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Last Chance to attend the eToolkit Virtual Briefing!    

 

The last virtual briefing on how to use the eToolkit is Thursday, July 23 from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm. Click on this link if you haven't downloaded the eToolkit. 

 

PLEASE RSVP to the briefing/Q&A by sending your name and email address to TalkToUs@SWELLstart.com.

 

 

Reminder! Make your room reservation for the NRPA Congress

 

We have a few members staying at the Excalibur in Las Vegas. The room rate is $49.00 for a single or double plus $12.50 daily resort fee. To make your room reservation, call 888-385-8010 or click here to register online.  

 

Have You Registered for the Greenways & Trails Summit?

  

The Greenways and Trails Summit will be held at the Holiday Inn & Allegheny Community Center on September 20-22, 2015 in Warren, PA. Come 

Take a Walk on the Wilds Side!

 

Click here to register online. The final registration guide will be available online next week.

 

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.

 

 

Children no longer get as much fresh air as they once did, study finds

 

After observing about 100 preschool kids on their activity, it was determined children in these settings spent 73 percent of their time being sedentary, and had 33 minutes of active outdoor play a day, or just 8 percent of their day.

The Post-Bulletin (Rochester, Minn.) (tiered subscription model)

  

 

How to destroy the debilitating effects of (gulp!) ignorance within 

by Tim Herd, CPRE

 

Ignorance is debilitating. Being ignorant does not mean a person is stupid or unintelligent. It simply refers to knowledge not possessed, like a little child who is ignorant of how to drive a car. I myself am ignorant of a great many things, including international macroeconomics, internal medicine, and my way around the kitchen. However, if I were to act in them despite my lack of understanding I would inevitably prove to be imprudent, unwise and sorry! Ignorance breeds foolishness.
 

Ignorance fosters fear. A Chapman University Survey on American Fears concluded that people with lower levels of education exhibited significantly higher levels of fear in nine different categories (safety, anxieties, victimizations, phobias, etc.). Far from stopping the bad from happening, fear instead prevents good things from materializing. Fear through ignorance discards choice and opportunity, deters risk and innovation, and disallows achievement and success.

 

To continue reading, click here. 

 

 

Five Common Types of Trail Use Rules

Lancaster County Rail Trail  

When you're out on the trail, knowing and following the rules seems easy enough, but rules can vary from trail to trail. Some rules are universal, while others differ by state and municipality. Courtesy of Rails to Trails. 

 

 

Register Now for the Fall Swimming Pool Workshops 

 

The Swimming Pool Management 101 class is an in-depth pool management course for individuals not currently certified, who are preparing to take the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Core and Category 24 (Swimming Pools) pesticide applicator exams.  Books and study guides are included in the registration fee.

 

The Recertification Workshop is for individuals who currently hold a pesticide applicators license, and are seeking renewal credits to maintain their certification.  This class offers 6 Core and 4 Category 24 pesticide applicator credits.

 

For more information about these classes, please click here.

 

 

2016 PRPS Conference - Session Proposal Deadline is August 14, 2015 

 
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.

 

Vendor Marketing Opportunities

If you are interested in becoming a vendor, advertiser or sponsor at the PRPS Conference, click here for more information.  

 

  

 

PA Recreation & Park Society, Inc.
2131 Sandy Drive, State College, PA 16801
814-234-4272