The Derry Area Recreation Board is a non-profit organization that has played an essential role in providing residents of Derry and surrounding communities with exceptional recreational since 1975. The Derry Area Recreation Board currently serves 19,000 residents of Derry Borough, Derry Township, and New Alexandria. The Derry Area Recreation Board is an agency member of United Way of Westmoreland County, a member of the Pennsylvania Recreation and Parks service, and a member of the Westmoreland County Parks and Recreation Alliance. . How do we serve you now? DARB offers year round use of the indoor pool with open swims, morning lap swims, swimming and diving lessons, Aqua Club, and private pool parties. The outdoor pool is used for summer pool parties, open swims, Red Cross certified swimming lessons, movie nights, and the annual "Doggie Paddle" pool party. DARB also offers sports clubs, clinics, and teams including spring and fall soccer for all ages, seven different basketball programs, a diving clinic, Diamond Dolls twirling, baseball and softball conditioning, and a climbing wall. DARB offers regular bus trips for adults, including casinos and other places of interest. Awesome Weekend Explorations are offered one Saturday every month for children in grades kindergarten to eighth grade to discover new things like forensics, cooking with science, Chinese, and more. Other programs offered by DARB include discount amusement park and ski tickets, letters from Santa, adult computer classes, and Camp DARB, a summer day camp for children in Kindergarten through age 12. . What could be offered to the Derry Area with more funds? DARB would like to offer Youth Coaches Training Clinics. Better trained coaches would result in improved team programs for competition. The programs established by DARB would act as feeder programs for our Middle and High Schools. DARB would also like to add new classes for our adult and senior programs to enhance health, create hobbies, and connect the community. DARB would like to support the community through assertive playground refurbishment to focus on improving playgrounds and break ground for the community skate spot. The sky is the limit! Depending on local talent and interest, there could be programs in theater and the creative arts, Derry Light Up and free Community Pool days cold be established, and extended office and programming staff could provide better administrative and office services.  . Employment DARB employs one full-time employee, responsible for all aspects of the organization, and several seasonal and/or part-time employees hired for specific programs such as Camp DARB, Derry Care, lifeguards, summer pool manager, adult education instructors. Beginning each spring through fall, a groundskeeper is hired to take care of the community playground, and Derry Community Pool. Employment Application (PDF)

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