September 18, 2012

2012 Summer 2012 Summer Programs Programs

Parks, Recreation & Community Services

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Evanston Public Library

Evanston School District 65

Evanston Township High School

Department of Children and Family Services

TED Fund for Summer Camps Scholarships

Evanston Community Association Tennis Leagues

Northwestern University

Northwestern University Community Scholarship Program (22 scholarships)

Soar Illinois

Youth Outreach Umbrella

Youth Job Center

James B. Moran Center

The McGaw YMCA

YWCA

Affiliated Organizations of the Department (AYSO, FAAM, Team Evanston, EBSA, etc.)

Partnerships

Lakefront

• Beach Attendance: 175,645

• Tokens sold: 21,800

• Daily tickets sold: 29,000

• Scholarship Tokens: 245

• Free Tokens: 450

• 10 Visit Teen Punch Cards: 300

Lakefront

900 free beach tokens distributed to the following agencies:

Free Beach Passes for weekly group outings

Youth Programs Camps• Youth Aquatics Campers: 528

• Counselors in Training: 30

• Evening Teen Aquatics Campers: 30

• Adult Aquatics Campers: 11

• Parent/Child Aquatics Participants: 45

• Waiting list of over 250 individuals

Trips and Classes

• Clark Street Sand Castle Contest

• Open Fishing

• Open Tubing

• Evanston Historical Kayak Tour

• Fishing Kayak Tour

• Rowing For Fitness

Youth & Family Programs

Lakefront

Dog Beach– Passes Sold: 990

– Attendance: 10,850

LakefrontDempster Street Beach

– Launch/Rack passes: 290

– Season Launches: 100

– Daily Launches Sold: 30

Lessons/Rentals— Boat Rentals: 1350

— Lessons Taught: 136

Church St. Boat Ramp– Launch Passes: 126

Other Lakefront Statistics:•Water rescues: 27•Watercraft assistance: 42•First Aid incidents: 25•Missing person searches: 16•Lakefront Picnic permits: 150•Lagoon shelter rentals: 24•Lighthouse shelter rentals: 44

Lakefront

Park & Facility Permits• Picnic permits issued: 268 Tennis court permits issued: 110

• Park permits issued: 54 Fire Circle permits issued: 71

Affiliated Youth Sports Organizations

Provided Athletic Field support to the following Affiliated Organizations:

Evanston AYSO (soccer): 1,750 participants

Team Evanston (soccer): 650 participants

Evanston Baseball Softball Association: 1,500 participants

Evanston Jr Wildkits (football): 120 participants

Evanston Lacrosse: 445 participants

52 Athletic Fields

Special Recreation

Special Olympics-Special Olympics Summer Games: 17 athletes

- Area Bowling Meet: 11 athletes

- District Bocce Meet: 9 athletes

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Park Camp Districts 65 & 202 46

Camp REAL Ecology 19

Special Needs Aquatics Program

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Inclusion Programs

In 2012, approximately 180 children/young adults have

received services through the program

Disabilities addressed in the Inclusion Program include:

Teen Volleyball (15 teens)LIT for Teens (13 teens)Chess (65 tweens/teens)Fencing (21 tweens/teens)Teen Aqua Adventure (19 tweens/teens)

Chandler-Newberger Center

Sports Camps (1,122 youth)Great America (149 youth)Basketball Camps (51 youth)Gymnastics (55 youth)

Tennis---James, Crown, Leahy, Lovelace, Evanston Township High School350 registrations

Youth Golf---Evanston-Wilmette Community Golf Course158 registrations

Beach Volleyball---Clark Street Beach112 registrations

Lego Camp — Ackerman Park146 registrations

Pee Wee Sports Camp - Bent Park125 registrations

Preschool (Kaleidoscope) Camp - Leahy Park187 registrations

Other Camp Programs

Red Cross Safety Classes

Teen Babysitters Training

July 4 Parade

Chandler-Newberger Center

Open Roller Skating Open Basketball and Volleyball

Birthday Party Rentals

224 “Friday Free Tennis Lessons” at James Park

483 Free youth tennis lessons at Foster Park

121 Free youth tennis lessons at Leahy Park

Evanston Community Tennis Association (ECTA)

Tennis

Talent Show at Twiggs Park

Music Talent at Custer Fair

Beach Party at Clark Street Beach

Dodge Ball Tournament

Mayor’s Super Summer Teen Programs

Beach Volleyball at Clark Street Beach

Scavenger Hunt at Ridgeville

Chess Tournament at Chandler Park

Roller Skating and Open Basketball

Volleyball at Chandler-Newberger

Robert Crown Ice Center

• Teen Free Public Skating Passes 87 Participants

• 773 Public Skating Participants

• 256 Hockey Camp Participants

• 86 Figure Skating Campers

• 71 Freestyle Skating Campers

Learn to skate/Practice ice•115 skaters registered for Practice Ice Packages

•660 Drop in participants for practice ice

•264 youth and young adults registered for ice skating lessons and clinics

•July Skating Competition and Summer Skating Exhibition

•81 drop in skaters for speed skating practice

Summer Fun On The Ice

Robert Crown Center

• Summertime Creative Play (age 2-5)• Surf and Turf (age 6 – 12)• Fun Factory (age 5 – 8)• Kid City (age 8 – 10)• Tween Town (age 11 – 13)• Counselor-in-Training (age 13 – 14)

• 507 participants • 342 elementary & middle school

• 165 preschool campers• Five variety day camps serve

children ranging from toddler to teen• Structured indoor/outdoor activities

include sports, music, art and dance.

Summer Camps

More Summer Fun At Robert Crown

• Robert Crown Center Open House

• Art Instruction• Youth Dance Classes• Ceramics• Martial Arts• Lacrosse Camp• Youth Sports Instruction• Drop-In Gym (347 Participants)

Fleetwood-JourdainTheatreThree fully-produced plays

– HEAT– HOME– Truth be Told

Two “Dramatic Readings”– Woza Albert– Going to St. Ives

Two Concerts– Gospel Music Celebration– Blues Set featuring David “Chainsaw” Dupont

Spoken Word EventA Play for Very Young Audiences

– Janet and the Beanstalk (written, directed, and performed by members of the FJT Teen Drama Club)

Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre

Drama Clubs•Primetime Player’s Senior Citizen Drama Club

•FJT Teen Drama Club

•YSTEP/Youth & Senior Theatre Ensemble Project

20% Increase in Audience Base

Averaging over 70 ticketholders per show

More than 25 Evanston residents performed or worked in a professional production.

Fleetwood-Jourdain CenterSummer Camp•125 Blooming Campers (4 ½ to 13 yrs.)

Kindergarten CampProgram Digitales

Myth Busters 2

Culinary Arts

Neilson and NU Health and Nutrition Day at Fleetwood-Jourdain Center

NU Campus Kitchen provided 250 sandwiches and healthy snacks for 10 weeks to Fleetwood-Jourdain Center participants

Other Programs

•Intergenerational /Neighborhood Garden

•Open drop in basketball 896 participants

•Midget/Pint Size Basketball 325 players a week

•Late night young adults basketball avg. 25 per night

•Adult Basketball league 406 participants

•Roller skating – all ages 3,892

•Young Adult Fitness Activities 37 per day

•Open rec time for middle school youth 675

•Junior Referee Program 230

•Karate Program

•Middle School Council

Fleetwood-Jourdain Center

Summer Food Program• Provides free nutritional meals for

individuals 2½ to 18 years of age

• Four Serving Sites: Fleetwood-Jourdain, Robert Crown, Mason Park, James Park

• 32,000 number of meals servedin Summer 2012

• 95% funded by the Illinois State Board of Education

Mason Park Drop inRecreational drop-in program for Middle and High

School youthActivities included:

• Drumming Program• Video Game Tournaments• Middle School Referee Program• 2 on 2 and 3 on 3 High School Skills and Drills

Clinics for 156 youth • Computers with Internet• Pool • Table Games/Arts and Crafts• Summer Reading Program Site

Outreach Programs

• Over 1,200 individuals visited the animals at the Center

• Staff coordinated over 700 volunteer hours with Northwestern, ETHS, other organizations and residents

• 820 campers attended seven summer camps at four separate sites

• 500 campers participated in canoe trips including campers from Fleetwood Jourdain, Robert Crown and camp REAL

• 272 garden plots rented to residents at four locations – Lighthouse, James Park, Twiggs and McCormick Gardens

• Free Access to Fishing program at Lovelace Pond saw over75 participants each Saturday and over 150 participants on Fishing Frenzy Day

Ecology Center

Youth Programs – Levy Center

• Roller Skating

• Open Gym

• ETHS community service/SYEP

• Tae Kwon Do

• Teen Trips

• Fitness classes

• Fitness Room

• Computer Lab

• Park School Collaboration

Evanston Public LibrarySummer Reading Program

Look How We Have Grown

Cultural Arts

27th annual Evanston Ethnic Arts Festival

July 21-22, 2012 Dawes Park

• Close to 100 artists/vendors representing 55 countries/cultures

• 2 stages featuring continuous entertainment

• Family Arts Activities Area• Teen performers from ETHS

poetry slam team• Headline performer Sidi Touré

from Mali featured on cover of the Chicago Reader music section

Cultural Arts

40th annual Evanston Lakeshore Arts Festival

August 4-5, 2012 Dawes Park

• More than 100 artists showing

work in a wide range of artistic media

• Best in Category Awards in 11

artistic disciplines

• Continuous music throughout

the weekend, including ETHS jazz

ensemble, Handsome Salamander

• Children’s Crafts Tent

• Silent Auction

Cultural Arts

• 16 performances at six park locations throughout Evanston

• Audience members traveled from as far away as Kentucky and North Carolina to attend Evanston’s Starlight Concert Series

Cultural Arts

Starlight Concert Series, June – August 2012

Starlight Concert Series, June – August 2012

• The 2012 Starlight Concert Series featured several youth performances, including the Paul Green School of Rock, The Loneliest Funk, Going Backwards, T-Dot, and Expressions of MJ

Cultural Arts

Starlight Movie Series, August – September 2012• Seven films presented at six park locations (eighth film cancelled due to

inclement weather)

• Screenings of Iron Man and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off scheduled in response to ETHS student preference poll

Cultural Arts

Summer Arts Camps

• The Cultural Arts Division offered 17 different Summer Arts Camps, providing learning opportunities in the arts for more than 500 kids

• This year’s Arts Camp theme was Inheritance and Legacy, in recognition of the founding of the program by Marilyn Price 30 years ago

Cultural Arts

Summer Arts CampsThe City’s wide variety of Arts Camps

offered something for over 500 campers ages 5-14 years old:

YAPFull Day Arts CampWriters WorkshopEarly Childhood Arts CampMedia and Advanced Media CampBattle of the Bands Camp Radio CampCostumer CampKnight CampPrincess CampCrafters CampMagical Worlds CampPirate CampVictorian CampTime Travelers CampArts in the ParkArts in the Loft

Early Childhood Camp

Pirate Camp

Advanced Media Camp

Public Art MuralsThree Public Art Murals were approved during summer 2012:

• Y.O.U. Camp mural at Central St. Metra viaduct

• YMCA Camp Wanago mural at Greenwood St. Metra viaduct

• Justin Wynn Fund mural at Church St. Metra viaduct (October installation)

Cultural Arts

Mission: To facilitate effective public/private collaborative partnerships that ensure the following:

•Recruitment, training, and retention of an Evanston youth and young adult workforce that possesses the skill sets needed to compete in the 21st century economy;

•Academic, vocational, certificate and entrepreneurial internships, externships, and apprenticeship programming opportunities;

•Coordination of City of Evanston programs and projects that impact youth and young adults;

•Development and promotion of civic responsibility and engagement.

Youth & Young Adult Division

Physical Health

Mental H

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Intellectual Health Employability

Civic Responsibility and Engagement

Youth Development Best Practice Model

2012 MSYEP Outreach Procedures• Conducted student recruitment through key staff members at the

Youth Job Center, Family Focus, Y.O.U. and McGaw YMCA;

• Held seven employment outreach sessions at Evanston Library (2 sessions), Chandler-Newberger Center, Robert Crown Community Center, Ecology Center, Levy Senior Center, and Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center.

• Conducted outreach sessions at all Evanston Middle Schools, and Evanston Township High School.

• Visited two area alternative high schools.

Youth & Young Adult Division

Student Demographics

• 543 students applied for jobs

– 51% -females– 49%-males

• 169 students placed with jobs

– 44%-females– 56%-males

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2012 Partnering Employers50/50 Partners50/50 Partners

Actors Gymnasium Actors Gymnasium Davis Transportation, LLCDavis Transportation, LLC

Evanston Township High School Operations DepartmentEvanston Township High School Operations DepartmentHilton Orrington/EvanstonHilton Orrington/EvanstonKiwanis Club of EvanstonKiwanis Club of Evanston

KRAVE, LLCKRAVE, LLCMcGaw YMCAMcGaw YMCA

The Salvation Army The Salvation Army TE & CompanyTE & Company

100% Partners100% PartnersHilton Garden InnHilton Garden Inn

Northwestern GroundsNorthwestern Grounds

Other Employer PartnersOther Employer PartnersEvanston Township Edible AcreEvanston Township Edible Acre

Family Focus Our PlaceFamily Focus Our PlaceState Representative Daniel BissState Representative Daniel Biss

Cook County Commissioner Larry SuffredinCook County Commissioner Larry Suffredin

City of Evanston Partnering City of Evanston Partnering DepartmentsDepartments

Citizen Engagement DivisionCitizen Engagement DivisionCity Manager’s Office City Manager’s Office

Collector’s OfficeCollector’s OfficeCommunity & Economic Development Community & Economic Development

Evanston Fire DepartmentEvanston Fire DepartmentEvanston Police Department Evanston Police Department

Health DepartmentHealth DepartmentHuman ResourcesHuman Resources

Information Technology Information Technology Evanston Public LibraryEvanston Public Library

Parking EnforcementParking EnforcementParks, Recreation and Community ServicesParks, Recreation and Community Services

Public WorksPublic WorksPurchasing/FinancePurchasing/Finance

Chase Banking Workshop Community Services Team Tour of 2012 Worksites

Cook County Commissioner Larry Suffredin

Youth Office Team

…civic responsibility is the key to promoting a livable city in addition to well-rounded citizens

Youth & Young Adult Division

Additional Community Outreach•Support Mayoral and Aldermanic Youth and Young Adult Development and Engagement Efforts;

•Approximately 150 youth and young adults attend two Open Mic Programs held at Family Focus and Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center

•Outreach worker has recruited 60 young adults to participate in Career Pathways Program.

Youth & Young Adult Division

Seasonal EmployeesRecreation & Community Services

• Summer Youth Employees Program 106• Robert Crown Center 75• Lakefront Operations 117• Chandler Newberger Center 41• Fleetwood-Jourdain Center 21• Outreach Programs 15• Ecology Programs 31• Cultural Arts 37• Inclusion 45• Special Recreation 6• Parks/Forestry 12

GRAND TOTAL 506

Thank you!

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