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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 15, 2005 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~- <br />SUBJECT: Orange County Senior Games <br />DEPARTMENT: Department on Aging PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />Recreation and Parks <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Terry M. Colville, 245-2016 <br />Proclamation Department on Aging <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To proclaim the weeks of April 3 through 28, 2005 as Athletic Events Days and <br />.June 6 through July 28, 2005 as SilverArts Days, a part of Orange County Senior Games and to <br />encourage citizens 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 with 100 citizen <br />volunteers. In the years since 1988, the numbers have steadily grown, as emphasis was placed <br />on year round programming and new events were added . Each of the 150-plus participants <br />benefit greatly from participation in the games. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: The financial impact is already addressed by the County budget in the <br />allocated funds for designated staff of the Department on Aging and Recreation and Parks <br />Department who work with this program. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the proclamation <br />designating April 3 through 28, 2005 as Athletic Events Days and June 6 through .July 28, 2005 <br />as SilverArts Days, all a part of Orange County Senior Games, and authorize the Chair to sign <br />the proclamation. <br />