The PA Recreation and Park Society is celebrating Park and Recreation Professionals Day July 19 honoring essential industry professionals around the state who make our communities better places to live, work and play.

PRPS offers a toolkit that can help you promote your celebration and create a tribute to those who deliver quality recreational and educational programming and keep our parks clean, safe and ready to use.

Special Park and Recreation Professionals Day events will also be highlighted.

Visit the PRPS Park and Recreation Professionals Day webpage for more information.

Professional Development

PRPS is also offering other professional development opportunities--

-- June 6 & 13: Summer Camp Webinar Mini Series - Creating cooperative Kids: What's In Your Toolbox? And Programming for a Safe and Inclusive Summer Camp

-- July 18:  Accessibility for Parks & Programs

-- September 4 & 18: Boomers Through The Zs and Hey Coach, Positive Ways To Work With Players

-- October: Get Your Community On Board - the Power Of Advocacy

Visit the PRPS Educational Opportunities webpage to learn more.

For more information on programs, initiatives, upcoming events and training opportunities, visit the PA Recreation and Park Society website.  Like them on Facebook,  Follow them on Twitter, visit their YouTube Channel, and find them on Instagram.  Click Here to support their work.

Related Articles This Week:

-- DCNR: Great American Getaway RV Tour Highlights Outdoor Adventures In State Parks, Forests As Millions Spend Memorial Day Weekend Outdoors 

-- DCNR Grants Newsletter: PA Healthy Lands Week Accepting Signups; Kittatinny Ridge Sentinel Landscape Designation; PA Sojourn Grants Awarded; Much More!  

-- PA Recreation & Park Society Celebrates Park & Recreation Professionals Day July 19; Offers Other Professional Development Events  [PaEN]

-- PA Healthy Lands Week Now Accepting Event Sign-Ups - Sept. 28 to Oct. 6  [PaEN]

NewsClips:

-- Warren Times: Shapiro Hikes Rimrock As Part Of ‘Great American Getaway’ RV Tour

-- Tioga Publishing: DCNR Closes Swimming At Beltzville State Park, Carbon County, Pending Acceptable Test Results 

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: 100 Hikers Getting Ready For 25 to 100 Mile Challenges On North Country Trail

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: What Could Completing The Erie To Pittsburgh Trail Do For Our Economy - By Seth Trott, Impact Corry

-- WESA: Pittsburgh’s Park System Ranks Among Top 20 Nationally

-- Altoona Mirror: Johnstown Brings Back WalkWorks Program

-- TribLive: ‘Quiet Epidemic’ Delves Into Chronic Lyme Disease

-- TribLive: Wildlife, Plants, Paddlers Find A Haven On Sycamore Island In Allegheny River

[Posted: May 29, 2024]

6/3/2024