2018 ANNUAL REPORT PLAY.INSPIRE.EXPLORE. Encouraging and promoting life-long wellness by providing a variety of high-quality recreational activities, learning opportunities, aquatics programs, and services to the broad Cambridge area community.
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ORGANIZATIONAL OVERVIEW
The Cambridge CAP, a nonprofit organization, founded in 2003, is governed by an eleven member Board of Directors. The Board is comprised of the Cambridge Superintendent of Schools, a member of the Cambridge Board of Education and nine community members. STAFF
In 2018, the Cambridge CAP had 5 full time staff and 113 part time and seasonal employees. Our employees oversee the day to day operations of the many programs we offer & facilities we manage which include: The Cambridge Area Community Pool, Ripley Park, CAP CARE, The Cambridge Community Fitness Center, The Cambridge CAP Youth Center, The Cambridge Food Pantry & Resource Center
"CAP"TURED
Recognizing good work and great employees throughout our organization!
STAFF CERTIFICATIONS
Certified Park & Recreation Professionals (CPRP) CPRP is a national standard in the Park & Recreation industry and illustrates an ongoing commitment to quality, education, experience and expertise. Lesli Rumpf and Chad Holpfer both hold this certification. Food Safety Manager Chad Holpfer, Nancy Brattlie
Certified Nonprofit Accounting Professional Kristine Reich
Aquatics Facility Operator (AFO) Lesli Rumpf, Kathryn Jenkins
Certified Pool Operator (CPO) Kathryn Jenkins
American Red Cross (ARC) Certifications For the safety of our participants we strive to have all staff CPR, AED, & First Aid certified. Additionally, our lifeguards are all ARC certified. Both Lesli Rumpf and Kathryn Jenkins are certified instructors.
STAFF DEVELOPMENT
Every year, the Cambridge CAP continues its commitment to helping staff attain certification, additional training and educational advancements. Continuing education benefits our staff, programs and most importantly our participants. In 2018, the Cambridge CAP staff attended the following education opportunities, conferences, and meetings: * Wisconsin Park & Recreation meetings * All staff training at Ripley Park * Childcare Leadership Credential * Strengthening Families Through Early Care & Education * Wisconsin Park & Recreation Association Conference * Jefferson County Healthy Community Coalition * Continual staff and administration meetings
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
Cambridge Area Resource Team (CART) Cambridge Booster Club Cambridge Chamber of Commerce Cambridge Fire Department Cambridge Foundation Cambridge High School Athletic Teams Cambridge Hoops Club Cambridge Library Cambridge School District Cambridge Wellness Collaborative Cambridge Youth Wrestling Program Dane County Human Services Dane County Sheriff's Department Fort Health Care Home Plate Club Jefferson County Healthy Communities Joining Forces for Families Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Lions Club United Way Village of Cambridge
* Second Harvest & Community Action Coalition meetings * Wisconsin Early Childhood Association Conference * Dementia Friendly Training * Wisconsin Model Early Learning Standards * Childcare Developmentally Appropriate Environments * National Recreation & Park Association Conference * Association of Aquatics Professionals Conference
* TEFAP Training * Trauma Informed Care Training * Smart Care Training * Shaken Baby Course
The Cambridge CAP office is responsible for coordinating district facilities and managing the online calendar. In 2018 the CAP office facilitated 824 calendar requests, totaling 13,816 hours of facility usage.
Working collaboratively with the district maintenance & custodial teams, CAP is jointly responsible for the ongoing upkeep, preparation, and/or cleaning of the following facilities: 5 baseball fields (seasonal) 1 softball field (seasonal) CES soccer fields / flag football fields Ripley Park - shelters, buildings, beach, landscaping Youth Center Food Pantry & Resource Center Food Pantry Garden CAP CARE rooms Cambridge Community Fitness Center CAP offices Cambridge Area Community Pool
RECREATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
The Cambridge CAP is committed to promoting healthy lifestyles for all ages through a variety of recreation programs and services. The benefits of physical activity are endless. Providing affordable, local access to fitness classes has been proven to increase participation and decrease health concerns.
2018 214 participants
2018 265 participants
SPECIAL EVENTS, SERVICES & PROGRAMMING
Bike/Walk To School Blue Jay Backpacks Breakfast with Santa Hero Dance Discount Ticket Program Dunkin' for Pumpkins
Food Pantry Garden Fort Health Care Railyard Open Gym Health & Wellness Expo Holiday Lights at Ripley Park Lake Ripley Ride
PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS
The First Friends program provides 3 & 4 year olds with structured and open ended learning experiences twice per week. It has become known as the go to preschool in Cambridge and is also a great feeder program for CAP CARE.
Little League Tournament Parent's Night Out Touch-A-Truck & Bike Rodeo Trips Try Cambridge Tri Underwater Egg Hunt
15 Year Celebration & Volunteer Banquet Sponsor Breakfast
YOUTH ENRICHMENT
In 2018, CAP began offering STEM for Kids programs. These programs focus on science, technology, engineering and math and were very successful with the elementary aged children. Mandy Hollis continued to instruct Babysitting safety training which provides youth ages 10-15 with the education and skills needed to care for children. 15 Cambridge youth became American Red Cross certified babysitters in 2018. Parent's Night Out continues to be a favorite for both kids and parents! CAP offers this program once a month on Friday nights for parent to drop off their kids and spend time away. In 2018, 88 kids participated in Parent's Night Out.
First Friends 879 participants Art & Play 36 participants
With the support of the Dane County Sheriff's office and the Cambridge Lions Club, CAP hosted the annual Cops and Bobbers program in July. 9 participants spent the mornings learning how to fish and had quality time with many of the Dane County Sheriffs. All participants received a fishing pole and tackle box!
CAMBRIDGE AREA COMMUNITY POOL
The Cambridge Area Community Pool is managed by the Cambridge CAP. The pool offers year round memberships, swim lessons, water aerobics, swim team, numerous special events, themed birthday parties and rental opportunities for the Cambridge Area.
Swim Lesson Participants: 774 Swim Lessons University & Lifeguards Certified: 32 Physical Education Class Participants: 367 Total Memberships: 224 Blue Fins Swim Team: 153 Masters Swim: 78 Dunkin' For Pumpkins: 46 Underwater Egg Hunt: 58 Pool Rentals: 13 Total Attendance: 19,710
In 2018, the Cambridge pool and its Director of Aquatics Operations, Kathryn Jenkins, hit many goals and milestones. In January, Kathryn wrote an article that was nationally published in the National Parks & Recreation Association's January "Parks & Recreation" magazine entitled "Arriving At My Dream Job". To keep the excitement of the year going Kathryn attended an aquatics only conference hosted by the Association of Aquatics Professionals. Educational sessions ranged from "Anatomy of an Aquatics Lawsuit" to "Training the Lifeguard Trainer". The conference also included training on various social media applications and grant writing. Throughout 2018 Kathryn also continued her service to the industry by serving on the Wisconsin Park & Recreation Association Aquatics Section Board as the Region 3 representative. Kathryn served as chair for the PR committee as well as a member of both the aquatics seminar and conference planning committee.
CAMBRIDGE FOOD PANTRY & RESOURCE CENTER
The Community Cafe has continued to be a hit with local residents. This free meal is sponsored by a different community organization, church or group each month. These partnerships have made a lasting impact on our community. In 2018, the Community Cafe served 2810 community members! 2018 Sponsors: * Cambridge Area Lions Club * Dip for Dozer * Rockdale/Cambridge Presbyterian Churches * Cambridge FFA & 4H * Cambridge CAP * United Community Bank * Willerup Methodist Church * Cambridge Foundation * East Koshkonong Lutheran Church * Lake Ripley 4H Club * Grace Lutheran Church * Cambridge School District
The Cambridge Food Pantry, housed in the Nikolay Middle School, is managed by the Cambridge CAP with the assistance of many generous volunteers, churches and community organizations. Number of clients served in 2018
Blue Jay Backpacks In 2018 650 Blue Jay Backpacks were distributed monthly to School District of Cambridge students to ensure they had additional food for the weekend.
We love our volunteers at the Food Pantry. In 2018, over 1500 hours were logged by the volunteers!
The Food Pantry distributes holiday baskets for Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas. In 2018, 222 baskets were given to clients!
2,257 pounds of food was collected during the Stamp Out Hunger food drive in 2018
CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY FITNESS CENTER
The Cambridge Community Fitness Center continues to be a great partnership with the Cambridge School District. The Fitness Center is housed in the Cambridge High School and open to the community during public hours. The Fitness Center offers high quality commercial grade equipment at a low cost to users. Additionally, the Cambridge Community Activities Program is responsible for staffing the Fitness Center from 3 pm - 5 pm during designated athlete hours. During this time students are offered guidance under the watchful eye of trained staff.
YOUTH ATHLETICS
Total Memberships: 91 Total Visits: 3,447 Open over 1,647 hours to the community!
Youth Sports Philosophy The Cambridge Community Activities Program offers a recreation based youth sports program which emphasizes all inclusive participation, fun, skill development, sportsmanship, and safety. Our philosophy is to instill teamwork, a positive attitude, and a lifetime appreciation of physical activity through youth sports programs. We value respect, responsibility, and cooperation, and expect all participants, parents, and coaches to uphold these standards. The core of each of these sports is to introduce first time athletes to competition, develop required skills, and prepare them for the next level of competition. Youth Sports programs and camps offered by CAP * Lil Jays Travel Basketball * Basketball FUNdamentals * Childrens Karate * Spirit Clinic & Spirit Squad * Open Gym * Blue Jay Volleyball Camp * Lil Jays Run Club * Recreational Soccer * Tennis * Youth Baseball (Little League, Coach Pitch, Tball) * Youth Softball * Flag Football
YOUTH CENTER
The Cambridge CAP Youth Center is housed in the Nikolay Middle School and offers children in grades 5-8 a free, safe, and positive environment. Dream Big Campaign The dream big campaign started when students were asked “What does your Youth Center Look Like?” Responses ranged from easy obtainable items, to the weird and untouchable, and even the next to impossible. Dreaming however, is essential to the development of the human mind and spirit. It’s what kids do, and what makes them reach for the stars. It only made sense that we lead our students through this campaign in believing that nothing is ever impossible as long as you dream big. In this evolutionary process with the help of students, parents, and other stakeholders our goal is to identify needs and trends with today’s youth in order to improve services offered. Our outcome is to develop funds that will allow us to improve the Cambridge Area Youth Center to be more functional, collaborative, and inviting for kids in the community today, tomorrow, and beyond. The Youth Center relies heavily on donations, fundraising efforts and grants. This year the fundraising focus was on the Dream Big Campaign. A huge thank you goes out to the United Way & Dane County for their continued support of the Youth Center!
RIPLEY PARK
The Cambridge CAP continues to partner with the Cambridge Foundation to manage the operations of Ripley Park. The Park, located on the west shore of Lake Ripley, is an 18 acre beach front park privately owned by the Cambridge Foundation. Ripley Park is the home to the Try Cambridge Tri, Lake Ripley Ride, Dip for Dozer, Community Cafe and Cambridge Volunteer Fire Department Community Appreciation Day. 2018 Park Season Total Attendance: 14,874 Shelter Rentals: 54 Park Passes: 500
The Cambridge Foundation has been a exceedingly generous supporter of the Cambridge Community Activities Program since its inception. Annually, the Foundation has supported the following programs through their grant. * senior luncheons * youth center snack program * sunshine fund In addition to the above annual grants, the Foundation has supported numerous other programs and improvements for the Cambridge Community Activities Program.
CAP CARE
Cap Care is a state licensed group child care facility that provides enrichment & play based, wrap around care and programming for children in grades 4K – 4th grade. Cap Care is located in the Cambridge Elementary School. Registry Levels of Cap Care staff: Lesli Rumpf- Level 15 Mandy Hollis- Level 13 Megan Stafford- Level 12 Kristin Stockwell- Level 12 Gabby Stachel- Level 7
By the numbers... 2018 attendance of children in safe, enriching summer and after school care: 9391
Day Camp The Day Camp program continues to remain successful. We have continued to have increased interest from families who do not attend CAP CARE during the school year. Recognizing that this may put an extra burden on our current families, we created a new policy to accommodate them. This policy allows them to turn in their calendars early with a credit card on file. Their card wouldn’t be charged until the week that the calendar was due but gives them the peace of mind knowing that they have care for the summer. Foundation Grant CAP CARE received a grant from the Cambridge Foundation to purchase 4 new bicycles and helmets. In the past CAP CARE has offered biking on Camrock trails for older friends during the summer. Those who wanted to participate needed to provide their own bike. We found that some kids wanted to participate but did not have a bike. Additionally, CAP CARE realized that many of the younger friends were missing out on this very beneficial activity. These new bikes for all age levels, provided by the Cambridge Foundation, will fill both of those needs as well as allowing CAP CARE to focus on being a play based learning center.
In August, CAP CARE switched to a web-based program, Smartcare, for child scheduling, reporting and communicating with parents. This allowed us to be more connected and interactive with parents, sending them updates about their children throughout the day.
2018 Youngstar Evaluation In October, CAP CARE was rated again for Youngstar. During the evaluation we scored an overall score of 6.08 out of 7.0 for our School age care environment rating scale. This evaluation included observing our space and furnishings, health and safety, activities, interactions, and program structure.
Family Fun CAP CARE continues to provide family outreach opportunities for families. In 2018 our families participated in the CAP CARE bake sale, Lake Ripley Ride, Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, and hosted the Hero Dance.
Greetings from the Director One of the goals that the Cambridge Community Activities Program had in 2018 was to focus on telling our story. This could be through pictures, making memories and even through numbers. Accordingly, CAP focused on data collection throughout the year. One number that is remarkable to me is 81,495, which is the number of times individuals participated in a CAP activity in 2018! I am extremely proud of that number, as it represents the hard work, dedication, and impact we have on our small community. 81,495 times individuals stepped through the doors of the school, onto a field, into the food pantry, on the pool deck, into the youth center, in our child care center or at a special event. That number changes lives and helps keep our children, families and loved ones healthy. CAP also hit a huge milestone this year in celebrating its 15 year anniversary. Back in 2003, CAP was run by a single individual alongside of a very insightful board of directors. In 2018, CAP employed 113 part time/seasonal staff! CAP is proud to be one of the largest employers in Cambridge and especially lucky to provide many young students with their first job. CAP will continue to grow and focus on the needs of this community. We are very lucky to be surrounded by such giving volunteers and staff, while being allowed to work within an amazing school district. Thank you for your continued support and we are looking forward to 2019! Lesli Rumpf, CPRP, AFO Executive Director