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Escalon recreation panel approves daytime donation-based yoga class at community center
Summary
The Escalon Recreation Commission approved a daytime yoga class offered on a donation ("free-will") basis and directed staff to finalize schedule and logistics, including how the city will track a 25% overhead share.
The Escalon Recreation Commission on March 5 approved a contract instructor to offer a daytime yoga class at the city community center, with the instructor asking for a suggested $5 per class but operating on a donation or “free-will” basis.
Recreation staff told commissioners the city’s standard arrangement for contract instructors is to retain 25% of collected class fees for overhead, with 75% going to the instructor. Recreation staff said, “They will ask for $5 a class, but it is a free will offering.” The commission voted to approve the request.
The proposal, submitted by Dana Smith, differs from existing evening yoga offerings because it is scheduled during the day and is intended for adults (18 and older). Staff said the daytime class could target seniors but that a specific age focus had not been finalized. Commissioners and staff discussed several operational issues the city will need to resolve before classes begin, including how to track voluntary donations so the city can collect its 25% overhead share, how the new class will fit around existing bookings and senior groups in the community center, and whether the offering duplicates or complements other yoga programs.
Commissioners asked whether the proposed instruction style would duplicate the current classes; staff said the new class would be a different type of yoga and offered at different times. Staff also confirmed the proposed instructor was not able to attend the meeting.
The motion to approve the instructor passed unanimously. Staff said it will follow up with the instructor to finalize the schedule, confirm whether the class will be explicitly targeted at seniors or open to all adults, and set up a method for recording voluntary donations so the city can apply its standard fee split.
The commission’s approval allows the instructor to begin making arrangements to offer the daytime class; details about the first class date and registration procedures were not specified at the meeting.
