Presentation

NORD Commission Meeting
Victor N. Richard, CEO
Mitchell J. Landrieu, Mayor
Roy Glapion, Chairman
April 7, 2015
Teen Council and
Chevron Future Leaders
March 8 Meetings
Chevron Future Leaders - Entrepreneurship
• Teens were introduced to entrepreneurship principles (problem,
audience, and solution) and began developing their ideas.
Teen Council – Golf
• Launched the Teen Council Intro to Golf Program.
• Jabir Bilal (Joe Bartholomew Golf Course) and Chip Patterson
(First Tee) spoke about golf’s relevance, value, industry, and sport.
Chevron Future Leaders Job Shadow Opportunity
March 20 at The Wild Life Reserve
• Amaya Cannon and Russell Tanner
interned at The Wild Life Reserve (a
retail and collaborative design space).
• They participated behind the scenes
at the Southern Design Week Fashion
Show at the Joy Theatre (sewed,
steamed, and helped prep the models,
and modeled).
• Both teens were invited back to assist
with a NOLA Fashion Week Runway
Show on March 25.
For more information, call Leonard Zanders, Teen Programming Manager at (504) 658-3033.
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Teen Council and
Chevron Future Leaders
Chevron Future Leaders
Entrepreneurship Events
March 21 – 4.0 Schools
• Non-profit incubator for developing
entrepreneurs with education-based
endeavors.
• Learned about creating an effective pitch
covering problems, pathways, and heroes.
• Seven groups made pitches.
• Pitch winner: Priority App, created by
Christy Kassa and Tyler Johns, is a
prioritizing app that limits social media
website access based upon the completion
of homework or other defined tasks.
March 23 – New Orleans Entrepreneur Week
• Christy and Tyler were invited to present at
the 4.0 Schools Pitch Event during the
NOEW.
• A potential funder approached them after
the event to learn more about Priority App.
For more information, call Leonard Zanders, Teen Programming Manager at (504) 658-3033.
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Teen Council and
Chevron Future Leaders
April 11 Activities & Events
• Chevron Future Leaders Environmental Awareness Field Trip to Cypress Island
Preserve
• Movies in the Park hosted by Teen Council
Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 at Annunciation Park, 800 Race St.
Pre-show activities begin at 6:30 (karaoke, field games, and fitness activities
led by Fit NOLA Parks instructors). The movie begins at sunset (7:15-7:45pm).
Teen Council Community Service &
Recruitment on March 28
Teen Council Service and Sports Extravaganza
NORDC Easter Eggstravaganza at Cut-Off Park
• Helped with event set up/break down and
youth activities.
In partnership with Youth Rebuilding New Orleans
Join teen teams for service projects that will beautify, renew & improve our
city! Take part in painting, landscaping, light construction, and general clean-up
projects around the city in honor of Global Youth Service Day.
Recruitment Event at Skate Country
• Immediately after the Eggstravganza
• Teen Eggstravaganza attendees were invited
to attend if they signed up for Teen Council.
Teen Service Extravaganza Saturday, April 18, 9am–1pm
Teen Sports Extravaganza Sunday, April 19, 1-5pm
Joe W. Brown Park and Rec Center, 5601 Read Blvd.
Bring your friends and have fun with a day of play with 21 sports activities for
teen. Win medals and prizes!
Events are free and open to the public. A NORDC Teen Council application
must be completed to participate. Applications are available at nola.gov/nordc
or may be completed on site at the event. For more information contact
Shanay Haywood at [email protected] or 504-658-3016.
For more information, call Leonard Zanders, Teen Programming Manager at (504) 658-3033.
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Aquatics
Summer Lifeguard Positions
• Ages: 16 and up
• Required Swim Tests will be held weekly
at Treme & Joe W. Brown Pools.
• Last Day to Apply and Swim Test is Sunday, April 26
Treme Pool 900 N. Villere St.
Every Friday 6 - 8pm
Every Sunday 2 - 4pm
Please note:
Swim Test Requirements are:
Those who pass the swim test but are not certified will be
required to attend scheduled weekend-long certification class
in April. Those who need to be re-certified will be required to
attend one-day class re-certification class in April.
• Swim 300 yards
• Tread water for 2 minutes without using hands
• Sprint 15 yards, get a 10 lb. brick from the bottom of the
deep end, swim back to the shallow end and climb out of the
pool with the brick in 1 minute and 40 seconds or less.
Lifeguard Prerequisite Challenge ages 15+
Treme Pool – April 10 & 17, 6-8pm
Joe W. Brown Pool – April 13 & 27, 6-8pm
This is an opportunity to perform required lifeguarding skills
and receive feedback from certified lifeguards.
For more information, call Christine Aguirre, Aquatics Director at 504-658-3044.
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Athletics
Character Counts
March 7, Pelicans vs. Grizzlies
Kendric Perkins (NORDC District Manager)
and Sakari Morrison (Chevron) with
Character Champs from Kenilworth and
Lakeview
Final two games: April 7 and 10
2015 Basketball Championships
Girls
Sophomore - Milne vs. Kenilworth
Junior - St. Roch vs. McDonogh
Senior - Harrell vs. Milne
Boys
Freshman: Cut-Off vs. Willie Hall
Sophomore: Willie Hall vs. Eastshore
Junior: Willie Hall vs. Harrell
Senior: Lyons vs. Willie Hall
For more information, call Steve Martin, Athletics Director at (504) 658-3002.
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Athletics
Baseball & Softball
Girls ages 9-14; Boys ages 5-15
Season starts May 4
Baseball Coaches Clinic
2015 Track & Field Events
• March 28 at Wesley Barrow Stadium
• April 15, 7pm at Lakeview Playground
• April 18, 10am at Lakeview Playground
Tune-up Meet
April 1 at 6pm
Morris Jeff Relay
April 11 at 10am Joe W. Brown Track
YLC Kicks Soccer
Mimms Relay
April 18 at 10am Harrell Stadium
North District Field
April 21 at 6pm
Joe W. Brown Track
South District Field
April 23 at 6pm
Behrman Stadium
Girls and Boys ages 5-13
• In partnership with the Young Leadership Council
• Registration open throughout the season March 2-May 16.
Info at nola.gov/nordc
• Playgrounds: Lyons, St. Roch, Norman, Behrman, Joe W.
Brown Track, Joe W. Brown Spartan Field, Joe W. Brown
Stadium, Kenilworth, A.L. Davis, Comiskey, Milne, Cut-Off
South District Running April 24 at 6pm
Harrell Stadium
Harrell Stadium
North District Running April 25 at 10am Joe W. Brown Track
Championship
May 2 at 10am
Joe W. Brown Track
For more information, call Steve Martin, Athletics Director at (504) 658-3002.
March 3, 2015
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Cultural
NORDC/NOBA Teams Place at Senior Olympics
March 21 Greater New Orleans Senior Olympic Games
NORDC/NOBA Senior Dance Fitness Program medal winners:
• Jazzy Seniors -- Gold Medal (Lyons)
• Sassy Seniors – Silver Medal (Behrman)
International Jazz Day
April 30, 2-8pm at Treme Rec Center
• Sponsored by Positive Vibrations Foundation
• Featuring performances by: New Creations Jazz Band,
Matthew Shilling Quartet, New Orleans Youth Sound
Experience, Lafayette Elementary and Middle School Band
and Choir, Yisrael Trio, NORDC Piano Program, and N’iya
• In 2011 International Jazz Day was created by UNESCO to
highlight jazz and its diplomatic role of uniting people in all
corners of the globe.
NORDC/NOBA Center for Dance Students Invited to
Perform with National Dance Companies
• April 20: Nine students were invited to perform at the David
Parsons Dance Gala in New York. They will perform work
created last spring as part of the Parsons Dance/Allen
Toussaint project.
• May 9: A group of students will perform with the Limon
Dance Company at the Mahalia Jackson Theater.
For more information, call L’Oreal Monique Evans, Cultural Programs Manager at (504) 658-3013.
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NORDC Awards
NORDC Received Two Awards at the Louisiana Recreation & Park
Association Conference in Lafayette on April 1
Arts and Humanities
Award Winner
Outstanding Park/Facility Design II Award Winner
Treme Homecoming Project
in partnership with the Arts
Council of New Orleans
This award recognizes a park/facility
development project which displays a high
degree of professional design quality and
recreation/park usage. The purpose of the
award is to encourage and expand the
cooperation between design professionals
and parks and recreation professionals.
This award recognizes the most
innovative and effective individual
program in the Arts and
Humanities that promotes
cultural arts.
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A.P. Sanchez Rec Center & Pool
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Fit NOLA Parks
March Participation
48
80
21
83
102
95
429
Behrman
Conrad
Norwood Thompson
St. Roch
Stallings Gentilly
Taylor
TOTAL
Norwood Thompson News
New indoor class space at Greater
King Solomon B.C. Fellowship Hall
for use during inclement weather.
Fit NOLA Parks Activities
• NORDC Movies in the Park
• NORDC Easter Eggstravaganzas
at Joe W. Brown and Cut-Off
• Trinity Christian Community
Spring Fest
• Stallings Gentilly Park Family
Event
• Hardin Park March to Fitness
April 7, 2015
For more information, call Molly Pucillo, Fit NOLA Parks Manager at (504) 658-3027.
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Movies in the Park
Date
Playground/District/Host
Movie Title
Friday, April 10
St. Roch D
Hosted by St. Roch Booster
Club
Million Dollar Arm
Saturday, April 11
Annunciation B
Hosted by NORDC Teen
Council
The Hunger Games:
Mockingjay - Part 1
Friday, April 17
A.L. Davis B
Hosted by PlayBuild NOLA
The Lego Movie
Friday, April 24
Hardin D
Hosted by Hardin Booster
Club and NOPD District 1
The Princess and
the Frog
Friday, May 8
Stallings Gentilly D
Hosted by Stallings Gentilly
Booster Club
Divergent
Friday, May 15
Lemann C
Hosted by NORDC and
NOPD 1st District
The Hunger Games
Saturday, May 16
Joe W. Brown E
Hosted by Joe W. Brown
Booster Club
“Couples Night”
He’s Just Not That
Into You
Friday, May 22
Taylor A
Hosted by Taylor Booster
Club
The Boxtrolls
Saturday, May 30
Stallings Gentilly D
Hosted by NORDC
“Dive In”
Dolphin Tale 2
This Weekend’s Features
For more information, call the L’Oreal Monique Evans, Cultural Programs Manager at (504) 658-3013.
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Outdoor Programs
Park 2 Park
Bayou Savage
March 21
Fishing Clinic
Taylor Park
March 22
Home School Nature Walk
Wetland Watchers Park
March 25
Earth Day Resource Fair and Panel Discussion
Wednesday, April 22, 6-8pm at Treme Rec Center
• Participating organizations: Hollygrove Farmers Market, Bike Easy, Core USA, the Energy
Wise Alliance, City of New Orleans Sanitation Department, Global Green, and the New
Orleans Environmental Education Collaborative.
• 7pm Panel Discussion & Children’s Activities
Panelists and guests will discuss the connection between personal health and
environmental health. Children are invited to paint and keep an herb planter!
For more information, call Emily Snyder, Outdoor Programs Manager at (504) 658-3082.
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Youth Programs
Summer Camp and JOB1 Press Conference
NORDC Summer Camp Expo
March 4
NORDC Milne Campus
March 7
Joe W. Brown, Treme, Behrman and Gernon Brown Rec Centers
893 Summer Camp Registrations
For more information, call Djuana Bolds Johnson, Youth Programs Manager at (504) 658-3049.
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Youth Programs
Register Now for NORDC Youth Summer Camps
Youth Summer Camps –District A
• Anthony Bean Community Theater & Acting
School
• Community Commitment
• Langston Hughes Early Learning Camp/
FirstLine Schools
• NORDC Gernon Brown Rec Center/Dillard
University Theater Camp (Little Village Youth
Ensemble)
• Trinity Christian Community
Youth Summer Camps – District B
• Andrew Wilson Charter School Early Explorers
• Andrew Wilson Charter School/Community
Works
• APEX Youth Center
• Boys and Girls Clubs of Southeast Louisiana
NFL-YET Club
• Kingsley House
• NORDC Atkinson-Stern Tennis Center/A’s and
Aces
• NORDC Lyons Rec Center-NORDC/NOBA Center
for Dance
• NORDC Lyons Rec Center/Young Audiences
Pleasant Zion Missionary Baptist Church
Youth Summer Camps – District C
• Dwight D. Eisenhower Academy/Young
Audiences
• Joseph A. Craig/Friends of King
• NORDC Behrman Rec Center/The Loft FULL,
accepting names on a waiting list
• NORDC Cut-Off Rec Center/Kedila Family
Learning Services
• NORDC Stallings St. Claude Rec Center/Kedila
Family Learning Services
• NORDC Treme Rec Center/Tambourine and
Fan
• St. Paul Lutheran Church/Community Works
Youth Summer Camps – District D
• Arthur Ashe Charter School/FirstLine Schools
• Dillard University/A’s and Aces
• Dillard University FIT Camp
• Franklin Ave. Baptist Church
• NORDC St. Bernard Rec Center/Cops for Kids
(New Orleans Police and Justice Foundation)
• Phillis Wheatly Charter School/FirstLine Schools
• Sojourner Truth Neighborhood Center/Young
Audiences
• Southern University at New Orleans Healthy
Minds-Healthy Bodies Learning Institute
• Wilcox’s Academy of Early Learning
• Winn’s Discovery Center FULL, accepting
names on a waiting list
Youth Summer Camps – District E
• Caffin Avenue International SDA Church
• Einstein Charter School/Kingsley House
HYPE Academy (Helping Young People Excel) at
the Church at New Orleans
• Martin Luther King Charter School/Friends of
King
• Mildred Osborne Charter School/Community
Works
• NORDC Joe W. Brown Tennis Center/A’s and
Aces
• NORDC Joe W. Brown Rec Center/Excite All
Stars FULL
• Vietnamese Initiatives in Economic Training
(VIET)
For more information, call Djuana Johnson, Youth Programs Manager at (504) 658-3049.
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Events
Easter Eggstravaganza
Crescent City Classic 10k on April 4
March 21 at Joe W. Brown Park
March 28 at Cut-Off Park
$7,539 raised for the NORD Foundation
19 charity runners
www.STEMNOLA.com
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NIKE Event at Joe W. Brown
NIKE Football Opening Regional Qualifier
Joe W. Brown Stadium on March 28
Invitation only for high school students from Louisiana and the Gulf states
Attendance 700+ students and chaperones
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Volunteer Event at Behrman
500 Aaron's Rents Volunteers Spruce up Behrman Stadium
• Coordinated by Hike for KaTREEna and HandsOn New Orleans.
• Service project part of its annual store managers meeting.
• The group painted Behrman Stadium, the tennis courts,
playground equipment, the restroom building, and trimmed trees.
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NORD Foundation
Please considering giving
to the NORD Foundation.
Thank you!
For more information, call Annie LaRock, NORD Foundation Director at 504-919-6049.
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