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Bob just attended the Conservation Leaders Summit last week and is now on vacation fishing in Canada from June 21-25.
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Save the Date! PRPS 64th Annual Conference
The vendor brochure is available on the website at www.prps.org |
 Tips of the Trade
submitted by Kim Woodward, Training Coordinator How about the Dollar Menu of Program Offerings? This fabulous idea that everyone should make their own was originated by the Rutgers University Dept. of Recreation. An ingenious way to engage the public to check out your inexpensive or free programs - things like Movie Nights, one shot classes, etc. Class selections on Rutgers menu include stunt fighting, candle-light yoga, video-game design and underwater basket weaving. Their concept uses instructors and staff of the university who want to give back and teach something - in their case to engage the students outside the classroom for the cost of $1. This same concept can be used in your community recreation programs. Create a partnership with a local business, school district or local university to try the same thing or just market your programs under a Dollar Menu! Revised from Marketing Recreation Magazine, Vol. 22, No. 1 2010
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42nd Annual PA Therapeutic Recreation Institute
Thanks to our vendors, sponsors, speakers and committee for an outstanding 2010 TRI. Held in Grantville June 9 - 11, 2010 there were over 150 attendees being educated and networking. Next year's TRI will also be in Grantville at the Harrisburg-Hershey Holiday Inn June 8-10, 2011. Hope to see you there!
Congratulations to the award winners! Look for the pictures on the PTRS website at www.ptrs.org. |
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MARC News
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Council of NRPA met on June 2, 2010 in beautiful Ocean City, MD. Representing Pennsylvania were Tom Blomstrom- MARC Chair, Herb Dolaway- Citizen Rep, Dan Russell - Director-At-Large, and Kim Woodward (PRPS). There was a nice turnout from the other states as well with some great sharing of success stories and general business. In addition, Barbara Tulipane, CEO of NRPA, attended and gave some feedback to the group on the current state of affairs with NRPA. There was some interesting dialogue regarding budgets and the NRPA Congress. Here are some pictures from the day!
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| Member News
Congratulations to Jeff Larsen! Jeff is now the Parks Ground Manager, for the Austin Parks and Recreation Department.
Congratulations to Ken Earnest and Margie Lewis who just got married May 30, 2010.
Congratulations on the 1st PRPS LEAD Program Participants! In this photo are:
Tiffany Metzler, Ryan McCleaster, Phil Brady, Kelly Yocum, Suzanne Guirate, and Thomas Steines.
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Building Fund Contributions
Linda Dreisbach Ferrol |
Discount Amusement Park Tickets
Each year, PRPS offer's amusement park and other attraction tickets at a discounted rate as a community service to the residents of PA. Tickets are sold by local recreation and park departments and agencies throughout the state, and are also available through the PRPS office.
If your interested in selling discount tickets in your community, or purchase individually, please contact the PRPS office at (814) 234-4272 or email Tracy at trobert@prps.org. |
NRPA Congress
October 25 - 29, 2010
Minneapolis, Minnesota
If you will be attending the NRPA Congress and are interested in the PRPS room block, please contact Tracy Robert. trobert@prps.orgor 814-234-4272. Room rate is $119 for a single/double and the hotel is Best Western Normandy. All reservations must be made by August 2, 2010. |
Upcoming Workshops
The Fall Mini-Conference will be held Tuesday, October 12, 2010 at the Upper St. Clair Community Center, Pittsburgh PA and the same program will be held in the east on Thursday, October 14, 2010. We are finalizing the location and will have an update to you next week with exact location. More information on the program will be sent along with the update.
Regional Trails Training:
The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) is working in partnership with the Pennsylvania Recreation and Park Society (PRPS) to provide a series of regional trail workshops across the state during 2010. For this year, these workshops will be hosted in place of the Greenways and Trails Summit that usually occurs during the fall of each year. This will provide our statewide trail partners the opportunity to tailor a specific workshop to meet the training and educational needs of trail builders, maintainers and advocacy groups in their local region.
DCNR and PRPS will provide funding assistance for the workshops, promote the individual workshops as a total educational package, and assist local partners in marketing this trail educational menu to the trails community statewide. Because the topics for each workshop are diverse, almost every facet of the trails community will find a workshop suitable for their needs. Some of the topics include economic benefits of trails, business and municipal partnerships, hospitality, role of culture and heritage, water trails, trail maintenance, keeping trail volunteers vibrant, basics of trail building, technology, trail mapping, developing regional trail organizations, creating connections, completing major corridors, easements and liability, geocaching, increasing tourism, accessibility guidelines, signage, trail design, etc.
Workshops scheduled to date include:
July 15, 2010
Easement and Liability Workshop
Lewisburg, PA
July 8, 2010
Northeastern Pennsylvania Trail Forum I
Scranton, PA
July 15, 2010
Easement and Liability Workshop
Lewisburg, PA
September 23, 2010
Schuylkill River Trail Towns Conference
Pottstown, PA
September 30 & October 1, 20102010 Lehigh Valley Trails SummitAllentown, PA
October 12, 2010
PRPS Mini Conference - New ADA Guidelines for Trails
Upper St. Clair, PA
October 14, 2010
PRPS Mini Conference - New ADA Guidelines for Trails
Location being finalized
October 22, 2010
Western PA Trails Symposium
Cranberry, PA
November 3, 2010
South Mountain Trail Summit
Carlisle, PA
December 2, 2010
Northeastern Pennsylvania Trail Forum II
Scranton, PA
TBA - Fall 2010
Cashing in on Geocaching
PA Wilds Region
March 16, 2011
Laurel Highlands Trails Workshop
Ligonier, PA
For more information contact the PRPS office at 814-234-4272; www.prps.org, or www.explorepatrails.com.
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2131 Sandy Drive
State College, Pennsylvania 16803-2283
PA Recreation and Park Society
814-234-4272
Fax: 814-234-5276
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