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 PRPS Weekly News

 

It's Parks & Recreation Month!

 

  
 

 

 

DCNR Celebrating 20th Anniversary with New Outreach Tool

 

Harrisburg, PA - For the month of July, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of its creation with a digital education campaign to inform citizens about its mission and encourage more people to visit Pennsylvania's public lands.

 

"On July 1, 1995, a bill was signed into law that restructured the Department of Environmental Resources into two cabinet-level agencies - Conservation and Natural Resources and Environmental Protection," said DCNR Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn. "Although we had a long history of stewardship through our bureaus, the move made conservation and management of our natural resources a priority, and recognized the importance of our parks and forests to quality of life, tourism and our economy."

 

To celebrate, Dunn said the department is launching an Instagram account @padcnr, and will feature 30 days of unique posts about the agency on it using #DCNR20. Content also will be shared on Facebook at Pa. DCNR and Twitter through @DCNRNews. Read more

 

 

Greenways & Trails Summit: Register Now!

  

Take a Walk on the Wilds Side

Holiday Inn & Allegheny Community Center

Warren, Pennsylvania

September 20-22, 2015 

 

Click here to register online.

 

The Summit is funded in part by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

 

The 2015 Greenways and Trails Summit logo was created by the Warren County Career Center and AllImage Graphics.

 

How to Soar over the Ruins of Stinkin' Thinkin'

by Tim Herd, CPRE

   

When my overcrowded local library was looking to expand, it wasn't the people interested in improving themselves and their community who came out against it, of course, but only those who weren't, or who refused to see the value in a better resource. Some people, bluntly put, prefer ignorance. The worst even take pride in it!

 

I had a grand-uncle I loved, but his thinking was less than grand. With all his creative ideas, when asked why he didn't get involved in local organizations to make the differences he talked about, he famously declared "What this world needs is a benevolent dictator. And I'm just the man to do it!" Read more.

 

 

Vendor Marketing Opportunities

 

 

The 2016 Conference Vendor Marketing Opportunities brochure is now available. To download the brochure, click here.

 

Special thanks to the vendors we have received to date 7/1/15.

 

Musco Sports Lighting

Design Fitness/StarTrac Fitness

Norwalk Concrete Industries

Pannier Graphics

 

 

 

 

 

Reminder! Submit Your Nomination for the 2015 Excellence in Youth Sports Award - Deadline is July 10

 

baseball The National Alliance for Youth Sports, America's leading advocate for positive sports and activities for children, is now accepting preliminary applications for the 2015 Excellence in Youth Sports Awards.
 

This is a great opportunity to earn recognition for the work your agency is doing for community youth sports!


2015 Excellence Award winners will receive:

  • Complimentary registration to the 2015 Youth Sports Congress in New Orleans, LA, Nov. 18-21, 2015.
  • A custom award to display at their facility.
  • National, state and local recognition.
  • In-kind contributions from Excellence Award sponsors to use for the support and enhancement of their youth sports program.

Visit http://www.nays.org/awards/excellence-awards for more information or to apply. 

 

 

Member Request

 

How many of you with municipal pools use different colored wristbands to differentiate swimmers by ability, for example, those who are strong swimmers and can swim to the wall after using the diving board, and those who cannot.

 

Does your staff administer a test to identify strong swimmers and/or non-swimmers? If members are allowed to bring guests, how do you handle guest access without knowing their ability?

 

Please send any information and/or guidelines to Diane Hollinger, Recreation Director, Borough of Wyomissing, at dhollinger@wyomissingboro.org. 

 

 

Submit Your Session Proposal for the 2016 Conference

 

March 13-16, 2016

Be a part of the 2016 PRPS Annual Conference in Seven Springs. The conference program committee is accepting educational session proposals through August 14, 2015.

 

Click here for the 2016 session proposal form.

 

For Conference Registration and Lodging fees, click here.

 

  

 

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