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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: April 3, 2001 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~ _ ~ <br />SUBJECT: Orange County Senior Games <br />DEPARTMENT: Department on Aging PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): Proclamation INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Terry Colville 968-2076 <br />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 week of April 23-May 9, 2001 as Orange County Senior Games <br />Events Days and to 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 100 Orange County <br />citizen volunteers. In the years since 198$, the numbers have steadily grown, as more <br />emphasis has been placed on year round programming and new events were added. Each of <br />the 150 plus participants benefit greatly from participation in the games. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: The financial impact is accounted for in 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 of County Commissioners <br />proclaim and declare April 23-May 9, 2001 as Orange County Senior Games Events Days. <br />