 
Administration
Administration
for the
Recreation and Human Services Department is located in the Kiyoto "Ken"
Nakaoka Memorial Community Center at 1670 W. 162nd Street. Phone (310)
217-9537. Under the direction of Director Kelly Fujio, administration
is responsible for efficient management for the daily operation of the
department, its personnel, and programming; addressing the immediate
and long range recreational and human service deeds of the community.
You may phone (310) 217-9537 to reach:
 Recreation
& Human Services Director Kelly Fujio
Recreation Services Manager Kathy Mills-Walker
Recreation Services Manager Ron Elliott
Sports Supervisor Evette Wedlow Benjamin
Commuity Center Coordinator Pauline Moses
 The
Recreation Division is responsible for supervised recreational activities
at six parks with community buildings, two gymnasiums, one parkette,
one large two-story community center, and one municipal swimming pool.
To support these activities, the Division is categorized into ten complementary
areas: Adults Sports, Aquatics, Children's Day Care, City-Wide Special
Events, Contract Classes, Developmentally Disabled Programming, Facility
Reservations, Nakaoka Community Center Programming, Park Programming
and Youth Sports. These areas include over 400 special interest programs
for adults and youth, such as: Senior citizen activities including clubs,
exercise classes, Tai Chi classes; youth sports leagues in flag football,
basketball, softball, baseball, and track and field; adult sports leagues
in volleyball, basketball and slow pitch softball; instruction and recreational
swimming; special interest classes, such as dance, gymnastics, phonics,
math, crafts, tennis and more; specialized programs for the developmentally
disabled population, including the Special Olympics and monthly dances;
community special events, such as the Easter Bunny Brunch, Breakfast
with Santa Claus, Martin Luther King Jr., and Cinco de Mayo parades
and celebrations, Black History Month Celebration, Heritage Festival,
Youth Carnival, Festival of the Performing Arts, Cymbidium Orchid Show,
Koi Show, Celebration of the Arts Show, Golf Tournaments and more. The
Recreation Division also aids the community through reservations of
ten park classrooms, six Community Center classrooms, two auditoriums,
eight picnic shelters, nine ball diamonds, twelve tennis courts, five
basketball and volleyball courts and one pool.
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