Borden Community Recreation

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Come Grow With Us

• Borden Community Recreation

Tina Bailey Community Recreation Director as
presented to DSRM, Johanne Thibault
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What do we look like?
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Networks and partners
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What do we offer?
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Memberships
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Daily Drop in Fees

• Gym
• DTM U17 4.00
• DTM Adult 5.00
• Assoc U17 6.00
• Assoc Over 17 8.00
• Pool
• DTM 3.00
• Guest Associate 5.00
• Family DTM 9.00
• Family Associate 15.00

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What are the benefits of a membership?

• Reduced prices for activity programmes
• Early booking for courses / programmes E.g.
  Summer Camp, swim lessons, dance, figure skating,
  gymnastics
• No need to visit the kiosk when utilising
  facilities

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Aquatics Programming

• Swimming Instruction Red Cross
• Pre School to Swim Kids 10
• Lifeguard training and certification
• Recreation / Casual Swimming
• Parent and Tot Swims
• Therapy swim time

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• Service Strengths Aquatics Programming
• Facility
• Range of equipment
• Range of Programs
• Affordable Programmes
• Quality of staff
• Good reputation in the community
• Training offered
• Ability to change programming in order
• to meet community needs and demand

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Aquatics Programming - cont

• Service Weaknesses
• Transient Base
• Limited pool availability during the day
  which directly affects programming
• Programs being cancelled due to priorities
• Service Opportunities

• More Family Splash days
• Introduction of new activity programs
• E.g. Kayak / Canoe Program
• Regular catchment of Lifeguards

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Aquatics Programming - cont

• Service Threats Aquatics Programming
• Staff turnover - Can be limited which
  threatens a
• cut in service to customers
• Changing economies

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Bowling

• Drop in Bowling
• Adults Mixed League
• Junior League
• Birthday Parties
• Offering packages on Family Day and PA days
• Planning new programmes
• Part of the Summer and March Break Programs
• Organising Family Challenges
• Looking into Schools utilising the facility

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LibraryStrengths

• Free bilingual library services to members
• Through partnership working families are also
  offered free membership to libraries in
  neighbouring areas.
• Also offer periodicals, DVDs, videos, books on
  CD / cassette, photocopy and community internet
  services for all ages in both English and French.
• Summer reading program for members 5 13 years
  of age.
• Work closely with the Family Resource Centre, to
  assist the Best Start Program.
• Base Borden absorbs 80k of funding which reflects
  the value of this service!

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Library continuedWeaknesses

• Lack of visibility
• Although we run regular advertisements in the
  Borden Citizen and special announcements in
  Broadcast Mail, our presence and services are not
  well-known to the transient population which
  comprises the bulk of our clientele (membership).
  
• Age and scope of collection
• Budgetary limitations mean that careful
  consideration must be exercised for all additions
  to our collection. Since most of the budget is
  dedicated to staff pay, we must "flesh out" our
  limited purchasing power with donations and
  ongoing sales of donated items which are not
  taken into the collection. It would be very
  useful and helpful if the Training Schools here
  in Borden such as CFSATE, CFSEME , CFMSS/CFDSS,
  CFSAL and CFMPA would send us copies of their
  resource material as it was superseded by newer
  editions. This would enable us to provide useful
  study materials for PRETC students waiting to
  begin trades training.
• Age of building
• The Library, a 1941-vintage H-hut, was originally
  scheduled for demolition in 2010 this has been
  adjusted to 2013. Unless a new Community Centre
  is constructed, then another location for it must
  be identified in the near future so that planning
  can begin for necessary building modifications
  and acquisition of the shelving and furniture
  suited to the new location.

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Library continuedFuture Opportunities

• Our membership in the Simcoe County Library
  Collective has enabled us to provide our members
  an audio book download facility at no cost,
  although this may change in future. This service
  is expected to expand to include movie and
  possibly music download capability in the future.
• We continue to work on an as-available basis to
  automate the Library's function. The collection
  is 90 per cent data-based in a way that provides
  free automatic upgrades whenever LAN software is
  upgraded. Once this phase is completed, we will
  begin the next phase, that is, to enter the
  collection into the Training Schools Library
  Collection on the LAN so that any member can
  access it and explore it. The move to full
  automation is perceived as a long-term project,
  although automation of circulation function is
  possible in the short to mid-term.

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Library cont

• Currently 1000 active memberships
• Approximately 60 per cent are single memberships
• 40 per cent family memberships
• Each the Library have approximately 1000
  transactions as transient personnel finish
  training, or as families are posted away, and
  others replace them

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Childrens Programming

• March Break Full day and short specific
  activities available
• Summer Camp Full day with early drop off
  and late pick up. 80 places available
• weekly.
• Youth Drop in Night Opportunity for young
  people to participate in a range of
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  physical activity. National Youth Model
  funding.
• Special activities Offered through the
  clubs on base E.g. Stained glass

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Visit to a conservation centre near Toronto as
part of the Summer Camp Programme.
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Introducing New Activities
Introduction to new activity as part of the
Summer Camp / Sports Programme. Equipment
funded through the RBC Wicket Cricket
Programme. All staff trained to deliver the
Programme Possible future links with a Base
Cricket Team
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Childrens programming continued
Fused Jewellery made by young people within a
Stained Glass session delivered through the
Stained Glass Club through funding from the
Youth try it programme
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Adult Activity Programming

• Aerobic Fitness programs recently produced one
  leaflet promoting all fitness related programs
  for adults
• Day time Weight Watchers program offered
• Currently investigating setting up a day time
  walking program
• Parent healthy eating ideas for baby food

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Events

• PA day activities
• Family day Programming
• Winter Carnival
• Club Expo
• Supporting other departments on base

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Weekly Activity Calendar
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Weekly Activity Calendar continued

• Helps us to identify activity gaps during
  the week
• Looking at dual programming E.g. running
  childrens programmes
• same time as adult classes.
• New Programmes will be offered during quiet
  periods / days
• Will use on the website and the notice
  board in the lobby for the
• customers to quickly find out when
  activities are taking place

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Provides an opportunity for students to
leave the base and enjoy a leisure/ cultural
experience.
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• Providing accessible and affordable
  cultural and leisure programmes for the
• Military Students.
• Transport provided through the base. (2 3
  buses per visit) Just under
• 1,000 participants
• Positive response from the students.
• Large Sporting events are popular
• Advertise through the lunch messes,
  broadcast and the gym facility.
• Introduction of a new electronic bulletin
  board will improve communication
• and marketing

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Clubs

• Currently 24 active clubs
• Figure Skating, Gymnastics, Basketball and Dance
  provide regular programmes for children
• Aikido, Climbing Club, Paintball, Ceramics,
  Motorcycle and Motor Hobby have a high number of
  Military participation and adults.
• Gymnastics and the Barracuda swim club provide
  opportunities to compete at a local level and are
  doing very well
• Good military volunteer involvement with all
  clubs.
• Recently received requests for Taekwondo and
  Jiu-Jitsu.

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Clubs continuedCompetitive success
Barracuda Swim Club
The weekend of 01-02 November, the Base Borden
Barracudas were back in the water to race at the
Milton Dash 4 Cash Swim Meet. The Barracudas
brought 12 athletes to the meet. They brought
home 29 ribbons and recorded a total of 39 best
times. There were 1 - 1st, 4 - 2nd, 6 - 3rd, 9
4th ,4 5th, 5 6ths place finishes. A huge
applause goes out to 11-year-old Chloe Horne who
came in first in the 100m-breast stroke,
recording a time of 143.54 and improving her
previous time by 8.67 seconds.
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Strengths of our serviceCommunity Recreation

• Facilities and equipment
• Staff
• Cost - accessible
• Location
• Programs
• Volunteers
• Partners

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Weaknesses

• Staff turn over of staff
• On site day care facilities
• Military Family posting In / Outs
• Facilities Limited available space
• Employee wages Low compared to neighbouring
  communities
• Marketing and promotion

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Opportunities

• Senior Programming
• Programming available for school PA days
• Introduce Soccer coaching / fun sessions
• On site day care facilities
• Set up dual programs E.g. Run childrens
  programmes at the same time as adult programs
• Closer links with Health Promotion Programs e.g.
  Health walks for non-military workers
• Improve marketing and promotion of programming
• Maximise the use of other existing resources E.g.
  Trillium trail
• Combined events with several different services

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Issues

• Payment of coaches at a reasonable level in order
  to attract staff to travel to the base.
• Clubs and Programs in several different locations
  very spread out
• Specific issues with building A82
• Long winded processes making planning difficult.
• Pay allotment time consuming and ineffective
• The need for clubs to be within one building A
  one stop shop to access a range of services

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The Future

• We need to be bold and brave
• How can we improve the service for our target
  audience
• Community Centre
• Available day care
• Increase in number of quality activity programs

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• Together Everyone Achieves More