i am linda lighthizer and today i am wearing my friends of camp mather hat and the t shirt i indicated at the camp. i am here from the friends of camp mather to commend the staff and the department for an excellent year at camp and all of the wonderful things that were available to me and my family. we served as volunteer leaders which meant we got to talk to a lot of the campers. we were able to engage with them and talk to them about the wonders of camp mather and all the things that as citizen volunteers we can do to help. we were very happy to share our week with commissioner mcdonnell and his family. it was a great week. we had sun. we had all the good things that camp mather is there to represent. the food this year i think is excellent. the activities in particular are great. the staff that has been put together to do sports and art activities has done a stellar job. they really engage the people getting up doing things getting involve. you could be at the lake and somebody is putting together a volleyball game and bring the kids out and even kids that are shy and don't want to

i am linda lighthizer and a member of the collaborative. i am speaking of an individual involved with mccarren park. i echo what she said. my concern built golf course it has for too long not been considered as part of mccarren park as the whole and part of that is the perception of other people who are involved with the park of not knowing much about the golf course and ways to get involved with the golf course itself and bringing that collaboration together, and i also commend tom shay for being a good partner with us to help bring that collaboration around. it's there. it just needs to be fosterd and worked on, so i am very excited to see what the future will be for mccarren park as a whole and with more people saying to me and others "oh there's a golf course in mccarren park." they need that education and need to get involved. i am excited about foot golf which is a new addition and played with a soccer ball and bring in a new demographic. it's in an experimental phase right now but i have seen it in other places and countries. the par