2014 Guide To All Things Parks & Recreation Team Sports & Leagues Programs & Activities Special Events Aquatics Swimming Lessons Marion Arts Council Park Information Facility Rentals Marion Parks & Recreation Offices: Recreation Offices Lowe Park Arts and Environment Center 4500 N Tenth Street | 447-3590 OR Administrative & Operations Offices Thomas Park 343 Marion Boulevard | 447-3580 Parks & Recreation Staff Directory 2014 Park Board Parks Administrative & Operations Offices—447-3580 Charlie Kress Thomas Park 343 Marion Boulevard, Marion, IA Kyle Martin Office Hours: Monday—Friday, 7:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. John McIntosh Mike Carolan Director of Parks & Recreation Terry Speral [email protected] Darcie Coberly Administrative Assistant Patty Wise [email protected] The Park Board meets at 4:00 p.m. on the Aaron Van Milligan Parks Operation Manager second Wednesday of each month at the [email protected] Parks Administrative & Operations Building Ed Chalstrom Maintenance Supervisor at Thomas Park. All meetings are open to Mike Cimprich Parks Operation the public. Paul Giegerich Parks Operation If you have an item that you would like to Eric Mathis Parks Operation have discussed by the Marion Park Board, Matt Nissen Parks Operation please contact Marion Parks & Recreation Scott Sagers Parks Operation in advance of the meeting at 447-3580. Recreation Offices—447-3590 Lowe Park Arts & Environment Center 4500 N 10th Street, Marion, IA Office Hours: Monday—Friday, 7:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Karlene Hummel Recreation & Aquatics Coordinator [email protected] Tony Ireland Recreation Supervisor [email protected] MaryAnn Bries Administrative Assistant [email protected] 2014 Tree Board Marion Municipal Swimming Pool—377-1654 Willowood Park Ed Begley 1855 35th Street, Marion, IA Scott Hansen Pool Open: May 24th-August 17th; & then weekends until Labor Day Dustin Hinrichs Sunshine McDonald Pam Munro Mark Sanderson The Park Board meets at 7:00 a.m. on the second Wednesday of each month at the Parks Administrative & Operations Building at Thomas Park. All meetings are open to the public. If you have an item that you would like to have discussed by the Marion Tree Board, please contact Marion Parks & Recreation in advance of the meeting at 447-3580. — 1 — www.cityofmarion.org Mission Statement Table of Contents Youth Sports Programs………….............................4-7 The Marion Parks and Recreation Department shall provide and Other Youth Programs……....………………………….8 maintain quality parks, facilities, Adult Programs & Events………………………………9 open/natural space, programs and Family/Community Programs………………………...10 services which will enhance the Programs w/ Linn County Conservation……………11 physical, social, and emotional well being of all the citizens of Marion. Aquatics………………………………………………12-14 Marion Arts Council…………………………….………15 Friends of Marion Parks Linn County Master Gardeners…..…………………..16 Facility Rentals……………………….....................17-18 Organized in 2002, Friends of the Marion Parks, a non-profit organization, has supported Marion Park Facilities & Rules…………………...18-19 the parks through purchasing needed What’s New?...................................................……….20 equipment, providing a corps of volunteers, and coordinating park staff Registration Forms………………….………….………21 recognition. Volunteers help plant, water and weed flower beds and assist with the Marion Farmers Market and other community events. Your Registration Means a COMMITMENT! When you register your child for a recreational program, you not The Board of Friends of the Marion Parks only make a commitment to your child, but to all the children on the meets the second Thursday at 7 pm from team and participating in the activity. It is very important for your March to October. Since all projects are child to attend all practices and games. If conflicts do arise, be supported by memberships and donations, a sure to communicate this with coaches and/or staff, so they can be membership drive occurs in early September, prepared and make adjustments as necessary. but new and renewal memberships are welcomed anytime. Individual memberships Volunteer Coaches Are Always Needed are $10; family memberships are $15, and If you are interested in coaching or helping with a program, please lifelong memberships are $175. Memorials are note this on your child’s registration form. You can also call also greatly appreciated and tax-deductible, as Karlene Hummel at 447-3590 to be added to the volunteer are all memberships and donations. coaches list. It is important as a volunteer coach, that you are able to make a 100% commitment to the position. If you cannot make If you have ideas for projects, are interested in this commitment, please sign up as an assistant. All volunteer volunteering, or would like to serve on the coaches are required to pass a background test. Board, please contact Volunteer Coordinator Marjorie Jensen at 319-377-5516. Monthly E-Newsletter Sign up for the Marion Parks & Recreation monthly e-newsletter to receive the latest information, timely registration reminders, and Friends of the Cemetery new program alerts. To be added to the list, simply send an email to [email protected]. The newly formed Friends of Oak Shade Cemetery group is meeting on a regular basis. Online Registration Future projects for the group include assisting Registration for recreation programs can now be made online. Visit the parks staff with seasonal clean up, www.cityofmarion.org and select Parks & Recreation. Online maintaining the perennial flowers beds, registration fee payments are processed through Paypal. headstone repairs, researching genealogy and NEW! Drop Boxes Available cemetery history. If you are interested in more We now have drop off boxes located at both Thomas and Lowe information or joining the group, please contact Park. You can drop off registrations at either location 24/7 at your Jay Kacena at 377-7709. own convenience. — 2 — Recreation Offices ● 447- 3590 Recreation Department Policies & Regulations Good Sportsmanship Insurance All participants in Marion Parks & Marion Parks & Recreation does not provide Recreation programs, including individual accident liability insurance. players, parents, spectators, coaches, and officials, will treat Team Assignment Policy each other with courtesy and To assign teams fairly and randomly, volunteer respect at all times, no exceptions! coaches may pick ONE assistant. If a program needs more than two coaches per REGISTER EARLY! team, Marion Parks & Recreation will assign Please register early to ensure we the additional assistants from names of have adequate numbers to hold our programs, so you or volunteers appearing on the registration forms. Children your child has the opportunity to participate in the desired will be randomly assigned to teams. Children living in the activity. There comes a time when we must evaluate same household will be placed on the same team if they whether or not to hold a program based on number of are in the same division. NO SPECIAL TEAM OR registered participants. We can’t guarantee there will be CARPOOLING REQUESTS PLEASE! any openings after the registration deadline has passed. Once programs are full, participants may choose to be put Confirmation on a waiting list. No confirmations are sent. Please assume your class/ program will be held at the time and place indicated unless Fees, Late Fees, & Refunds you are notified. We will be happy to send you a All fees are due at the time of your registration. Cash, confirmation if you include a self-addressed stamped check, and credit/debit cards (Visa, MasterCard, Discover) envelope with your registration. are all acceptable forms of payment. Checks should be made out to Marion Parks & Recreation. A late fee of $10 Cancellations Due To Inclement Weather per individual registration will be added after the Cancellations are posted on www.cityofmarion.org and can registration deadline. Refunds will be given for withdrawals also be found on our Facebook page. If school is cancelled from an activity prior to the start of the event. However, a due to inclement weather, ALL parks and recreation $5 administrative fee will be charged. There are no refunds activities will be cancelled as well. If school is cancelled or after a program has started. Refund checks will be mailed dismissed early on a Friday, then ALL Friday AND and can take up to three weeks to process. Saturday recreation activities are cancelled. Summer activities will be cancelled in the event of a heat warning Financial Assistance being issued. We want to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to participate in all of our programs. To be eligible for Photo Policy assistance, you must be a Marion resident. We will have Photos are occasionally taken of participants in our forms available at either office that you will need to programs, classes, or activities and of people enjoying our complete along with providing proof of your income as well parks. Please be aware that these photos may be used in as any additional assistance you may receive. You will be future programs, brochures, websites, flyers or news required to pay a 25% co-payment of the recreation releases. program cost and a 50% co-payment for a swimming pool pass and pool programs. ATTENTION! Active Participants Registrants in any Marion Parks & Recreation program assume responsibility for any risk, implicit or direct, by participation in said activity or facility. Many programs involve body contact,