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Grace Bibber, Recreation Director 185 Portland Road, Buxton, Maine 04093 Office Phone: 207-929-8381 Fax Number: 207-929-3076 Email: gbibber@buxton.me.us

Dear Buxton Community,

October 25th, 2024

It’s a honor to submit the Annual Report for FY 2023-2024 on behalf of the staff members and volunteers of Buxton Recreation. The 23-24 fiscal year provided growth and prosperity. We strive to create a welcoming and inclusive resource for community members from all walks of life and all ages. “Play Every Day” is more then our motto, its our mission. We want our community to play in some capacity each and every day for healthier and brighter future.

In FY 23-24, we looked deep to see how we can connect to the community. We processed over 2,224 registrations as compared to 2,097 in FY 22-23. A part of that deep dive we offered 112 programs that retained 228 first time participants.

As part our dedication to a healthier and brighter community we partnered with several different community recourses and agencies in FY 23-24. The University of Southern Maine

Nursing program gave us an opportunity to connect with our aging population to provide fitness classes. These fitness programs specialized in movements to improve balance and strength to prevent falls. Through our partnership, to provide over 20 aging adult the this program.

We strive to get all ages involved in our community. In FY 23-24 a new program came to fruition. We were able to team up with a local fitness instructor and business owner Rachel Pelletier of Mama Bear Fitness to create a women’s fitness classes that specialized in prenatal and postpartum fitness. From there this class blossomed into another that was for both Mom and Baby and a social group for moms. We have seen a steady growth of participants in Mom’s Coffee Hour.

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Fitness programs compared to FY22-23

Our dedicated employees, as well as, fellow Town Departments came together to host our biggest Touch A Truck event to date. With many thanks to Buxton Fire-Rescue’s Community Risk Coordinator, Marisa Morison we were able to team up and branch out to offer a fresh new look. We had a turn out of roughly over 300 community members.

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