For Immediate Release: Monday, March 15, 2021
March is here, so let the madness begin. It may not be basketball or madness, but Montgomery County Recreation is rolling out a program, which features a medley of glow-in-the dark and other sports activities for youth and young adults with disabilities.
Kickball and bocce are planned to be glow-in-the-dark activities. Whiffle ball and basic soccer are skill-building activities that round out this non-competitive sports program called Sports Medley. The program provides safe, in-person activities to get youth with disabilities safely back to in-person fitness and social activities.
“The pandemic has been hard on everyone,” said Program Manager Trish Gill. “Sports Medley is a fun, non-competitive fitness activity. Many people have been isolated in their homes to protect themselves from COVID-19 and this is a way for our young people to safely return to in-person activities.”
Sports Medley will be offered at Plum Gar Community Recreation Center beginning Thursday, March 18 and Bauer Drive Community Recreation Center beginning Saturday, March 20. Prompt registration is encouraged as the programs are expected to fill.
There are many other therapeutic recreation programs, including in-person and virtual dance and social-time activities. Programs are available for youth and adults.
This continues Montgomery County Recreation’s successful reopening of instructor-led, in-person classes, which began on Tuesday, Feb. 16, followed by the reopening of eight community recreation centers on a limited schedule on Monday, March 1.The open community recreation centers are: Bauer Drive; Damascus; Nancy H. Dacek North Potomac; Jane E. Lawton; Plum Gar; Potomac; Praisner; and White Oak.
For more information about Sports Medley, contact Trish Gill at Trish.Gill@montgomerycountymd.gov or Marco D'Ottavi@montgomerycountymd.gov. Register for programs at ActiveMontgomery.
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Release ID: 21-183