{"id":71247,"date":"2025-01-30T14:43:08","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T22:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cityofgardena.org\/?page_id=71247"},"modified":"2026-03-11T10:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T17:00:09","slug":"recreation-about-our-department","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cityofgardena.org\/es\/recreation-about-our-department\/","title":{"rendered":"Recreation – About Our Department"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Recreation and Human Services Department is responsible for providing a broad array of recreation, social and community services to a diverse community of individuals, families, and organizations.<\/h2>\n<\/div>

Department Administration<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Administration is responsible for the efficient management of daily operations, including personnel and programming and addressing the immediate and long range recreational and human services needs of the community.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Department Commissions<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Department Commissions include: Senior Citizens, Human Services, Recreation and Parks and Youth Commissions. All are comprised of one appointee by each Councilmember and the Mayor; additionally, the Youth Commission has five members appointed at large by the appointed members. All Commissioners serve in an advisory capacity to the department.<\/p>\n

The Recreation Division is responsible for the creation, development, implementation and administration of recreational, social and community service programs and activities. These are categorized into distinct service areas: adult sports, aquatics, children’s day care, City-wide special events, contract classes, developmentally disabled programs, facility reservations, Nakaoka Community Center programming, park and after school programs, youth sports, individual and group counseling services, and at-risk programs.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Aquatics<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Community Aquatics & Senior Center is under construction. Click here<\/strong><\/span><\/a> to view the project.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Recreation Activities<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Recreation activities include youth and adult sports, special events, instructional classes, developmentally disabled programming, golf tournaments, excursions, the Saturday program, extended day care and after school programs. These programs are designed to be relatively self-supporting through participant fees.<\/p>\n

Leisure Services<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Leisure services includes operations support in the programming of recreational facilities, including after-school care, seasonal programs, and general recreational activities.<\/p>\n

The Human Services Division includes the Youth and Family Services Bureau, Family Child Care, and the Senior Citizens Bureau – (See Special Funds Section).<\/p>\n<\/div>

PUBLIC SERVICE GOAL<\/strong><\/h3>\n

To provide high quality, low cost recreation, leisure, and human services programs that meet the changing needs and interest of a diverse and growing community.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Portrait<\/a><\/span><\/div>

Nikki Sweeney<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Interim D<\/b>irector of Recreation and Human Services<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

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