Statesboro-Bulloch Parks & Rec scores state title

Value within in the community tips the scale

Sammy Garcia, 5, of the Statesboro Floor Covers Reds, front, decides to switch from offense to defense by outracing his Olive Branch Landscaping Braves opponents Beckham Jarrard, 4, center, and Cameron Crawford, 6, right, to the ball from third base after a hit by a teammate during a t-ball game as the Bulloch County Parks and Recreation Department kicked off baseball and soccer season with its annual Swing into Spring event in 2013. The Georgia Recreation and Parks Association is calling the Statesboro-Bulloch County Parks and Recreation Department the GRPAs Agency of the Year among counties with 50,001 to 80,000 people. - photo by SCOTT BRYANT/file

W 032213 SWING INTO SPRING 01 — Sammy Garcia, 5, of the Statesboro Floor Covers Reds, front, decides to switch from offense to defense by outracing his Olive Branch Landscaping Braves opponents Beckham Jarrard, 4, center, and Cameron Crawford, 6, right, to the ball from third base after a hit by a teammate during a t-ball game as the Bulloch County Parks and Recreation Department kicked off baseball and soccer season with its annual Swing into Spring event in 2013. The Georgia Recreation and Parks Association is calling the Statesboro-Bulloch County Parks and Recreation Department the GRPAs Agency of the Year among counties with 50,001 to 80,000 people. - photo by SCOTT BRYANT/file

Call it home of Splash in the Boro and Mill Creek Regional Park — and seven other parks. Call it caretaker of the S&S Greenway trail. Call it provider of after-school programs and summer jobs, of baseball, basketball and cheerleading, football, soccer and track, but also of Sit Fit, bingo and horseback riding lessons, and seasonal events such as the Firecracker Fest.

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