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St. Mary’s Recreation and Parks launches online registration, text alerts and online volunteer background checks

2188018 · January 31, 2025
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Recreation and Parks staff said the department started online registration and added email listservs and text messaging; volunteer background checks moved online and 35% of submissions are now electronic.

St. Mary’s County Recreation and Parks began online program registration and payments this week, staff told the board, and also rolled out email listservs and a new text-messaging alert system for program notices and cancellations.

The department said the online registration portal allows users to create a household account and pay for classes and childcare online. “We began with online registration for the very first time,” Arthur (Recreation and Parks staff) said, adding that first-time users should allow a two-week window to set up household accounts and passwords before registration opens. Staff credited Vermont Systems…

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