Therapeutic Recreation Institute Registration Fees!

The TRI Registration Guide will be available by Friday, April 10. You can download it from the PRPS website at www.prps.org.

47th Annual Therapeutic Recreation Institute June 3-5, 2015 DoubleTree Resort, Lancaster, PA

Training Opportunity! 

Creating a Vision for Positive Leadership

April 10 - Good Shepherd Rehabilitation, Allentown

April 30 - Masonic Villages, Sewickley

Our ever-changing work environment presents daily challenges to present and future leaders. An effective leader needs to create a positive workplace for  employees. This workshop will provide the knowledge and skills required to challenge, motivate and grow employees' careers. Tools explored include Seven Career Coaching Questions, performance reviews and reinforcement.

For more details, click here. Register online!

DCNR Grant Deadline Reminder

Grants are due April 16, 2015 4:00 pm
Prepare your grant now! 

For applications click here.

Spring Work Day

SPRING "WORK DAY" at the PRPS Office! We will announce the schedule this week.

If you are interested, please contact Kurt Uhler, President, Park Resource Branch. 

Nominate Your Favorite Park 

Vote Today and help choose which parks should get a $20,000 grant!

Parks serve millions of people as the places any one can go to be active, live healthier, connect with nature and gather together to make memories. Parks Build Community is an initiative to help revitalize parks across the country and give back to the places in our local communities that shape our lives.

During Earth Month this April, the National Recreation and Park Association is collaborating with Disney, ESPN and ABC to help out parks in YOUR community!

Click here to register and vote. 

Register Now for the National Walking Summit

America Walks and the Every Body Walk! Collaborative are excited to announce that registration is now open for the 2nd National Walking Summit to be held October 28-30 in Washington, DC. Click here to register.

The National Walking Summit is the premier opportunity for national organizations, companies, agencies, funders, local partners and advocates from across the country to share best practices and stories, increase the visibility of key issues, build support among federal agencies, and create momentum for the work ahead.  

Greenways & Trails Summit - Save the Date!

Upcoming PRPS/PTRS Trainings

To register online for these workshops, click here.

May 5-7, 2015

Certified Playground Safety Inspector Certification Course

Middletown Township - Bucks County

April 10, 2015 

Creating a Positive Vision for Leadership

Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Raker Center

Allentown, PA

April 30, 2015 

Creating a Vision for Positive Leadership

Masonic Village, Sewickley, PA

May 11, 2015

No Health Without Mental Health

MossRehab, Elkins Park, PA 

Swimming Pool Spring Workshops

Click here for the brochure.

April 20, 2015 - Swimming Pool Pesticide Applicator Recertification Workshop (6 Core and 4 Category 24 Pesticide Credits)

Location: Greater Plymouth Community Center, Plymouth Meeting, PA

April 27, 2015 - Swimming Pool Pesticide Applicator Recertification Workshop (6 Core and 4 Category 24 Pesticide Credits)

Location: Trails and Trees Environmental Center, Mechanicsburg, PA

April 21, 2015 - Swimming Pool Management 101 Workshop

April 22, 2015 - Department of Agriculture Core and Category 24 Pesticide Applicator Certification Exams

Location: Greater Plymouth Community Center, Plymouth Meeting, PA

April 28, 2015 - Swimming Pool Management 101 Workshop

April 29, 2015 - Department of Agriculture Core and Category 24 Pesticide Applicator Certification Exams

Location: Trails and Trees Environmental Center, Mechanicsburg, PA

April 21, 2015 - Swimming Pool Management 101/Recertification Workshop

(6 Core and 4 Category 24 Pesticide Credits)

April 22, 2015 - Department of Agriculture Core and Category 24 Pesticide Applicator Certification Exams

Location: Cranberry Township Municipal Building, Cranberry Township, PA 

October 22, 2015

Resource Operations Workshop (registration not yet available)

Cabela's, Hamburg