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If participants are sick please remem-ber to keep them home Staff will only warm lunches in the microwave, please send participants with already prepared meals, as well as their own utensils if needed. Please observe program dates, times and locations carefully. These may vary depending on the program. If you lose your newsletter, it is always posted on our website. Do not drop off participants any ear-lier that the noted time (on site or off). Also, if participants are not trans-ported by TR, please have them picked up by the program end time and signed out.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

Our Next Quarterly Parent Meeting is 9/23. We invite all parents/ caregiv-ers and participants to our parent meeting. We will be sharing important information and updates, as well as answering questions.

If you are interested in volunteering and haven’t already filled out a volun-teer application please do so. As a part of accreditation all volunteers must have completed the volunteer process prior to volunteering

Once you have had the opportunity to read over your newsletter please turn reservation forms in as soon as possible. We ask that in the future reservation forms be returned by the 1st of the month.

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Calendar Pg. 2

Program Details Pg. 2-3

Special

Announcements

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Our Memories Pg. 4

Reservation

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August 2013

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

Bowling/ Bingo

2

3

4 5 Life Skills/

Cycling and Lunch

Downtown

6 Fishing and lunch

@ Lake Oliver/

Open Recreation

National Night Out

7 Tennis and lunch

@ Cooper Creek /

Armchair Travel-

Caribbean's

8

Bowling/

Bocce

9

10

11 12 Oxbow

Meadows Field

Trip & Picnic/ Gar-

den Club

13

Fishing and lunch @

Lake Oliver/

Bunko

14

Tennis and lunch @

Cooper Creek /

Cooking Class

15

Bowling/ Bingo 16 17

18 19 Life Skills/

Cycling and Lunch

Downtown

20

Fishing and lunch @

Lake Oliver/

Open Recreation

21

Tennis and lunch @

Cooper Creek /

Cooking Class

22

Bowling/

Bocce

23

24 Columbus Midnight

Express– Country’s

Bar-b-que

25 26 Life skills/

Columbus Park Crossing and lunch at

Red Robin’s

27

Fishing and lunch @

Lake Oliver/

Open Recreation

28

Tennis and lunch @

Cooper Creek /

Cooking Class

29

Bowling/ Bingo

30

31

August 2013August 2013

PROGRAM DETAILS

August 1 & 15: Participants

planning to ride the TR van to

Peach Lanes can arrive as

early as 8:45am and no later

than 9:30am. Open recreation

will be taking place in the

game room until departure

time at 9:45am. We will bowl

at Peach Lanes from 10am un-

til 12pm. Participants wishing

to eat at tbowling should pur-

chase food while bowling. Af-

ter the last bowler finishes we

will travel back to Pop Austin

so other participants can enjoy

their lunch and prepare for

bingo. Bingo will

begin promptly at

1pm.

August 5 & 19: We will start

the day off by learning about

bike safety and the health

benefits of cycling. At 10am

we will head downtown to rent

our cycles and begin the trail.

After the bike trails we will

enjoy lunch Downtown. Par-

ticipants can

bring and eat

their own lunch

or purchase

lunch at Subway.

Bike Rental: FREE

Subway: $6

August 6, 13,20,& 27: Partici-

pants planning to ride the TR

van to Lake Oliver can arrive

as early as 8:45am and no later

than 9:30am. Open recreation

will be taking place in the

game room until departure

time at 9:45am. We will be

fishing at Lake Oliver Marina

from 10am until 12pm. We

also have lunch at the Marina

afterwards. Participants can

bring their lunch or purchase

lunch at the Marina. The Ma-

rina will provide cane poles

for the participants to use,

participants also bring their

own fishing supplies. Bait can

be purchased at the Marina for

a minimal fee.

There will be open recreation

at Pop Austin from 1pm until

closing.

August 7, 14, 21, & 28: : Par-

ticipants planning to ride the

TR van to Cooper Creek can

arrive as early as 8:45am and

no later than 9:30am. Open

recreation will be taking place

in the game room until depar-

ture time at 9:45am. We will

be playing tennis at Cooper

Creek from 10am until 12pm.

Lunch we will be eaten once

we arrive back at Pop Austin.

Cooking class begins at 1pm.

**There will be no cooking

class on Aug. 14th. We will be

traveling to the Caribbean's

during Armchair travel. Arm-

chair travel-Caribbean's will

begin at 1pm.

Field Trips:

August 12: TR will be taking a

field trip to Oxbow Meadows

Environmental Learning

Center. Afterwards, we will

have a picnic if weather

permits. Garden club will meet

at 1pm after the field trip.

August 26: TR will be going

to Columbus Park Crossing.

Participants will be focusing

on learning how to

independently shop and

appropriately interact with

others in the public settings.

Afterwards, we will go to Red

Robin’s to have lunch.

Red Robin’s: $15

Note: Unless otherwise

noted, all day programs

(9am-2pm) will require par-

ticipants to bring lunch.

Take home is also available

to those that qualify.

Happy Birthday!

Brenda Marshall 8/16

Lori Neville 8/18

Buddy Coulter 8/19

John Frank 8/19

Christy McKinney 8/22

Debbie Ellison 8/25

Lori Swank 8/27

A NOTE ABOUT RESERVATION FORMS:

Reservation forms must be returned before the 1st of the month if you plan to use TR transportation to an event, so that we have an accurate count and can request the appropriate size vehicle. Please be sure to get these back to us in a timely manner. If you plan to meet us at the location reservations forms can be turned in two (2) days before programming. Pay-ments must be received at least two (2) days before attending the program. Newsletters are distributed in the manner that they were requested when you completed your membership application. If you lose your newsletter, or for some reason have not received one within 48 hours before the next program month, please call us or pull one up on our website at:

www.columbusga.org/parks/therapeutics/therapeutics.htm. How can I be sure to get my reservation form in on time?

1. Hand Delivery 2. Postal Mail 3. Fax to 706.320.9175 4. Scan and email to: mcrawford@columbusga.org

Newsletters are usually distributed and posted online 2-3 weeks prior to the next month. If you would like to change

your method of receipt, please let us kno

Armchair Travel: Caribbean's

Come travel with us as Ms. Tamlin takes us to the

Caribbean’s. We learn about the culture, food

and recreation in the

Caribbean Island.

On Tuesday, August 6th Therapeutic Rec-

reation will be having a National Night

Out Block Party at Pop Austin Recrea-

tion Center. The event will kick of at 6pm

and last until 8pm and open to all people

with disabilities and their caregivers.

There will be food , music, games and

more. Help support this event as an

endeavor to keep our community safe.

Special Thanks to Jason and the staff at Ride

on Bikes for allowing the Therapeutic

Recreation Program to

rent cycles free of charge

while we get fit and

practice for

Special Olympics.

Thank You!!!

P S S S S T …

I f y o u h a v e s o m e

n e w s o r p h o t o s

y o u ’d l i k e u s t o

s h a r e , E m a i l U s !

Therapeutic Recreation Main Office & Program Center Pop Austin Recreation Center

1331 Alexander Street Columbus, Georgia 31904

Phone: 706.323.8707 Fax: 706.320.9175

706.304.5560 | 706.304.5556 PopAustinRecreation@columbusga.

org

Mailing Address (Gallops Senior Center)

1212 15th Street Columbus, GA 31901

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Our Monthly Memories...

This Month We Celebrate

National Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month Cataract Awareness Month Happiness Happens Month

National Immunization Awareness Month

Friendship Day 5 National Night Out 6 International Geocaching Day 17 World Humanitarian Day 19

Columbus Midnight Express-Country’s Bar-b-que 24

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Name:Phone Number:

Date Activity/ Event Transportation TotalMonday Programming

5-Aug Life Skills/Cycling $1.2512-Aug Garden Club $1.2519-Aug Life Skills/Cycling $1.2526-Aug Life Skills $1.25

Tuesday Programming6-Aug Fishing/Open Recreation $1.25

13-Aug Fishing/Bunko $1.2520-Aug Fishing/Open Recreation $1.2527-Aug Fishing/Open Recreation $1.25

Wednesday Programming7-Aug Tennis/Cooking Class $1.25

14-Aug Tennis/Cooking Class $1.2521-Aug Tennis/Cooking Class $1.2528-Aug Tennis/Cooking Class $1.25

Bowling Transportation

1-Aug Take home $1.25 $1.25 Questions?

8-Aug Take home $1.25 $1.25 706-304-5556 or 706-304-5560

15-Aug Take home $1.25 $1.25

22-Aug Take home $1.25 $1.25

29-Aug Take home $1.25 $1.25Notes:

5-Aug Lunch Downtown @ Subway6-Aug National Night Out

7-Aug Armchair Travel: Caribbean's12-Aug Trip to Oxbow Meadows19-Aug Lunch Downtown @ Subway26-Aug $15.00

Check# ________ TOTAL PAID:M.O. ________ DATE:

1-Aug Bowling $3.008-Aug Bowling $3.00

15-Aug Bowling $3.0022-Aug Bowling $3.0029-Aug Bowling $3.00

Check # ________ TOTAL PAID:M.O. ________ DATE:

Signature:

Your Answer to the Riddle on page 1: _____________________________ Date:

Field Trips/ Special Events

(x) if attending

Columbus Parks & RecreationTherapeutic Recreation Reservation Form for August 2012

1331 Alexander Street | Columbus, Georgia 31904

Please make a SEPARATE check out to AMF Peach Lanes for Bowling Fees.

Please remit checks or M.O. to:

Columbus Park Crossing and Red Robin's

Caregivers must attend with participants

Therapeutic Recreation1212 15th Street

Columbus, Georgia 31901

$6.00

$6.00

1.) Don't forget to make a copy of this form or circle reserved programs on the calendar on page 2 for your records. 2.) If attending extended programming, do not pay a transportation fee for the day program.

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