Affordable Recreation & Leisure

Reducing barriers to recreation and leisure opportunities so everyone can participate, connect, and belong.

Everyone deserves the opportunity to belong, participate, and have fun.

The Affordable Recreation & Leisure Working Group helps create opportunities for people of all ages, backgrounds and income levels to connect through recreation. By promoting free and low-cost activities and working with local recreation departments and community organizations, the group encourages participation, builds relationships and helps create a more inclusive community.

An adult and child stand beside a river, with the child holding a fishing rod during an outdoor activity.
Five adults stand behind four children, smiling together for a group photo indoors.
Community members gather around a bonfire in a park, sitting in lawn chairs, chatting and enjoying an outdoor evening together.
A group of adults and children pose together on wooden steps beneath a park shelter before a community recreation activity.
Working Group Members
  • Susan Weppler – LEAD
  • Sheila Dick
  • Rose Durupt
  • Val Marcoux
  • Tracy Pelletier
We’re most proud of…

Bringing people together! From our popular free bowling sessions in the spring and fall to trying new activities suggested by community members, we’re proud to create welcoming spaces where everyone can participate. Our events bring together people of different ages, backgrounds and experiences, helping build friendships, strengthen connections and make recreation accessible to all.

Everyone Belongs

Recreation is about more than staying active. It’s about meeting new people, sharing experiences and feeling connected to your community.

Our Working Group is always looking for fresh ideas and enthusiastic volunteers who want to help make recreation welcoming and accessible. Whether you have an activity to suggest or simply enjoy bringing people together, there’s a place for you.

And if you ask our members why they volunteer? They’ll tell you it’s because they have fun and laugh a lot!

A woman leans over a table to move a game piece while an older adult watches during a group activity.
Three adults smile while playing bocce ball together on a grassy lawn beneath the trees.
A woman in a wheelchair rolls a bowling ball down the lane while a man stands beside her offering encouragement.

Join the Affordable Recreation & Leisure Working Group

Help create more opportunities for people of all ages to connect, participate, thrive, and feel a true sense of belonging.

Join the Group

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