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Center Operations Monthly Report ( cont . ) Peninsula Sport Group For The Orthopedically Handicapped - After about 4 months of organizing and planning , the Wheelers ( handi - capped bowling league ) and other interested handicapped persons in the area finally formed the Peninsula Sport Group . The group is headed by an eight person board of directors with an Advisor from the Recreation Department . The goal or purpose of the organi - zation is to promote leisure activities for orthopedically handi - capped people in the community . A schedule has been worked out for the year and will be published soon with highlights for May 21st ; a games day here at the Veterans Memorial Building and the surround- ing grounds . Also the group has been asked to help with the National Wheel Chair Games coming up June 16 , 17 & 18 at DeAnza College . Monthly events will be featured for activity and the group now has about 30 members . Dysphasic Program - The program for working with dysphasic children at Hawes Annex in Kennedy Junior High School has been very success - ful . It runs two days a week for an hour each day . Thursdays is spent at Red Morton Gym and Fridays in the school . Approximately 25 to 30 children participate in this program . Activities include : arts and crafts , cooking , sports and low-organized games . Senior Citizens : Senior Advisory Group - The Redwood City Recreation Department is hosting February ' s meeting for the Senior Advisory Group ( a group of people working with Senior Citizens in 14 different cities in San Mateo County ) at the Veterans Memorial Building on February 2nd . The guest lecturer for the afternoon ( 2 : 00 to 4 : 00 p . m . ) is Jan DeMontesquiou from the Peninsula Center for the Blind . Her topic will be : Sensitizing Workers to the Partially Sighted and How to Assist Them . The group meets every other month at different senior facilities in San Mateo County . - 12 -