The highly anticipated Director Series is coming on December 4 and there is still room available! Earn 0.45 CEUs for this targeted learning experience specifically designed for directors to learn about and discuss the newest and most timely issues affecting their daily lives in a collegial environment. Register today!
Agenda:
8:30 am - Noon
Code of […]
Heather Weishaar, development and project director for the Illinois Park and Recreation Association, has just celebrated her 5 year anniversary with IPRA. Heather’s dedication over the years is apparent by her excellent work on the cooperative purchase program, commercial membership, Park Pursuit, the Foundation and a slew of other projects. She always maintains […]
IPRA and IAPD are co-sponsoring the IPRA/IAPD Procurement Card Program through PFM Financial Services and Harris Bank. Procurement Cards are specialized credit cards issued to those employees who are responsible for purchasing materials and services.
Procurement Cards (P-Card) operate similiar to credit cards. They DO NOT carry a revolving line of credit and each […]
Student members of Illinois Park and Recreation Association (IPRA) have an opportunity to nominate a fellow student member to run for an officer position. Elections for the Chairman, Vice Chairman and Secretary positions will take place during the Student Section Luncheon on Friday, January 26, 2007 at the IAPD/IPRA Annual Conference. Please refer to your conference program […]
The Illinois Park and Recreation Association is launching The Director Series - an exciting new educational and networking opportunity for our directors. These targeted learning experiences are specifically designed for directors to learn about and discuss the newest and most timely issues affecting their daily lives in a collegial environment.
The first installment, scheduled for […]
Congratulations to the recreation agencies in O’Fallon, Belleville, Highland, Alton, Granite City and Collinsville for banding together to form a new Special Recreation Association (SRA) - Southwestern Illinois Special Recreation Association. This will assist in providing expanded recreation opportunities for individuals with disabilities in this part of the state. As a result, there are now […]
IPRA has joined a relatively new (and free) online service called SlideShare that basically allows for uploading of PowerPoint presentations to their site for viewing by all. The neat thing about this site is that IPRA can embed some script into The Blog Spot and our members can “play” the presentation directly from the […]
IPRA’s IT Director, Dean Comber, has a wonderful article published in the Nov/Dec issue of the Illinois Parks & Recreation magazine - “Web 2.0, What It Is And Why Your Agency Should Care”.
“I still clearly remember the day in 1997 when I first installed the CoffeeCup program on my old Gateway computer. CoffeeCup was a […]
When recreation professionals meet and fall in love, things happen. Brian Meyer of the Itasca Park District and Emily Meyer of Northwest Special Recreation Association are the proud parents of their first child Kaylee Sophia Meyer born at 6:56am today. She is 6 lbs, 3 ounces and 18 inches in length. She has lots of brown hair - perhaps […]
Come budget time, you need to impress the board members. Although they should already know what you do, sometimes it helps to show them. The Peoria Park District has done an excellent job of showcasing their offerings in this video. I especially like the U2 music they’ve included! Great job!