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HomeMy WebLinkAbout7.2 2010 Fall Quarterly Report • • �l 1 ���_ AGENDA STATEMENT 19 \III � Proll�� SENIOR CENTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE O t MEETING DATE: FEBRUARY 3, 2011 SUBJECT: 2010 Fall Quarterly Report • Report Prepared by Anna Hudson, Recreation Coordinator ATTACHMENTS: Senior Center Fall 2010 Attendance Report ' • RECOMMENDATION: Receive report FINANCIAL STATEMENT: None • DESCRIPTION: The Dublin Senior Center provides a wide variety of activities, classes, and events that strengthen participants' physical, cognitive and mental wellness. This report summarizes the attendance during the 2010 fall quarter (September through November). The following is a comparison of attendance over the past five years. Senior Center Fall Attendance Comparison (Sept-Nov 2010) Attendance Type 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 Drop-In 2,400 1,647 1,137 1,116 960 Programs&Activities 10,555 11,469 11,188 9,946 9,213 Total Attendance 12,955 13,116 i 12,325 11,062 10,173 • #of Days open (60 days) (61 days) (62 days) (66 days) (66 days) Avg.Daily Attendance 216 215 200 178 164 Total Volunteer Hours 3,419 3,615 2,771- 2,530 2,536 Attachment 1 is a detailed attendance report for the 2010 fall quarter. This is the first time in over five years that the Senior Center has not experienced growth compared to the same quarter in the prior year. It should be rioted that in fall 2005 when the new Senior Center had first opened that total attendance was 9,074. Therefore attendance has grown by 43% in that time, which is rapid growth for a recreational progran. The most significant decrease in attendance was for the daily lunch program, which decreased by over 750 (43%) compared to the prior fall. This is primarily due to the change to having an outside service provider prepare the meals. Last year the program was serving an average of 29 people per day, while in 2010 the program is serving an average of 17 people per day. While Spectrum Community Services is COPIES TO: G:\SRADVCMTE\Statements\2011\2-3-11 Item 7 2 fallquarterah.doc ITEM NO.: 7.2 satisfied with the current level of participation, there is still capacity to grow the program. While increasing the number of participants will not positively enhance the bottom line for the Senior Center budget, it would make better use of the space and resources allocated to the service. Therefore, Staff plans to work with Spectrum Community Services and collaborate with others in the community to try and expand use of the service. Another reason for the decrease in participation is the cancellation of some programs offered at the Senior Center, which led to a decrease in attendance of 463. Many of the popular Las Positas Quest classes had been cancelled, and the program has been subsequently cancelled due to a lack of State funding. Staff has been working diligently to find suitable replacement programs that will provide a similar experience to the Quest program, which provided high quality instruction at an affordable rate. This is proving to be challenging,but Staff is making progress. The cancellation of the Trips and Tours program decreased participation by over 150 compared to last fall. Staff is working on alternatives to reinstate this service in a cost-neutral manner and will be reporting to the Commission on this at a future meeting. There were several programs that boosted attendance this fall including the Senior Resource Fair, Food Distribution, the new Sing Along Group, Bingo and Line Dance. Other popular programs included Bridge,Ping Fong, Fifty-Plus Fitness,the Trail Trekkers and other walking programs. The Line dance class has been the most popular activity offered at the Senior Center and attendance grew 4% over last fall. It is an activity where many people can be served at one time. Due to the demand, it is offered five times a week. There has been significant growth in the Sing-a-long class, which started last year with 36 people, and this year participation has grown to four times that amount. Volunteer coordinator and ukulele player Judith Kuftin, shared that the sing-a-alongs have touched many of the participants. She acknowledged that they laugh and sometimes even cry together, because the songs they sing from yesteryear spark so many good memories of the past. • September • In September, Rich Guarienti led the Trail Trekkers Annual Memorial Walk on September 11th. Singer and guitarist Steven Gary delighted a crowd of 60 seniors by singing popular songs of the era, at the Fabulous 50's luncheon. The Foundation sponsored a Cache Creek Casino Trip. October The October DancEscape social dance featured 3 O'clock Jump, a 17-piece band who played for a crowd of 78 dancers. Julaina Kleist's new editing and writing class by was attended by 20 students. This contract class replaced the Las Positas Quest Writing Class that was cancelled in September. Three volunteers offered a new craft class,Box Knitting, teaching seniors how to use a tissue box and yarn to make scarves.Another volunteer taught participants how to make vintage memory books using brown paper bags and various embellishments in a Paper Bag Scrapbooking class. Entertainment for the Swinging 60's Luncheon was performed by Daphna&Bruce. Fifty eight people attended. Another trip to Cache Creek Casino was offered in October by popular demand,while Wheels' Travel Training class had a trip to Downtown Livermore. A series of financial workshops called Important papers and Using Credit Wisely was provided by Money Management International, a non-profit credit counseling agency. It was well received by those in attendance. 2of5 • This year the Senior Resource Fair doubled its attendance from last year.. The amount of vendors increased from 25 to 43. The success of the fair was partially due to moving the event to a Saturday, as well as partnering with senior non-profit organizations to plan,publicize and participate in the event. The vendors contributed$240 in cash for door prizes. Sixteen lucky seniors received$15 Gift Certificates that they could redeem at the Senior Center,to be used toward an activity of their choice. Staff estimated that over 200 hours of volunteer time was accumulated, not only planning the event, but also implementing the event. Free lunch was provided by Parkview,Villa San Ramon, and Merrill Gardens. Senior Resources Fair Vendors Testimonials Thank you, to Camille and Anna. We could not have done this without your help. It was a great event. Everyone I have talked to thought is was the best event they have been to in awhile. Donna Veatch Community Education Representative,Hospice of the East Bay Camille: Getting the word out is also important to the success of the fair. Great job to you and Anna for the signage,flyers and newspaper publicity as well as your help in putting the event together. I agree that it was one of the more participative events I've attended in a long time. Marsha Ramsey,Brightstar Senior Care - • Hi Camille, Thank you to you and your staff for putting on a great health fair last Saturday! It was really well organized and as I said to you there, the flow was good so I got to speak with everyone that came to the table. I hope we get some more participation in the lunch program. It seemed like I spoke to quite a few people who had not tried it yet. We'll see.... Thanks! Tara Alliger, Spectrum Community Services,Senior Nutrition Program Manager I thought it was a blast and so did the physicians who attended with me. Great job everyone! Looking forward to next year. Leilani Stone,R.N.,BSN-Health Educator,Palo Alto Medical Foundation Dublin Center Thanks for doing such a great job! See you next year! Pam Blades,Dublin Library I love the place—it's so neat! I really enjoy the event. Thank you so much. Very nice job to all of you and volunteers. LidaiLai—Edenl&R Attendees Remarks about the Information Fair Great event!Lots of valuable information. El,Dublin This was a very informative for all—people were friendly and informative. PT,Dublin The friendliness of everyone on site and their desire to help us was appreciated. LS, Dublin Another outstanding event today. MI,Dublin Information from the vendors and the various free screenings. Excellent presentations!SB,Danville I think the wide variety of offerings is excellent. The Health Fair was well attended—Good organization! Excellent resources regarding health insurance and Medicare! Thank you!PB,Dublin Dublin Patch and the Times (AC and CC)newspapers featured a lengthy article about one of the newest programs called Blankets for Vets. As a result of the article,volunteer facilitator, Eva Lim, stated several boxes of yarn were donated by individuals as far away as Stockton,Antioch,Richmond, and Pittsburg. One individual sent a$100 to be used toward supplies. The Senior Center's liaison to the group,Delilah 3 of Vanderpool,reported that she delivered a total of 59 blankets and 35 neck scarves to the Livermore VA Hospital; 28 of the Blankets were from the Dublin Senior Center. NOVEMBER The Annual Hometown Heroes featured the Camp Parks Army Garrison 19.1g Jazz Band. Valley Christian Church(VCC)Music director, Jason Gawel sang the National Anthem and led the audience in singing America the Beautiful. VCC Pastor Roger Valci delivered the invocation. Councilman Don Biddle was the Master of Ceremonies for the event,while Commander of United States Army Garrison, Camp Parks Lt. Colonel Michael Friend,welcomed and addressed the veterans and crowd. A video clip of the event was developed by Dublin Patch,who also featured a nice article about the event. For more info,view http://Dublin.patch.com/articles/honoring-hometown-heroes#c. The Senior Center presented a historical display on Camp Parks and the storyboard on Dublin Past since World War II. Volunteers from the Dublin Heritage Museum were also present to display information about Dublin History. A special thanks to Ramona Valencia, Reina Whitney,Donna Sakata-Templeman, Dixie Kamp and Tommie Simpson who each provided personal information, stories and photos of their lives and history as it related to the growth of Dublin between 1940 to 1970. In addition to the event,the Senior Center collected over 220 pairs of white socks and other items for the troops for Operation S.A.M. S.A.M. Testimonial Your wonderful seniors donated over 220 pairs of socks at the Hometown Heroes in November 2010! One senior was really cute she wrote little sticky notes and put them in the socks. She thanked them for their service and God blessed them. So cute!!! Representative of Operation S.A.M. In November,the Thanksgiving Luncheon entertainment was provided by the very popular and talented Wells Middle School Jazz Band and enjoyed by 100 seniors. The band was treated to pizza, cookies and soda. The Foundation offered a trip to Thunder Valley Casino. Several seniors went on a Wheels Travel Training trip to San Jose to the Christmas in the Park event. The first of a two part workshop series was offered by Hope Hospice entitled Finding Meaning through Loss. As of November 30,Las Positas Community College Community Education officially gave notice to Dublin Senior Center staff that they would no longer offer classes at the Dublin Senior Center. In November,the Advisory Committee hosted a Coffee Workshop; 22 guests participated in the workshop. One of the first questions asked was, "What do you value most about the Dublin Senior Center"?Please explain those exceptional moments and existing programs and services which give energy to the Senior Center and best serve the needs of patrons. The following is a list of their responses. a) Front doors open automatically b) Greeters at the front desk; their smile/attitude positive c) Well maintained, State of the art community center d) Warm and friendly atmosphere and greetings e) Variety of classes j)Special Luncheons g) Health Fair; h)Making scarves/blankets for Vets for the holidays • 4of5 i) The staff reaches out to the community - j)Activities to stimulate such as exercise and Line Dance k)Staff and volunteer friendliness. 1) The Dublin Senior Center is seen as a "second home" m)Friendships developed - n) Outside resident use of the Dublin Senior Center is a key to success o)Annual Senior Center Report to Commission and City Council p)Anna and staff Patrons Testimonial To me, Thanksgiving can't come often enough. A traditional turkey dinner is at the top of my list and the dinner served here at the senior center rated#1 especially the stuffing and trimmings. I've never tasted any as good! Chef-keep up the good work! Cell Sirlin • RECOMI IENDATION: Staff recommends that the Advisory Committee receive the report. • 5of5 • • • DUBLIN SENIOR CENTER- FALL 2010 ATTENDANCE REPORT ACTIVITY NAME SEP OCT NOV • ,TOTAL Line Dance 759 707 585 • 2,051 Food distribution 484 496 488 1,468 Lunch(&reg.Thurs.) 321 339 - 350 1,010 Bridge 321 288 354 963 Bingo 268 219 230 717 Senior Resource Fair 0 424 • 0 424 Ping Pong 164 - 125 78 367 Trail Trekkers 80 83 133 296 50+Fitness 117 91 62 270 Luncheon 2nd &Specials 60 58 100 218 Computer Drop In 78 73 66 217 American Mah Jong 46 75 47 168 Path Wanderers 57 51 57 165 Writing-Polish Fiction(new) 0 76 80 156' Foundation Casino. 50 50 50 150 Sing Along 60 54 24 138 Watercolor-LPCC 54 40 43 137 Bunco 38 48 18 104 . Pilates 25 52 26 103 • Special Event: Hometown Heroes 0 0 100 100 Art Studio 45 30 21 96 Ukulele Intro(new) 26 31 32 89 Simply Tai Chi 38 35 13 86 DancEscape 0 78 0 78 • Poker 24 18 34 _ 76 Moving Body-Latin 41 23 9 73 Landscape Art 39 15 16 70 Quilting 19 23 28 70 Computer 1-on-1 17 19 • 31 67 NIA 24 23 19 66 Jam Session/Ukulele 21 16 25 • 62 Flex'n Stretch/Joint Relief. 18 24 14 56 Tai Chi Traditional 24 16 16. 56 Blankets for Vets(new) 20 14 18 52 Games Night,Wednesday 25 13 11 49 Pinochle 13 8 19 40 Foundation Meeting 13 13 13 39 Knitting , 11 9 12 32 Music Instruction(new) 26 0 3 29 Balance Your Balance 13 9 6 28 AARP Mature Driving 9 . 9 0 18 Reading Group 5 6 7 18 Advisory Committee 5 6 4 15 Wheels Travel Training 0 1 11 12 Life Workshops 6 0 4 10 Card Making-Holiday Cards 0 10 0 10 Trip Arm Chair Traveler 4 - 0 6 10 Crafts Workshop 0 0 8 8 Scrapbooking 0 8 0 8 HICAP 2 2 3 7 Mini Makeovers 0 0 3 3 Drop In(40 per day) 840 800 760 2.400 Total Attendance 4,310 4,608 4,037 12,955 ATTACHMENT 1 •