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Mauldin Report | January 2017

The Mauldin Report offers stories, updates and reports from each department within the City of Mauldin, South Carolina.

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DEPARTMENT REPORT | RECREATION<br />

<strong>Mauldin</strong> Sports Center & Youth Activities<br />

<strong>January</strong> 26, <strong>2017</strong> marks the 10-year anniversary of the <strong>Mauldin</strong> Sports Center. To<br />

celebrate, center staff will be giving out t-shirts and prizes<br />

and will host several scavenger hunts for the members.<br />

A new year means a new fitness schedule. Step class is<br />

back by popular demand and will be held once a month<br />

(AM and PM sessions). The center now offers more<br />

RIPPED classes . Combat Kickboxing is taking a slot one<br />

Friday morning each month, while strength training classes take a slot every Tuesday<br />

evening. Save the Date - The <strong>2017</strong> Egg Drop will be April 8th,12:00-4 p.m. at Sunset<br />

Park.<br />

The 2016/17 Basketball Jamboree and Picture Day were successful. The regular season<br />

has started and basketball is going well. Staff is working to ready everything for the<br />

upcoming baseball/softball season as well as the lacrosse season. For schedules,<br />

standings and other information regarding youth sports visit mauldinrecreation.com.<br />

Ray Hopkins Senior Center<br />

To celebrate the holidays, seniors visited the TD Center and saw a play at Centre Stage<br />

that made them appreciate the crazy people in each of their families and laugh all the<br />

way home. Santa stopped by the center for a Christmas celebration, which included<br />

a catered meal, a short skit from the Elderberries Drama Club, and a slide show from<br />

the digital photography instructor.<br />

In the spirit of giving, the seniors collected food and shoes for the children’s back pack<br />

food ministry and blankets, food, and toys for the <strong>Mauldin</strong> dog shelter. The seniors<br />

participated in their Angel Tree project again this year, delivering 12 gifts to National<br />

Health Care and 25 to Diamond Health Care for residents who have no family and may<br />

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