After 13 years of providing exceptional service to the membership of the IPRA, Polly McKee is celebrating her last day with the association today. As IPRA’s Membership & Certification Assistant, she saw the association grow and evolve over the years…always with a smile on her face. She is a class-act and will be […]
If you didn’t get a chance to watch IPRA’s Bill Wald and Dean Comber present the Balanced Scorecard live online today you can watch a recorded version here. We apologize for starting the recording a little late…we’ll get more polished as we do more of these live shows. If the show doesn’t start […]
More than 80,000 service men and women have returned from Afghanistan and Iraq with severe head, neck, back, or limb injuries. Many stay in the Armed Forces (Army, Air Force, Marines, Navy, National Guard) but many choose to return home. The Illinois Park and Recreation Association believes that the benefits of recreation should […]
The Health & Wellness Taskforce, led by LoriKay Paden, received news that their “No Employee Left Behind” project was unanimously approved at the April 2008 IPRA board meeting. The goal of the project is to have park and recreation professionals buy into the concept of healthy living by practicing what we preach - with […]
We’re baaack! It’s time to start preparing and training for the 4th annual Park Pursuit! We are totally psyched about this year’s event. It’ll be like no other Park Pursuit you’ve experienced! We aren’t releasing the details yet but your agency isn’t going to want to miss out on this one.
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The 2008 Soaring to New Heights Conference awards luncheon was a top-notch ceremony recognizing agencies and individuals who have truly advanced the field of parks and recreation this past year.
Watch the complete video of the luncheon below.
Don’t forget to nominate deserving individuals and agencies for next year’s Conference. Most nominations are free! […]
Tracey Crawford, of NSSRA, was sworn in at the 2008 Soaring to New Heights Conference in Chicago as the 2008 Chairman of the Board for the Illinois Park & Recreation Association.
“Our real problem is not our strength today, it is the vital necessity of action today, to ensure our strength tomorrow.” Dwight D. Eisenhower
In […]
On this episode of theVOICE, Wheeling Park District's Director of Park & Recreation Services, Ron Salski, talks to us about how he got started in parks in recreation, what IPRA means to him, and his plans in 2009 as Chairman of the Board.
It doesn’t matter what rank you hold within your agency - at any given time you may be called upon to recruit sponsorships for your home agency…are you ready?
As we get ready for the first ever Communications & Marketing Section Boot Camp this August 28 and 29, I couldn’t help but think of the great […]
What are you doing August 2 and 4? Did you know that IPRA’s hugely discounted passes to Great America and Hurricane Harbor are not just for daycamp groups?
Take a day off with your family and friends to recreate this summer. Get soaked on the raft rides. Have a laugh. Take a […]