CITY OF LIBERTY, MISSOURI

PRESS RELEASE

101 East Kansas St. • Liberty, Mo.  64068 • P:  816.781.7100 • F:  816.792.6091 • W: www.ci.liberty.mo.us

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

DATE:                         April 11, 2008

CONTACT:                 Bruce A. Hickam, Liberty Parks and Recreation, marketing/special events coordinator, 816.439.4367

 

 

Parks and Recreation Summer Registration begins April 23

LIBERTY, Mo. – Looking for something fun to do this summer?  Check out the Liberty Parks and Recreation Summer brochure, which is chock full of fitness classes, activities for seniors, leagues and even theatrical productions. 

For the younger crowd looking for something new and different to do this summer, check out the Mad Science Jr. Engineer Camp for youth 6-12 years of age or Youth Tech Inc., a cutting edge computer camp that offers sections on animation, web design and video game design. 

The brochure also includes a number of new adult fitness programs that will challenge people of all fitness levels, including the 90-minute Master Blaster and the 60-minute Overweight and Out of Shape for those just getting started in a fitness program.

The Parks and Recreation brochure, which will hit mailboxes before April 23, will also be available online at www.c.liberty.mo.us/LPR beginning April 16. 

ParksOnline registration, as well as traditional registration, will be available to Liberty Community Center members beginning April 23 at 5:30 a.m.  Open registration, including online registration, for all other Parks and Recreation patrons will begin April 30 at 5:30 a.m. However early registration for swim lessons is only available in person, by mail or by phone (no faxes or voice mail on the first day of registration, please).  If openings are still available in the swim lessons programs, online registration will then be an option on April 30.

ParksOnline is a portal on the City’s website that provides area residents with a wealth of information regarding Parks & Recreation programs and classes as well as the ability to register for adult and youth fitness classes and programs and day and extended trips coordinated by Liberty’s Senior Services division.  Check out ParksOnline at www.ci.liberty.mo.us/ParksOnline.

To take advantage of this online registration service, staff encourages Parks and Recreation patrons to set up their user accounts prior to the first day of registration.  Those interested in the online registration option should go to www.ci.liberty.mo.us/ParksOnline and click “new customers” to set up their account.  During the Liberty Community Center’s regular open hours, a staff member will respond with an e-mail as quickly as possible advising that your new account is confirmed.  Once the confirmation is received, you may begin using the online registration services at any time, day or night

In addition to early and online registration for Community Center members, GET M.O.R.E. (the member reward program) can take advantage of: 

·                     A 25% member discount on land and water aerobic programs (for non-resident members, discount applied to resident rate plus $10 non-resident fee).

·                     A 67% member discount for Liberty Community Center childcare ($1/child/hour).

·                     A $5 discount for Parks and Recreation Department programs – Liberty Community Center and Parks (excluding swim lessons, team registrations, aerobics, and programs with fees of $15 or less).

·                     A $5/hr. discount for Liberty Community Center rentals (meeting rooms and theater).

 

Residents in the 64068, 64069, 64157 and 64158 zip codes should look for the Parks & Recreation brochures in their mailboxes on or before the registration date.  The newly revised and expanded brochure includes a listing of aerobics and fitness classes and programs, swim lessons, youth and adult leagues, senior services programs and activities as well as information on events at the Martha Lafite Thompson Nature Sanctuary.

Parks and Recreation customers will still be able to register for summer programs the old-fashioned way – in person at the Liberty Community Center, or over the phone at 816.439.4361.  Phone registrations require Mastercard, Visa, or American Express charge cards.  Due to the large volume of calls and walk-ins received on the opening day of registration, voice mail messages requesting registration for programs cannot be guaranteed.  The Liberty Community Center is located at 1600 S. Withers Rd. 

To learn more about Liberty Parks and Recreation programs, visit the following websites:

www.ci.liberty.mo.us/lpr

www.ci.liberty.mo.us/CommunityCenter

www.ci.liberty.mo.us/FountainBluff.

 

Don’t forget to check out the flip side of the Parks and Recreation brochure for the current issue of the Liberty Citizen.

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