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committed leaders, solidly coordinated, well qualified, well - <br />liked by the community, well organized, and a produbtive summer <br />activity for the neighborhood children. Finally, the leaders <br />repeatedly addressed the commitment that the City of Mounds View <br />has towards the Summer Playcenter Program. one leader said <br />that "the community support and strong city backing is an <br />important and positive dimension to the program." Without <br />this support, the summer program would not be successful. As <br />the supervisor of the Mounds View Summer Playcenter Program, <br />I am especially pleased with these positive comments and <br />reactions to the Playcenter Program at Mounds View. <br />Summer activites at each park centered around arts and <br />crafts, games, sports, puppetry, songs, and excursions. To <br />prepare for these activities, the leaders had a two day orien- <br />tation at City Hall. In past years, the summer playground <br />leaders have also had an additional orientation day with the <br />Minneapolis Parks Department. Through many of the evaluations, <br />the leaders asked for an additional preparation day to get more <br />ideas for programming. The Mounds View leaders do realize that <br />the Minneapolis Parks Department is no longer running an orien- <br />tation/idea session and suggested that they meet with the New <br />Brighton Park and Recreation staff and/or the Shoreview Park <br />and Recreation staff to exchange ideas and interests. I agree <br />with this very much; another day of preparation would be a <br />great help for the leaders and for myself. I particularly like <br />the idea of meeting with another park and recreation department <br />to get ideas on other summer playground programs. <br />The playground activities themselves were quite successful <br />on both the "Butterflies are Free" program and the "Playcenter" <br />-2- <br />