Culver City Parks, Recreation & Community Services Department

The PRCS team has mailed out our first Senior Center Safer at Home Guide for the new year to over 3,000 members of the Culver City Senior Citizens Association. This month’s helpful resource has a new design!! Check it out online at https://www.culvercity.org/seniorcenternewsletter and email staff at [email protected] to tell us what you think!! The February guide features a grocery giveaway, more virtual classes and workshops, at home exercises, trivia, virtual concerts, a gratitude writing activity, our special Valentine's Day Candygram activity and so much more!!

Grab your Ninja gear and get ready for 30 minutes of fun exercises, challenges and indoor games that will improve strength, agility, balance and focus all while getting all that extra energy out, while little ninjas can’t make it to the jungle gym. Sign your kids up for our Pintsize Ninja Workout Online!! This is perfect for martial arts/ sports/ gymnastics conditioning. Classes take place via Zoom and can be attended in the safety and comfort of your living room, garage or backyard. Best for kids age 4 to 8 but all ages are welcome. Classes take place on Monday and Wednesday from 3:00pm-3:30pm. For more information on the class and how to sign your kids up today, check out our Culver City Living Brochure at https://www.culvercity.org//culver-city-living-winter.12.1

Our friends at County of Los Angeles Parks & Recreation want you to know that the Park to Playa Bridge will be CLOSED on WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2021 from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. The bridge will be closed for safety reasons as welding work will be done to install new bridge name signage.

Have you ever explored the Carlsbad Caverns?? Today, our friends at the Senior Center went on a virtual adventure to the Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico!! They explored over 120 underground caves and ventured further than most people have ever been before. Shout out to Doug for taking our seniors on this awesome adventure!!

Find out how to play safe in our parks by taking this quick and easy survey!! The Department of Aging, in partnership with BellAge, Inc. has launched CV19 CheckUp in Los Angeles. Find out how likely you are to get or spread COVID-19, how severe it might be if you get sick, steps to reduce your risks, and ways to have your needs met during the pandemic. CV19 CheckUp, an online system developed to help Los Angeles residents be safer, healthier, and ensure their individual nee...ds are met during the pandemic. CV19 CheckUp asks users to complete an easy, quick, confidential questionnaire. A personalized report is immediately provided, outlining the user’s level of risk and offering recommendations and resources to reduce those risks. CV19 CheckUp employs artificial intelligence and data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO). We are excited to partner with CV19 CheckUp and help spread the word about this powerful tool. Take it yourself and share with your family, friends, and community: https://losangeles.cv19checkup.org.

Rec Extension is BACK starting Monday!! Have you registered your kids yet?? It is not to late!! Just click this link NOW https://anc.apm.activecommunities.com/culvercity/home Don't forget that we have expanded our enrollment to 1st-8th grade students!! The kids are enjoying their distance learning in socially distanced pods!! The program is held M-F from 8:00am-5:00pm. The afternoons will be spent in Vets Park enjoying a variety of socially distanced activities and games!!

Is you child interested in playing soccer?? Our Pintsize Soccer program has transitioned online to a backyard edition!! This program will provide soccer skills and fun games that kids can do from the safety of their own backyard, garage or patio. Kids will practice those individual skills, work on agility, balance and focus to keep them sharp and ready for when the season begins! While our regular sports classes on the field and flat top are on hold, this is the next best ...thing! Minimum equipment: soccer size ball, 2 cones (or use plastic cups, rolled up socks, stuffed toys or anything that can be used as a place marker.) Click this link for more information on how to sign your child up today!!! https://www.culvercity.org//culver-city-living-winter.12.1

Buying local keeps businesses open, maintains our community character and ensures a quality of life that makes #CulverCity an exceptional place to live, work and enjoy #ChooseCulverCity http://ow.ly/L0Ub50CTxZp Remember to shop safely by wearing a mask and social distancing.

Park Spotlight!! Have you been to beautiful Blair Hills Park lately?? Culver City parks remain open as outdoor-only facilities from dusk to dawn for walking, jogging, and other activities! Remember to always maintain at least 6 feet between yourself and people from other households.

Friendly reminder from City staff: During these times, we have many community members using our City parks and maintaining safe and clean green space is essential for all. We’d like to remind everyone that while in our City parks, dogs are not allowed off leash and should stay on designated pooch paths. If you’d like a leash-free experience, please visit the Boneyard Dog Park. Please help us by not choosing to allow your pet to roam free. City staff would prefer not to cite violators!

Reserve a lane for Lap Swim at the Culver City Municipal Pool Monday-Sunday!Lap Swim is available for swimmers age 12 and up! Swimmers must pre-register for 50-minute blocks of time. For more information on Lap Swim and other activities at the Plunge, check out our Culver City Living Brochure at https://www.culvercity.org//Re/Culver-City-Living-Brochure

Our Winter Sock Drive starts TOMORROW!!!The Culver City PRCS Department along with the City Manager's Office and Housing Diving is collecting SOCKS to distribute to those in need this winter. As the colder months approach, please consider donating socks to people experiencing homelessness. Clean adult socks are often left out of clothing donations, but socks are the number one requested item. Sock donations can be dropped off: December 14 through December 18 From 9 ...AM to 4 PM Culver City Senior Center - 4095 Overland Avenue Culver City, CA 90232 For questions about sock donations, please contact Recreation and Community Services Coordinator, Daniella Gutierrez, at (310) 253-6712.

Sign up now for our SPEAK OUT virtual event that is part of our Virtual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration Series next Saturday, January 16th at 4:00pm. See the below flyer for details on the event. Click this link to sign up to participate by this Thursday, January 14th!! https://www.culvercity.org//Virtual-Recreati/MLK-Jr.-Event

More Zoom with Santa sessions have been added for this weekend and next weekend!!!! You do not want to miss having the magic of Santa right in your living room!! Your kids will also receive a Holiday Craft Crate and a personalized letter from Santa with their Zoom session!! Follow this link https://www.culvercity.org/News/PRCS-News-2 to sign your kids up NOW!!

The Veteran’s Memorial Tower will be lit up all month with a "Happy Holidays" message on one side and snowflakes on the other!! The tower will be lit through the end of December, so be sure to go check it out!!

Don't forget to drop off your non-perishable food items at this weekend's food drive hosted by AYSO Region 19! Donations can be dropped off in the parking lot of the Culver City Senior Center at 4095 Overland Avenue this Saturday, December 12th from 1PM-4PM. Suggestions for items to donate include: canned vegetables such as corn, green beans and carrots, water, electrolyte drinks such a Gatorade, pancake mix, rolled oats, low-sodium soup, quinoa, pasta sauce, freeze dried fruit, canned or pouched meat and tuna, salsa, canned fruit and fruit cups, granola and protein bars, popcorn, canned fruit juice, honey, jellies, jams, vegetable oil and anything you’d like to contribute that has a decent shelf life!

It’s here! Culver City’s annual tree lighting celebration, streaming from California’s Heart of Screenland right to your home. Thursday, December 10 at 6pm PST, on https://www.downtownculvercity.com/ While there won’t be anything happening in Town Plaza on December 10th, we are excited for this opportunity to come together as a community to celebrate this annual tradition and bring light and joy into our homes. Gather the family, make some hot chocolate, and share holida...y greetings with your neighbors on our live chat as you watch the Tree Lighting online this year. Enjoy performances from Culver City High School’s Academy of Visual and Performing Arts, a specially created world-premiere dance film by Invertigo Dance Theatre, and VOX Femina vocalist Lesili Beard as well as appearances by Culver City Council members and our special guest, Academy Award-winner Tim Robbins, Artistic Director of the Actors' Gang Theatre. Count down with the Mayor as he flips the switch and lights the beautiful 22-foot Rocky Mountain pine tree with over 7500 warm-white LED lights. Downtown Business Association President Darrel Menthe will host and, of course, Santa Claus will be there, and he’ll be telling everyone how you can visit him - online, of course! It is 2020 after all! The 2020 Annual Downtown Culver City Tree Lighting Celebration is presented by Amazon Studios with support from The Culver Studios, Stoelt Productions and Culver City - Local Government and is produced by the Downtown Culver City Business Association!

Aligning with state guidelines, Los Angeles County Public Health will allow playgrounds in LA County to open so that all children can have safe access to the outdoors. Remember to follow the guidelines listed below to keep everyone safe and healthy! Follow this link to read Culver City's playground rules! https://www.culvercity.org/Playground-Parcourse-Rules