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 PRPS Weekly News
Time is running out...register now!
 
 
Did you register for the summit? Did you select all your educational sessions and which mobile workshop you want to experience? Did you make your lodging reservation?
 
Don't miss this years summit! We are offering over 30 educational sessions, and 7 mobile workshops. Your best option is to register for the full summit package for $145 member or $180 non-member. The full summit includes sessions, mobile workshops, exhibits, refreshment breaks, lunch on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, and the dinner and networking events on Sunday and Monday. If you can't attend the full summit, we have daily options available.
 
Click here for all the details on the Summit and to register, click here. 
Exhibits will be open on Monday, September 21st from 12:15 pm to 5:15 pm and Tuesday, September 22nd from 8:15 am to 12:00 pm. Click here for more details on exhibiting.

The lodging deadline has been extended to September 5. Make your reservation online today at the Holiday Inn of Warren or call (814) 726- 3000 and using the room block name Greenways and Trails Summit/ PA Rec and Park. The discounted rates are $115.00 single/double plus 9% tax and include a deluxe continental breakfast buffet.  
 
The Summit is funded in part by the Pennsylvania Department oDCNR new logof Conservation and Natural Resources.
Resource Operations Workshop Open!
 
Our upcoming Resource Operations workshop on October 22, will be held at Cabela's in Hamburg, PA. This workshop is designed for parks and recreation field staff, public works, maintenance personnel, natural resource technicians, school maintenance staff, park resource students and park professionals.
 
The tracks include:
  • Chains Saw Applications Training
  • Turf Maintenance
  • Vehicle & Trailering Laws of PA-CDL Update
For more details, click here.  Online registration is now open, click here to register.
Volunteer Opportunities at Hersheypark

HP Logo Help raise funds for PRPS by participating in Hersheypark's volunteer program. This is a great opportunity for your agency's staff to all volunteer on the same day and support PRPS at the same time.

Click here for the September dates.

If you want to volunteer, please email Eric at estauffer@wsrec.org or call 717-920-9515 ext.107.  Provide the shift or shifts desired along with the name of each person volunteering, address, and home/work/cell phone numbers and e-mail addresses.  
  
Thank you for your support!

Did you know... CPRPs and CPREs can receive continuing education credit for their involvement in PRPS?

 

Professional Service Experience Points (PSE) can be earned through service provided to the parks and recreation profession. Together with the traditional CEU or academic credit, PSE credits enable individuals to renew professional certification by utilizing their professional activities, such as: 
  • Service as an Officer, Chairperson, or Committee Member of NRPA, the NRPA Networks, or a State Association
  • Service as a Speaker, Presenter, or Instructor at NRPA or State Association conferences or seminars, or guest speaker at accredited universities and colleges
  • Articles for NRPA or State Association magazines 
For more information about the PSE program click here. 
 

Conference Vendor Marketing Opportunities

 

If you are interested in being a vendor, sponsor or advertiser at the 2016 Conference click here for more details. 

DCNR Community Grant Workshops beginning in November
  • Nov. 2 - Camp Hill Borough Building: Prosser Hall, 2145 Walnut St., Camp Hill;
  • Nov. 4 - Pine Community Center, 100 Pine Park Drive, Wexford;
  • Nov. 5 - Quality Inn Event & Banquet Center, 1411 Liberty St., Franklin;
  • Nov. 12 - Luzerne County Community College, Building 10, Educational Conference Center, 1333 South Prospect St., Nanticoke;
  • Nov. 17 - The Historic Aldie Mansion, 85 Old Dublin Pike, Doylestown;
  • Nov. 18 - The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd., State College.

Swimming Pool Workshops- Register Now!

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Register now for our Swimming Pool Recertification, Pool Management 101 Workshops, and PA Department of Agriculture Pesticide Applicator Certification Exams. For more information about these workshops, please click here.

 

Register online at www.prps.org. 

Park Maintenance Management School Scholarship Available

Are you someone who manages park and recreation maintenance programs? If so, then don't miss your opportunity to further your professional development by attending the Maintenance Management School (MMS) presented in partnership with North Carolina State University, National Training Center at Olgebay, and the National Recreation and Park Association. In this two-year program you will discuss an array of topics that impact the work you do and can learn how to develop and manage a wide variety of maintenance programs. You'll start with sessions that examine the elements of maintenance and then move on to advanced topics such as environmental restoration and site amenity maintenance. Year two students work collaboratively to design their own maintenance plan.

STIHL, Inc., the official sponsor of MMS, is offering a scholarship that will provide financial assistance for costs to attend. The STIHL, Inc. scholarship application is available at www.nrpa.org/mms. Applications must be received by October 1, 2015.

MMS will be held January 31-February 5, 2016 at Oglebay Resort and Conference Center in Wheeling, West Virginia. Registration is open, so learn more and register now at www.nrpa.org/mms.

Sympathy

Benjamin Aycox, Jr. 77 passed away on August 16, 2015. For those of you who attended the TRI in the 90's and was held at the college campus may remember him. Click here for the obituary.
PA Recreation & Park Society, Inc.
2131 Sandy Drive, State College, PA 16801
814-234-4272