Course Adventure #4
Service Sectors in Your Community
By: Joshua Destriza

Public Sectors

Newton Recreation Centre
Address: Newton, Surrey
Service Sector:
Public Sector - Based on the readings, a community centre
offers “fitness, sport, age-related programs, events, arts,
leaderships, etc.” (Lunn, 2021, p. 3). This recreation
centre fits that description as it offers those types of
services.
SPSC 2210 Connection:
Recreation - This is a recreation example because it
provides and strongly reinforces the idea of individuals to
“establish and maintain a healthy lifestyle” (Lunn, 2021,
p. 3). The facility accomplishes this goal due to the many
activities, programs, etc… that they offer to the
community. Furthermore, this place tries their best to
provide their services to those who are “disadvantaged”
(Lunn, 2021, p. 3).

Guildford Recreation Centre
Address: Guildford, Surrey
Service Sector:
Public Sector - This facility is a public sector because it
provides the public “fitness, sport, age-related programs,
events, arts, leaderships, etc.” (Lunn, 2021, p. 3). Helping
individuals “establish and maintain a healthy lifestyle”
(Lunn, 2021, p. 3).
SPSC 2210 Connection:
Recreation - This is an example of recreation because this
facility enforces and provides opportunities for people to
participate in group activities, exercising, weightlifting,
dance, and many more. In accordance to the reading,
“recreation services commensurate individual and
collective interest and serve the need of the total
community” (Lunn, 2021, p. 5), which is easily achieved
within this facility.

M.B. Sanford Elementary
Address: Newton, Surrey
Service Sector:
Public Sector - It is a public sector because the elementary
school is funded by the government. Making it available
for many people who face financial difficulties. The
school also offers many “fitness, sport, age-related
programs, events, arts, leaderships, etc.” (Lunn, 2021, p.
3), which are necessary for the students experience,
explore, and learn about.
SPSC 2210 Connection:
Recreation - This elementary school is connected with
recreation, physical education, and coaching. The students
have the opportunity to be enrolled in the school for free,
which helps the disadvantaged families to provide their
child/children to be in school (Lunn, 2021, p. 3). In these
elementary schools, there are free physical education
classes and introduces the students to new activities and
sports. Lastly, when school is dismissed anyone from the
public is allowed to spend their leisure time on the school
grounds, playgrounds, grassfield, gravelfield, and outdoor
basketball courts.

Private Sectors

Club 16 Trevor Linden Fitness
Address: Newton, Surrey
Service Sector:
Private Sector - Club 16 would be identified as a private
sector because they are profit oriented with their
membership costs and drop-in costs that serve the public
for good purposes in order to retain control (Lunn, 2021,
p. 6). Furthermore, their services are only for a “specific
market group, who are the general public who can afford
the service provided at [the] facility” (Lunn, 2021, p. 7).
SPSC 2210 Connection:
Recreation & Coaching - Club 16 is an example of
recreation because their services are a “fundamental
human need… that is essential to a person’s physical and
social well-being” (Lunn, 2021, p. 5). Furthermore, they
are connected to coaching because they offer specialized,
high level of training (Lunn, 2021) through their personal
training services

Praise Team Studio
Address: Central City, Surrey
Service Sector:
Private Sector - The dance team is a private sector
because there are fees to tryout for team, dance expenses,
and there are drop-in fees for those who are just looking to
participate in a dance class. Their marketing group is quite
specific to individuals in the dance community or are
interested in dance, who are able to afford to join the team
and/or participate in dance workshops.
SPSC 2210 Connection:
Recreation & Coaching - Praise team is an example of
recreation because the tryouts and drop-ins are open to
anyone in the public. In addition, they occasionally try to
make the dance workshops free to anyone to make it more
accessible for disadvantaged clients (Lunn, 2021). This
studio is also considered to be coaching because the dance
coaches/leaders have the ability to offer high levels and
high quality of coaching (Lunn, 2021). Their class
difficulties ranges from beginner to masters class.

Pacific Academy
Address:
10238 168 St, Surrey, BC V4N 1Z4
Service Sector:
Private Sector - Pacific academy is a private sector
because there is a cost for individuals to attend this
school, being profit oriented (Lunn, 2021). This school is
offered to “anyone who can afford the service” (Lunn,
2021, p. 7).
SPSC 2210 Connection:
Physical Education - This private school has a connection
to physical education because within their school the
students learn about physical education through the
classes offered. To be enrolled in this school however,
comes with a cost.

Voluntary Sectors

Surrey Crime Prevention
Address:
12484 82 Ave #15, Surrey,
Service Sector:
Voluntary Sector - Voluntary sectors are identified by
many reasons, some reasons that apply to Surrey Crime
Prevention is that the organization invests their leisure
time towards the community, volunteers/participants are
here to work towards their future (career), the
organization exists to “seek an organizational culture”
(Lunn, 2021, p. 10), and work towards the future safety of
Surrey (Lunn, 2021).
SPSC 2210 Connection:
Recreation - The SPSC 2210 connection this organization
has is recreation. Surrey crime prevention services is
“good for society/community… and offers leadership
[opportunities]” (Lunn, 2021, p. 8-9) for the many
participants in this organization. Furthermore, the
organization helps serve the “local communities, general
public, and can expand to community centres, parks,
schools, plazas, etc.” (Lunn, 2021, p. 9).

Tong Louie Family YMCA
Address:
14988 57 Ave, Surrey
Service Sector:
Voluntary Sector - YMCA is voluntary because they “rely
on the efforts of members and volunteers for sustained
survival” (Lunn, 2021, p. 10). YMCA also has “close ties
to local organizations… where many ‘workers’ are
primarily volunteers” (Lunn 2021, p. 8).
SPSC 2210 Connection:
Recreation - YMCA has a variety of different services that
includes “fitness, sport, age-related programs, events, arts,
leadership, etc.” (Lunn, 2021, 9). These services usually
have a low to no fee to partake in, making it affordable to
many individuals in the community.

Baobab Inclusive Empowerment
Society
Address:
Whalley, Surrey
Service Sector:
Voluntary Sector - Baobab is voluntary because they are
organized, private, non-profit distributing, self-governing,
and voluntary (Lunn, 2021, p. 8). Their services can also
be expanded in community centres, parks, local
community centres, etc. to reach out to new individuals.
SPSC 2210 Connection:
Physical Ed. & Recreation - The mission that Baobab has
is to reach and help out individuals who have disabilities,
disadvantages, and those who experience bullying,
exclusion, etc. Some services they provide includes
leadership opportunities, activity / sport inclusion, and
promoting health and fitness education (Lunn, 2021).

Reference
Lunn, E. (2021) Adventure #4 - Service Sectors in Your Community. SPSC 2210: Foundations of Physical
Education, Recreation, & Coaching. (pp. 1-10). Douglas College.