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a. Sponsored Summer Kona Snow Cone event the beginning of June. It was well received and <br />attended by participants and staff. We had 93 people attend. It was fun. <br />b. We are trying to get a few more members to join the Friends of Seymour. A lot of participants <br />do not know about the Friends or what they do. Tabling at the Center to share information and <br />recruit to be sure that people know about how they help and what programs we help with. <br />c. We are all having problems with the budget. Good number of participants have no idea how <br />much everything costs and how hard the staff work to run all these programs that are almost all <br />free. Even if there is a fee, it is very inexpensive. <br />d. Idea: Maybe we could get several people that are very involved in the Seymour Center to talk <br />about how the Center’s programs helped or what they got out of it. For example, what they got <br />out of Project EngAGE, how Yoga/Pilates helped, and how through the Legacy Program they <br />have been working for 6-months on their legacy. Even a video with little snippets, seniors get so <br />much out of the Seymour Center activities. It is unknown to most participants how they are <br />getting all of this, who is sponsoring all of this. <br />e. It is general knowledge, the Senior Centers get such a small percentage of the County budget, <br />yet there are more older adults than children in schools. Not to take away from the children, <br />but we need to help people understand the demographics and needs. <br />f. Love to see our seniors and boards to advocate to the BOCC. It is time. <br /> <br />Adjournment <br /> Taking summer break = July. Colin, thank you! He will be back. <br /> <br />Next meeting: August 13 from 1 – 3 p.m. – Seymour Center & Virtual <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />