{"id":45661,"date":"2018-03-06T12:19:27","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T17:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=45661"},"modified":"2018-03-06T12:26:10","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T17:26:10","slug":"town-huntsville-offer-free-reduced-cost-recreation-options-low-income-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/town-huntsville-offer-free-reduced-cost-recreation-options-low-income-residents\/","title":{"rendered":"Town of Huntsville to offer free and reduced-cost recreation options for low-income residents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Participation in both structured and unstructured recreational, sport and cultural activities improves physical, psychological and emotional health,&#8221; says Parks and Recreation Ontario. To that end, the Town of Huntsville is implementing a policy that will help its lowest income residents access some of the programs and facilities offered by the municipality.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This report and policy is a long time coming,&#8221; Huntsville&#8217;s Director of Community Services, Kari Lambe told General Committee at its February 28 meeting. &#8220;We are getting requests from a variety of agencies, families and individuals who cannot afford to participate in something as simple as coming in at lunch and swimming a lap or bringing their children in to go for a skate or having their children even learn to swim. These are services that are important to our community from a social standpoint, from a health and wellness standpoint, even life skills. When I look at swimming lessons, with the lakes around us, it&#8217;s an essential thing for children to learn.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>Town staff worked to create a policy that would fill that need while having little to no impact on taxpayers.<\/p>\n<p>Residents who meet eligibility criteria for the Access to Affordable Recreation Program will have the following options available to them.<\/p>\n<p>Children and youth (up to 17 years of age) can receive an annual public swim\/skate pass and 50 per cent off the cost of up to two registered youth programs. The Town&#8217;s summer camps are already subsidized and not included in this program.<\/p>\n<p>Adults 18 years of age and older have one of three options: an annual public swim\/skate pass or 50 drop-ins per year to adult\/55+ drop-in programs at the pool or Active Living Centre or 50 per cent off the cost of up to two registered programs. Adult and 55+ drop-in program passes are valid for a variety of activities including public skating, adult skating, public swimming, adult swim, lap swims, table tennis, dominoes, cards and games, line dancing, and pickleball.<\/p>\n<p>Lambe said that the Town already partners with the District and other agencies to help people who can&#8217;t afford sporting equipment or other activities for their children.<\/p>\n<p>The Affordable Access to Recreation Program will be administered &#8220;discretely in a way that when these residents come to participate in our programs, nobody knows that they are on our affordable policy,&#8221; said Lambe.<\/p>\n<p>Read the proposed Affordable Access to Recreation Policy <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ToH-Affordable-Access-to-Recreation-Policy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here (PDF)<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler! Sign up for our free newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u>.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Participation in both structured and unstructured recreational, sport and cultural activities improves physical, psychological and emotional health,&#8221; says Parks and Recreation Ontario. 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