Community Center News

 
January 2013
Got Photos? Mansfield Parks & Recreation Photo Contest

Do you have photos of an individual or family participating at a Mansfield Parks & Recreation facility or program? If you've taken a walk through a nearby park, watched your children enjoy a neighborhood playground, participated in a program or activity at the Mansfield Community Center or attended one of our special events you may have a special photo that would be great to share. Please consider submitting  digital photos for possible use in one of our upcoming Parks & Recreation seasonal brochures. If your photo is selected for one our  brochures we would like to thank you with a $25 off a recreation program coupon.

 

Please submit photos to Jay O'Keefe at OKeefeJm@Mansfieldct.org.  Use a high quality resolution (200-300dpi) and send as a jpeg file. Deadline for submissions to be considered for our spring brochure is Wednesday, January 23.

 

Meet an MCC Staff Person
MEET AN MCC STAFF PERSON: Jessica Tracy
 
What do you enjoy most the Community Center?

I like meeting all of our members! Additionally, I enjoy working in a field I am passionate about and having opportunity to use my knowledge to educate others. 

 
What is your favorite pastime?
Reading

  

What is your favorite food?

Potatoes, any way, shape or form!

 

If you could have lunch with any famous person who would it be and why?

Laura Ingles Wilder. I thoroughly enjoyed the book series growing up and admired her independence and adventurous spirit. 

 

Tell us one interesting fact about yourself.

I bake my own bread everyday.

 

We are pleased to announce that Jessica Tracy is now our new full-time Health and Fitness Supervisor. Jessica has worked in a part-time capacity as our Fitness Specialist for 3 1/2 years. She is also currently one of our Personal Trainers. Jessica attended Boston University where she received her Bachelor's Degree in Athletic Training. She has been a Certified Athletic Trainer through the National Athletic Trainers Association since 1994, and a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist since 1997. After working at Boston College for a year, she attended The University of Connecticut where she completed her Master's Degree in Sport Management. She worked at Coventry High School as an outreach Athletic Trainer from HealthSouth, and then became their Athletic Director. Jessica took some time off to start a family and now has three beautiful children. She will be working a combination of day, evening and weekend hours to provide the best coverage for the members and guests using the fitness center. Please feel free to stop by her office and say "hi!"

Happy New Year from the Pool! 

The aquatics staff would like to wish all of our current members and our NEW members a Happy New Year! Many of the aquatic classes for our winter session are now underway so you may be noticing some changes to our weekly pool schedule. We make every effort possible to balance our schedule with our programs/classes and general/lap swim times for our members and guests.

 

Our Winter session of swim lessons will begin next week and NEW on Thursdays - we will be changing our usual 5pm - 6pm lap swim time to a General/Lap Swim (3 lanes lap) including the diving board to accommodate additional evening hours for our families. Please let us know about any concerns or suggestions for the pool area, we are always looking for member feedback so that we can provide the best service possible. We are excited to announce that in the coming weeks we will be launching a newly formated pool schedule. The new design will be easier to read and find the specific aquatic activity you want to participate in. Thank you for visiting us in the pool area!

 

Swim Stroke Clinics for Adults

Looking to improve your swim stroke technique and become a more efficient swimmer? Then register for our Swim Stroke Clinics! These interactive swim clinics are designed to help adults work on technique and refine the four competitive swim strokes. Each clinic will be dedicated to that particular stroke including starts and turns. The clinics will include handouts, videos, live demonstrations, warm up/cool down time in pool, and coached instruction with various drills for each stroke. Join our Master's swim coach, Scott James, in the pool for these great clinics. Clinics will be held on Sunday evenings from 5pm - 7pm. Registration may be done in person, by mail or online at www.mansfieldcc.com. Click on the online registration link at the center of the top of the page.

Soups, Bread & Sandwich Recipes
(From thedailygreen.com & artisanbreadinfive.com)

 

Giving Week Recap


A huge thank you goes out to all who participated in our two Giving Weeks.  Our wonderful Fitness Instructors volunteered their time to teach two separate weeks of classes to help benefit the Mansfield Food Pantry. We had over 400 participants attending classes and collected nearly 400 pounds of non-perishable foods and personal care items, and over $550 in monetary and gift card donations.

Healthy Family Tips Seminar
 
In conjunction with our Family Fun Night on Friday,
February
1st from 6-7p.m. Health and Fitness Supervisor, Jessica  Tracy will be available for a hands on presentation designed to bring you tips to increase your family fitness, and improve your eating habits, all while having fun. Be prepared to move.
Free to members, no registration necessary.
In This Issue
Got Photos?
Meet an MCC Staff Person
Pool Updates
Recipes
Giving Week Recap
Healthy Family Tips Seminar
Winter Brochure
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