On June 28, the Illinois Park & Recreation Association hosted a one-day Dance Showcase event at the Fox Valley Park District’s Prisco Community Center.
The Dance Showcase was open to all park and recreation agency dance program students. This was not a dance competition but an amazing event allowing dancers to showcase their talents in a […]
Each year, the Illinois Park and Recreation Association coordinates a Cooperative Purchase Program designed for your agency to save staff time and valuable tax dollars by purchasing items in bulk with other agencies throughout the state.
Park districts, municipal recreation agencies, forest preserves, conservation districts, special recreation associations and private agencies throughout Illinois have seriously benefited […]
IPRA is again offering consignment tickets for select dates at Six Flags Great America and Hurricane Harbor. Beat the heat this summer and take your daycamps out for a fun-filled day in the sun!
Choose from the following dates: June 24 & 26, July 9, 10 & 12, August 7 & 9.
Tickets ordered through IPRA are […]
If you’ve found yourself feeling guilty about the trees sacrificed for some project you recently printed, try the Environmental Defense Fund’s new Paper Calculator 2.0. You may just rethink all that unnecessary printing you’re doing.
The Environmental Defense Fund just released this updated version which has helped over 3,000 businesses and individuals each month reduce […]
Kudos to Sarah Stefan, of the Village of Algonquin, for including MARC card promotion in a recent email to the Recreation Section’s Teen Committee for their upcoming meeting.
Don’t forget that as a Professional Member you gain MARC Points for each IPRA-related meeting you attend. Points are tracked and can be used for discounts on […]
Have you ever heard of an “unsession”?
Matt Baehr recently talked about this on his blog and I think this is a neat idea that can really extend the learning and networking possibilities of our delegates at Conference.
I can see us using unsessions as a unique way for each of you, the members, to hold your […]
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Have you seen this interview with the Florida mother of a special needs child who was voted out of his classroom by his peers? Alex, you are a great little kid and we wish you the best.
Although this happened at his kindergarten, what is being done in the park and recreation world to prevent […]
Apparently the IPRA staff can’t dance…but park district dance groups can.
Show us your stuff in the 1st ever Dance Showcase being held June 28 at the Prisco Center in Aurora. Get more information and hurry to register your team by June 9.
Note: IPRA staff was not hurt in the making of this video.
The IPRA now has a place for bands to learn about the annual Battle of the Bands competition in Springfield during the State Fair - as well as all the local and regional competitions.
Thanks to the dedication and help of Bobbi Nance of the Park District of Oak Park, we now have a great MySpace […]