HomeMy WebLinkAbout21.07.21 - Minutes, Disabilities Advisory CmteWashington County
Disabilities Advisory Committee
21 July 2021 / 9:30 AM / Google Meet
ATTENDEES
David Barnhart, Linda Kline, Sarah Thornton, Diane Lewis, Angie Auldridge, Amy
Reily (City of Hagerstown), Commissioner Wayne Keefer, Larry Etchison (HR
Director for Washington County)
AGENDA
Last Meeting Follow -up
1. Welcome, Commissioner Keefer!
2. Welcome, Am y Reily!
3. Recreation opportunities in Washington County/City
- Fletcher Foundation - ask for a grant to make things more
inclusive
- Autism Waiver providers - Doug Ford (director) - Arc staff provide
one to one using waiver funds
- Work with Amy on inclusive opportunities
- Diane to give Amy contact for paint night person who did event at
the Arc
- Idea - our group to promote rec survey
- Faci litate more communication with the community regarding parks
and rec programming
- IDEA - establish Facebook page - link to survey, inclusive rec
opportunities - Dave will reach out to Danielle Weaver about that
possibility
- Special Olympics program - new spo rt Frisbee Golf (service
coordinator is the coach) - new youth sport
- These opport uni t i es need t o be advert i sed
4. Special Needs Swim Clinic
5. How do det ermi ne fut ure recreat i on needs
6. Interpreter requests - swi m cl i ni c, board of ed meet i ng
7. Officers? New members? By laws?
8. Talk to Krista - 3 names for each vacancy on t he board, t erm l i mi t s,
membership applications, get full committee - new appoi nt ees, who want s
t o be offi ci ers
9. Dave - talk to Danielle Weaver in PR department - t o est abl i sh FB page,
open l i nes of communi cat i on - to see what that would entail - gui del i nes
New Business
● Mr. Pi pki ns’s concerns - He i d i
● Mr. Bragg’s concern - Uni t ed Way - Day of Cari ng, Wayne on board wi t h
depart ment on soci al servi ces, Habi t at for Humani t y - Amy