Deck 7: Social Functions of Community Recreation

Question 1

Explain and discuss the importance of community recreation within one of the following areas: (1) economic contribution; (2) health-related benefits; (3) promoting the cultural arts; or (4) improving intergroup relations among residents of different socioeconomic, racial, or cultural backgrounds.
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Answer 1

Leisure:
Leisure refers to the idle time of an individual. It simply means the time that is free to an individual. In that free time, an individual can do anything other than official on his own decision. It may be playing game, reading books, or watching television.
Recreation:
Recreation is an activity for engaging leisure time with fun and joy. This activity is essential for the refreshment of the mind and body of an individual. It includes playing games, reading books, and watching movie to engage leisure time.
Following are the importance of community recreation under the function of health-related benefits:
The important role of community recreation is to develop public health. It is possible by offering various required services and programs. The following are some of the services:
• Hospital and nursing facility
• Fitness center
• Offering relaxation technique such as yoga, meditation, and various kinds of therapy to reduce stress
• Arranging place for outdoor games for children that helps to improve the health and recreation
• Arrange the natural playing environment to the community people
• Make awareness on food habits
• Day care and cultural class such as dance and music
This kind of recreation activities help to improve the health of particular community people. The necessity for creating a community health benefit is that most of the people are not able to avail facilities in the private centers. Additionally, the community center provides the health tips with cultural value.
Most of the people are not comfortable with common areas. They feel unsecure and some of the activities of other people are culturally against the particular community people. Hence, the community recreation offers health related benefits with some cultural values.

Question 2

Quality of Life
Charlottesville, Virginia is a town of 40,000 residents in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It has repeatedly been recognized as a top community in which to live in the United States. It uses the following bragging points to illustrate why it has a high quality of life:
It is home to the University of Virginia, which is considered one of the top universities in the country.
Charlottesville is a reader's and writer's paradise and hosts the Virginia Festival of the Book.
It has four full seasons and a mild climate averaging 24 inches of snow a year-enough for the several ski resorts nearby.
Charlottesville is the cultural and entertainment capital of central Virginia, complete with 26 neighborhood parks, extensive series of walking trails, a 4000-seat amphitheater, 1200-seat historic theater, and a 16,000-seat arena that has hosted such performers as the Dave Mathews Band, Billy Joel, and Cirque du Soleil.
It has 30 local vineyards in the area.
Tourism is thriving, with 2 million visitors a year coming to experience Charlottesville's historic legacy. a
Think about the community in which your university is located. What bragging points would you use to convey a positive quality of life to someone thinking about relocating to the community

Answer 2

Case synopsis:
The case deals with U Country's "quality of life" in C independent city of V state.. There are 40,000 residents surrounding the foothills of "Blue Ridge" mountains. This place is continuously recognized as a top community that is present in U country. It has a "high quality of life" for the following reasons:
• University of V
• C is paradise readers and writer
• Mild climate and four full seasons with 24-inch snow per year
• C is the place of entertainment and cultural capital of V state
• There are 30 vineyards
• Tourism is blooming
The following are the positive points of Mr. G about the "quality of life" in his community in which the university is located:
Many facilities are available in the present location. However, it is not available in the new location.
• The university is located at M city surrounding the natural environment. The new city is surrounding industrial areas and more polluted.
• In the present location, there is a big library containing all culture related books and journals. If move the library, the old books are get damage and chance for lost books.
• In the present location, there is a well-developed cultural center with many facilities. There are no cultural centers near to the new location of university.
• In the present location, the university is situated around many amphitheaters, historic theaters, and arena. There are no such facilities available near to the new location of university.
• In the present location, the community is lovable with friends, neighborhood, and people of other community. In the new location, take more time to develop friendly environment.
• There are lot of hills, temples, and church surrounding the university. There are no such recreation facilities available near to the new location of university.
• The natural and hygienic food habit of the community people helps to live longer. In the new location, the fast food culture is more famous.
• There are many lakes to practice swimming. No water sources near to the new location.
• The big river is running near the city. No water sources near to the new location.
Hence, the change in location should be stopped. These are the points that G lists as bragging points to convey the positive "quality of life" to whom thinking to relocate the community.

Question 3

Impact of Religion on Program Planning
The local parks and recreation agency in a city of 50,000 people is going to offer an indoor youth soccer league from September through December on Saturdays. In setting the schedule for the league, the Youth Sports Coordinator became concerned about religious and other holidays that she should avoid. This is a very diverse community where Catholics make up 25.1%, Baptists 15.8%, mainline Christian (Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian) 12.9%, Muslim 2.5%, Jewish 2%, Latter Day Saints 1.4%, and the rest of the community has no religious affiliation. The past supervisor of this program scheduled games every Saturday regardless of whether or not it was a religious holiday. His attitude was, "If they want to play, they will play. If they want to go to church, they will go to church."
Would you schedule around these holidays or play on all of them so as not to show a preference for one religious group or another Why or why not

Answer 3

Case synopsis:
The indoor soccer league is started by the local "park and recreation agency." The league will start in September and the final match will be in December. The coordinator of the league should prepare a schedule and she should consider all the holidays of each religion. The area is much diversified community where Jewish, Catholics, Baptists, Mainline Christian, and Muslims live there. However, the past coordinator schedules the game every Saturday without concerning about the religious holidays.
The following are some of the holidays that should be considered while planning for soccer schedule:
These are the holidays announced by the U country as government holidays.
Determine whether the coordinator would schedule these holidays to play soccer league:
As per history, the soccer league games coordinator does not consider any religious holidays. This is because it is difficult to complete the schedule of games within the particular period if all the holidays are considered. Sometimes, if a community holiday is missed out, then it will lead to create an issue by that particular group of people. Hence, the coordinator should not consider the holidays and schedule the game on each Saturday like the previous supervisor.

Question 4

Intergenerational Programming
The County of San Diego Aging and Independent Services understands that today's seniors are living longer and healthier lives, are better educated, and are more affluent than in the past. They see the need to engage this group to enhance socialization, increase emotional support, and help the adults engage in meaningful activities. They are doing this through intergenerational programs where adults and youth participate in programs together to share their talents, experience, and knowledge to develop beneficial relationships. Here are a few examples of successful programs: a
Broadway Heights Community Council's Intergenerational Tour: The youth in the neighborhood participate in a leadership development program with the seniors in the community to receive ongoing mentorship, tutoring, and leadership skills training. Part of this program was a 5640-mile trip across the country to experience important locations related to the Civil Rights Movement.
Foster Youth Mentor Program: Senior mentors are matched with children in the foster care system. These mentors nurture children to provide guidance, stability, friendship, and mentoring to build self-esteem, self-reliance, self-sufficiency, academic excellence, and social skills.
Generations Sharing: Local day trips are planned to historic and cultural destinations in San Diego. The program is designed to provide opportunities for elementary-age children, teens, and older adults to foster bonds, share a learning experience, and discuss their insights and past experiences relating to the trip.
The local YMCA has asked you to develop five intergenerational programs for it. What programs do you develop Compare your programs to your classmates'. Select the 10 best programs.

Question 5

Building a Model Community
You have the opportunity to build a model community. The community has 40,000 residents, with one-third each being low, middle, and upper income. Design the recreation aspects of your community, keeping in mind the 10 social functions of community recreation. Be realistic in what you will include in your community.
Justify what was included in the community and how these things better the lives of the community residents.

Question 6

Think about the community in which you live. Give examples of how the 10 functions of community recreation are demonstrated in that community. Which ones are missing
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Question 7

Quality of Life
Charlottesville, Virginia is a town of 40,000 residents in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It has repeatedly been recognized as a top community in which to live in the United States. It uses the following bragging points to illustrate why it has a high quality of life:
It is home to the University of Virginia, which is considered one of the top universities in the country.
Charlottesville is a reader's and writer's paradise and hosts the Virginia Festival of the Book.
It has four full seasons and a mild climate averaging 24 inches of snow a year-enough for the several ski resorts nearby.
Charlottesville is the cultural and entertainment capital of central Virginia, complete with 26 neighborhood parks, extensive series of walking trails, a 4000-seat amphitheater, 1200-seat historic theater, and a 16,000-seat arena that has hosted such performers as the Dave Mathews Band, Billy Joel, and Cirque du Soleil.
It has 30 local vineyards in the area.
Tourism is thriving, with 2 million visitors a year coming to experience Charlottesville's historic legacy. a
When looking for a job in another city, what things about the community will you want to know more about Which ones will be important to your decision to move there

Question 8

Quality of Life
Charlottesville, Virginia is a town of 40,000 residents in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It has repeatedly been recognized as a top community in which to live in the United States. It uses the following bragging points to illustrate why it has a high quality of life:
It is home to the University of Virginia, which is considered one of the top universities in the country.
Charlottesville is a reader's and writer's paradise and hosts the Virginia Festival of the Book.
It has four full seasons and a mild climate averaging 24 inches of snow a year-enough for the several ski resorts nearby.
Charlottesville is the cultural and entertainment capital of central Virginia, complete with 26 neighborhood parks, extensive series of walking trails, a 4000-seat amphitheater, 1200-seat historic theater, and a 16,000-seat arena that has hosted such performers as the Dave Mathews Band, Billy Joel, and Cirque du Soleil.
It has 30 local vineyards in the area.
Tourism is thriving, with 2 million visitors a year coming to experience Charlottesville's historic legacy. a
Are these good indicators of quality of life Why or why not

Question 9

Think about the 10 functions of community recreation as they apply to your college campus. What are strengths and weaknesses of the campus in providing these 10 functions Provide examples of each function that is demonstrated on campus.
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Question 10

Impact of Religion on Program Planning
The local parks and recreation agency in a city of 50,000 people is going to offer an indoor youth soccer league from September through December on Saturdays. In setting the schedule for the league, the Youth Sports Coordinator became concerned about religious and other holidays that she should avoid. This is a very diverse community where Catholics make up 25.1%, Baptists 15.8%, mainline Christian (Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian) 12.9%, Muslim 2.5%, Jewish 2%, Latter Day Saints 1.4%, and the rest of the community has no religious affiliation. The past supervisor of this program scheduled games every Saturday regardless of whether or not it was a religious holiday. His attitude was, "If they want to play, they will play. If they want to go to church, they will go to church."
Based on the diversity of this community, what are some of the holidays that should be considered when planning the soccer schedule

Question 11

Intergenerational Programming
The County of San Diego Aging and Independent Services understands that today's seniors are living longer and healthier lives, are better educated, and are more affluent than in the past. They see the need to engage this group to enhance socialization, increase emotional support, and help the adults engage in meaningful activities. They are doing this through intergenerational programs where adults and youth participate in programs together to share their talents, experience, and knowledge to develop beneficial relationships. Here are a few examples of successful programs: a
Broadway Heights Community Council's Intergenerational Tour: The youth in the neighborhood participate in a leadership development program with the seniors in the community to receive ongoing mentorship, tutoring, and leadership skills training. Part of this program was a 5640-mile trip across the country to experience important locations related to the Civil Rights Movement.
Foster Youth Mentor Program: Senior mentors are matched with children in the foster care system. These mentors nurture children to provide guidance, stability, friendship, and mentoring to build self-esteem, self-reliance, self-sufficiency, academic excellence, and social skills.
Generations Sharing: Local day trips are planned to historic and cultural destinations in San Diego. The program is designed to provide opportunities for elementary-age children, teens, and older adults to foster bonds, share a learning experience, and discuss their insights and past experiences relating to the trip.
What benefits do the older adults get from intergenerational programs such as these

Question 12

Building a Model Community
You have the opportunity to build a model community. The community has 40,000 residents, with one-third each being low, middle, and upper income. Design the recreation aspects of your community, keeping in mind the 10 social functions of community recreation. Be realistic in what you will include in your community.
Brainstorm a list of places and programs that should be introduced in the community.

Question 13

This chapter presents 10 different areas in which recreation, parks, and leisure services contribute to community life. If you had to present a positive argument for establishing or expanding a community recreation and park department, which of these areas would you emphasize, and why
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Question 14

Quality of Life
Charlottesville, Virginia is a town of 40,000 residents in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It has repeatedly been recognized as a top community in which to live in the United States. It uses the following bragging points to illustrate why it has a high quality of life:
It is home to the University of Virginia, which is considered one of the top universities in the country.
Charlottesville is a reader's and writer's paradise and hosts the Virginia Festival of the Book.
It has four full seasons and a mild climate averaging 24 inches of snow a year-enough for the several ski resorts nearby.
Charlottesville is the cultural and entertainment capital of central Virginia, complete with 26 neighborhood parks, extensive series of walking trails, a 4000-seat amphitheater, 1200-seat historic theater, and a 16,000-seat arena that has hosted such performers as the Dave Mathews Band, Billy Joel, and Cirque du Soleil.
It has 30 local vineyards in the area.
Tourism is thriving, with 2 million visitors a year coming to experience Charlottesville's historic legacy. a
Based on the quality of life indicators discussed in this chapter, what other factors could be addressed to enhance the perceived quality of life

Question 15

Impact of Religion on Program Planning
The local parks and recreation agency in a city of 50,000 people is going to offer an indoor youth soccer league from September through December on Saturdays. In setting the schedule for the league, the Youth Sports Coordinator became concerned about religious and other holidays that she should avoid. This is a very diverse community where Catholics make up 25.1%, Baptists 15.8%, mainline Christian (Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian) 12.9%, Muslim 2.5%, Jewish 2%, Latter Day Saints 1.4%, and the rest of the community has no religious affiliation. The past supervisor of this program scheduled games every Saturday regardless of whether or not it was a religious holiday. His attitude was, "If they want to play, they will play. If they want to go to church, they will go to church."
How do you determine which holidays are important to avoid and which are not

Question 16

Intergenerational Programming
The County of San Diego Aging and Independent Services understands that today's seniors are living longer and healthier lives, are better educated, and are more affluent than in the past. They see the need to engage this group to enhance socialization, increase emotional support, and help the adults engage in meaningful activities. They are doing this through intergenerational programs where adults and youth participate in programs together to share their talents, experience, and knowledge to develop beneficial relationships. Here are a few examples of successful programs: a
Broadway Heights Community Council's Intergenerational Tour: The youth in the neighborhood participate in a leadership development program with the seniors in the community to receive ongoing mentorship, tutoring, and leadership skills training. Part of this program was a 5640-mile trip across the country to experience important locations related to the Civil Rights Movement.
Foster Youth Mentor Program: Senior mentors are matched with children in the foster care system. These mentors nurture children to provide guidance, stability, friendship, and mentoring to build self-esteem, self-reliance, self-sufficiency, academic excellence, and social skills.
Generations Sharing: Local day trips are planned to historic and cultural destinations in San Diego. The program is designed to provide opportunities for elementary-age children, teens, and older adults to foster bonds, share a learning experience, and discuss their insights and past experiences relating to the trip.
What benefits do the youth get from intergenerational programs such as these

Question 17

Building a Model Community
You have the opportunity to build a model community. The community has 40,000 residents, with one-third each being low, middle, and upper income. Design the recreation aspects of your community, keeping in mind the 10 social functions of community recreation. Be realistic in what you will include in your community.
Develop a schematic drawing of what the community would look like with these amenities.