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i <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> A_CTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 2, 2002 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. <br /> SUBJECT: Orange County Senior Games Events Days <br /> DEPARTMENT: Recreation and Parks PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> Department on Aging <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Lisa Berley, 245-2668 <br /> Proclamation Recreation & Parks <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 8 through May 7, 2002 as Orange County Senior <br /> Games 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 /> citizens volunteered. In the years since 1988, the numbers have steadily grown, as more <br /> emphasis was placed on year round programming and new events added. Each of the 150 <br /> plus participants benefit greatly from participation in the games. <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with approving the proclamation. <br /> Funding for programming and designated Department on Aging and Recreation and Parks <br /> Department staff who work with this program is already included in budgets for those <br /> departments. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board of County <br /> Commissioners proclaim and declare April 8 through May 7, 2002 as Orange County Senior <br /> Games Events Days and authorize the Chair to sign the proclamation. <br />