Greensboro Parks and Recreation Annual Report 2020-2021

Connect We’ve partnered to uplift the community.

Supported Children • Windsor Center partnered with I Am A Queen to host a 2020 School Supply Drive, providing supplies and book bags for more than 800 individuals. The centers also worked with local businesses and clubs to offer a COVID-safe trunk or treat. • Youth Services established new partnerships with Ready for School, Ready for Life and the local homeschool network to provide the Littles Link Up program. It also worked with the Water Resources Department to create the environmental education program Stream Splashers. • Warnersville and Windsor Recreation Centers connected with the community through Action

Greensboro’s Wheels on Greenway event. Donated bikes were provided to youth to ride the Downtown Greenway. Met Community Needs • City Lakes held a community rabies clinic in cooperation with Guilford County. • Lewis Recreation hosted two America Red Cross blood drives at critical need times during the pandemic. • AIR hosted an adaptive bike demo during Wheels on the Greenway. • Established Discover Greensboro Digest e-newsletter to promote department programs and events. It had an average open rate of 27 percent, 6 points higher than the national average.

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