participation in the games. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: The financial impact is already absorbed by the County budget in the <br />allocated funds far designated staff of the Department an Aging and Recreation and Parks <br />Department who work with this program. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board of County Commissioners <br />approve and declare April 22 -May 18, 2006 Orange County Senior Games Events Days and <br />May 22 -July 6, 2006 as SilverArts Days all part Orange County Senior Games. <br />