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Show PG Leisure Services Director Thanks Volunteers for Thousands of Donated Hours of Service As Pleasant Grove Leisure Lei-sure Services Department moves forward to provide the finest quality of life, they are reminded of the many hours of service the citizens of this community offer. Pleasant Grove City is fortunate to have so many volunteers who not only help in many areas, but also allow the City to operate more effectively. Volunteers help in every ev-ery area of Leisure Services. These areas include the Arts Commission, Beautification Commission, Cemetery Programs, Pro-grams, Historical Commission, Commis-sion, Library Board, volunteer volun-teer coaches and swim team, Senior's Center, community groups, service groups and scout Eagle projects. Additionally, Ad-ditionally, city celebrations such as Arbor Day, Strawberry Straw-berry Days and Heritage Festival should be included. A variety of service projects have been completed complet-ed over the last year. The projects range from major city celebrations to over 940 hours in one event being provided. Some of the projects proj-ects completed are: installation installa-tion of basketball standards, improvements to existing parks, kiosks, placement of flags for Memorial Day, major ma-jor cleanup of debris basins and rodeo grounds, historic building renovation, photography pho-tography for the cemetery, wetland cleanup and small groups providing many tasks. Almost all of the recreation youth programs pro-grams are supported by parents that volunteer their time to coach. As a result of these many volunteers, the Leisure Services Department De-partment received over 14,557 donated hours in the last 12 months! In putting a dollar figure to these hours (at $17.22 an hour), the volunteers vol-unteers of the community commu-nity have provided over $250,671.54 of service. Leisure Services Director Deon Giles would like to personally thank all of those who volunteer their time and talents in making Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove an incredible city. "Without you, we could not accomplish the quality of life we enjoy." |
