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NEWS YOU CAN USE
The Awards and Recognition Program is a wonderful way to recognize leaders in the field and outstanding projects accomplished over the past year. Applications are now available! If you’ve never participated in the salary survey or have not participated for a while, there have been a number of improvements based on feedback from users.
Click here for details! Part of our commitment to the profession is ensuring that future & current park and recreation professionals have the tools they need to be successful. Each year, we hold a Silent Auction at the IAPD/IPRA Annual Soaring to New Heights Conference to provide support and funding for educational programming, research that will benefit the Illinois Park and Recreation Association and its members, and to provide funding support for professional development for students studying parks and recreation within the State of Illinois.
You can help us reach our goal by donating a gift or service to our Silent Auction 2013. All donations are tax deductible - IPRF is a 501-C-3 organization - and we will also accept monetary gifts. Over 4,000 park and recreation professionals, commissioners and exhibitors will have the opportunity to bid on your donation at the conference. To make a donation, please complete this online form by Friday, November 30, 2012. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at 708-588-2282 or heather@ilipra.org. Thank you for your consideration. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
School Age Fall Workshop - 9/22/12
Rolling Meadows Park District - Community Center 9:00AM - 12:00PM Supervisor Symposium - 9/25/12-9/26/12 Elk Grove Park District WEBINAR: Ethics & Ethical Dilemmas - 10/17/12 online 10:00AM - 11:30AM Certified Playground Safety Inspector Course (CPSI) - 10/23-10/25 Tinley Park Park District (Brickyard Room) Certified Park and Recreation Professional (CPRP) Exam Preparation - 11/2/12 Matteson Community Center 10:00AM - 4:00PM Professional Development School - 11/11-11/14 Decatur Conference Center & Hotel Innovation Renovation Workshop - People, Purpose, Passion - 11/30 Oak Brook Park District; Central Park West 9:00AM - 3:00PM CALENDAR/UPCOMING EVENTS
IPRA Board Meeting - 9/27/12
Fox Valley Park District 10:00AM - 12:00PM Administration & Finance Section Annual Golf Outing - 9/28/12 Village Greens of Woodridge Golf Course 10:00AM - 4:00PM JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Here are some of the most recent job posts – to view the complete listing, click here!
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Laura Rudow, Superintendent of Parks & Planning 630-513-4344 The St. Charles Park District was recently awarded two grants totaling $10,000 from Kane County’s Creating Healthier Communities program, which is designed to provide funding to implement the Kane County 2040 Plan focusing on six of the plan’s high priority health, land use and transportation policy recommendations. Widespread implementation of these 6 policies will have positive, measurable population health impact, decrease chronic disease burden and reduce health disparities in Kane County. In an effort to increase the consumption of fresh produce and the physical activity of gardening in the community, $5,000 will be used for the engineering services required to bring water to the future garden plots at River Bend Community Park, located off Courier and Geneva Avenues. As part of a new Fit and Free program for St. Charles, the District will spend the remaining $5,000 to install GIS/map interior walking trails at East Side Sports Complex, River Bend Community Park and Mt. St. Mary Park. This project also includes improved trail map design for kiosks, website enhancements for tracking individual progress and QR code development for downloading maps and tracking mileage. These are matching grants with the District’s contribution in the form of in-kind labor, not cash. The grants require the professional services be completed and invoiced by December 31, 2012. SECTION/COMMITTEE INFO
Therapeutic Recreation Section Meeting & Discussion - 10/4/12
NEDSRA 9:00AM - 12:00PM Communications & Marketing Section Discussion - 10/9/12 Sachs Recreation Center 1:00PM - 4:00PM Ethnic Minority Section Meeting & Discussion - 10/18/12 Location TBD 11:00AM - 1:00PM Athletic Committee Meeting - 10/25/12 Oak Forest Park District - Central Park Building 11:00AM - 1:00PM |
