Celebrate Recreation and Parks Month
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Take part in the Play-to-Win
challenge throughout June
June is Recreation and
Parks Month and the City of Vaughan is celebrating virtually this year due to
the global COVID-19 pandemic. Although park facilities and community centres
remain closed, the City’s Recreation Services department will be offering daily
online activities for residents to enjoy including trail hikes, cooking,
dancing, sports, fitness and scavenger hunts.
Each day of the week
features a unique theme – from Monday Morning Energizers to Freestyle Fridays.
Soulful Sundays are dedicated to older adults in honour of Seniors’ Month. The
recreation team has recorded video demonstrations of each activity, which will
be posted on Instagram daily using #JRPMVaughan.
Citizens are encouraged
to play for fun or play to win. Through the Play-to-Win social media challenge,
residents are encouraged to complete activities with their family for a chance
to win a Family Recreation Activity Pass. To enter the contest, post a selfie on
Instagram of you and your family completing an activity using #JRPMVaughan and
tag @RecVaughan. Posts will then be
shared on Recreation Services’ Instagram account and the post with the most
“likes” by Tuesday, June 30 at 11:59 p.m. will win.
Residents can also enter
the Play (More) to Win (Big!) challenge by completing one activity from each of
the seven themes for a chance to win a $100 Recreation Services gift
certificate. To enter the contest, post a selfie of you or your family
completing each activity on Instagram using #JRPMVaughan and tag @RecVaughan. Email the completed Play to Win Pass
to rec@vaughan.ca by Tuesday, June 30 at
6 p.m. EST. A winner will be randomly selected by Friday, July 3 and announced
on Instagram.
Visit vaughan.ca/recreation to find out more about
the challenges, download the Play-to-Win Pass or learn about Recreation and
Parks Month.
To help kick off Recreation and Parks Month,
registration for the City’s new Virtual Summer Adventure series starts on
Monday, June 1 at 8:30 a.m. The series will livestream popular summer camp
activities and recreational programs remotely via Zoom starting Monday, July 6;
to view program descriptions and times, visit the Registration Portal at vaughan.ca/RecOnline.
While community centres remain closed in response
to COVID-19, Recreation Services continues to offer a number of virtual recreation resources for all ages, abilities and areas of interest. Popular programming
includes:
- Vaughan Playschool educational worksheets for children ages three to five in the following subject areas: reading and writing, math and science
- Easy-to-follow at-home workouts from Vaughan Fitness instructors, featured on Recreation Services’ Instagram TV. Video exercises have been modified to do inside the home or out in the backyard, and include the following classes: yoga, Zumba, Pilates, belly dancing, boot camp and barre/chair exercises
- Stretching, nutrition tips and healthy-eating recipes from Vaughan Fitness instructors
- Learning first aid basics from certified Vaughan lifeguards
- Singing songs with Vaughan Playschool instructors
- Acting, dancing and singing with the City Playhouse Theatre crew
- Other fun activities, such as colouring, crafting and cooking
Follow Recreation
Services on Instagram and Facebook to discover more content and videos from the
team.
To receive the City’s
latest COVID-19 updates as they happen, sign up for the City Update eNewsletter
at vaughan.ca/CityUpdate and follow the City’s Twitter, Facebook and Instagram channels.
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