Life is like a box of chocolates…you never know what you might get - unless you bid!
Each year, the Illinois Park and Recreation Foundation holds a Silent Auction during the IAPD/IPRA Soaring To New Heights Conference. The purpose of this Silent Auction is to raise scholarship funds for students majoring in recreation administration and […]
FACT: If America’s recycling rate for aluminum and steel cans, plastic and glass containers, newsprint and corrugated packaging increased by just 10%, we would save enough energy to provide electricity to 1.8 million Americans for an entire year.
Are you doing your share? Is your agency? Can you do more?
Learn more and contact IPRA to learn […]
You CAN do just one more thing to help our world.
Find out more at nrc-recycle.org.
The Kids Golf Foundation of Illinois will once again be hosting a SNAG Golf Activity at Mayor Daley’s Holiday Sports Festival, which will be held December 28-30, 2007 at McCormick Place in downtown Chicago. They are currently recruiting volunteers, age 13 and older, to help out in a variety of areas.
This is a great networking […]
You asked for it…you got it. The Director Series is a new series of educational and networking opportunities offered by the Illinois Park and Recreation Association designed specifically for directors. At the Director Series, agency leaders will learn about and discuss the newest and most timely issues affecting their daily lives in a […]
Evelyn Gleason, Director of the Midlothian Park District, is trying to reach any park districts, recreation departments, or SRA’s that have leased vehicles from PACE.
About 6 years ago, PACE offered a lease-to-own vehicle program which allowed many districts to pay a monthly fee for 5 years with the option to purchase the vehicle for $1 […]
Sherrie Izban, assistant track and field coach for Team USA and therapeutic recreation supervisor for Joliet Bolingbrook Special Recreation Association, returned home October 13 from Special Olympics World Games as part of a winning team.
Izban spent more than three weeks in Shanghai, China coaching athletes from across the United States at the Special Olympics Summer […]
On this episode of theVOICE, IPRA's Matt White sat down with John McGovern of the Northern Suburban Special Recreation Association to discuss special recreation in Illinois as well as other factors impacting parks and recreation as a whole.
Topics covered on this episode include:
- the "brain drain" in parks and recreation and special recreation
- the Medicaid […]
Have you nominated a person or agency for the outstanding work they’ve done this past year? Hurry and do so by October 15!
Click here to get more information about the IPRA and IAPD awards programs and nominate today. Most award categories are free and our new online submission process is easier - and greener […]
Coca-Cola and the National Recycling Coalition (NRC) announced a new recycling bin grant program designed to promote and support community recycling in the U.S. Through this innovative grant, recipients will have the benefit of both the donated recycle bins and the expertise on how to set up recycling programs from the National Recycling Coalition. Grants […]