Join the celebration! This year, NRPA has teamed with Sports Illustrated to mark July is Recreation & Parks Month. Here's how you can get involved.The 2003 July July: see month. is Recreation & Parks Month theme is Community Sports and Health. Join with other departments throughout the country in heightening height·en v. height·ened, height·en·ing, height·ens v.tr. 1. To raise or increase the quantity or degree of; intensify. 2. To make high or higher; raise. v.intr. the awareness of the importance of parks, recreation and leisure by showing off the quality sports programs and facilities in your community. As reported on p. 14 of this issue of Parks & Recreation, NRPA NRPA National Recreation and Park Association NRPA Natural Resources Protective Association (Staten Island, NY) NRPA Niagara Regional Police Association (Canada) NRPA National Rifle and Pistol Association has partnered with Sports Illustrated Sports Illustrated is the largest weekly American sports magazine owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. It has over 3 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men, 19% of the adult males in the country. to help celebrate Sports Illustrated's 50th anniversary. This partnership gives the parks and recreation industry a unique opportunity to showcase how parks and recreation are critical to quality community sports. NRPA and Sports Illustrated would like agencies to join them in this yearlong year·long adj. Lasting one year. Adj. 1. yearlong - lasting through a year; "attending yearlong courses" long - primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or celebration of quality community sports. Sports Illustrated has made a special 50th anniversary logo that is free for parks and recreation agencies to use. Feel free to use this logo on all your marketing materials as well as on uniforms. Agencies that participate will have the opportunity to be recognized in Sports Illustrated and could be a potential stop on Sports Illustrated's Community Sports Tour. Here are some ideas to boost the visibility of your existing programs and some ideas for new programs as well. 4th of July Parades: One of the most popular July activities is the 4th of July parade. One great way to boost visibility to your sports is to invite your sports teams to participate in your 4th of July parade. All ages and abilities can participate. Have teams wear their uniforms and march in the parade. If your community doesn't does·n't Contraction of does not. have a parade, have sports participants wear their uniforms to the community picnic or fireworks fireworks: see pyrotechnics. fireworks Explosives or combustibles used for display. Of ancient Chinese origin, fireworks evidently developed out of military rockets and explosive missiles and accompanied the spread of military explosives westward to show. Try to offer an incentive for teams to participate. Logos and Slogans: Include the Sports Illustrated 50th anniversary logo on all your team uniforms and on all marketing materials. Incorporate the design theme in all your summer programs, including parades, picnics and family fun. Along with the Sports Illustrated logo, try to create a slogan A slogan is a memorable motto or phrase used in a political, commercial, religious and other context as a repetitive expression of an idea or purpose. Slogans vary from the written and the visual to the chanted and the vulgar. to help bring visibility to your sports and other programs. NRPA has two packages with logos ready to use by your department. Once you pay the small annual licensing fee, you can use the "Discover the Benefits of Parks and Recreation" or the "Come Out and Play America" logos and slogans to help create more visibility around your programs. Once you decide on a slogan and logo, use them on all your marketing, including press releases. Add the logo and slogan to your letterhead. Put it on your summer staff shirts, or try baseball caps with your new logo this year. Sports Swap: Have your agency host a sports swap. You can do this event any way you want. You can make it like a flea market See computer flea market. flea market yard sale of used items at low prices. [Pop. Culture: Misc.] See : Inexpensiveness where people can sell their old equipment. Each team in your community can have their own booth. If your agency is trying to raise money for a new sports facility or new uniforms, you can make this a donation activity. People can donate their old equipment to the department, which can then sell the equipment to raise funds. This is a great way for those who can't afford new sports equipment to be able to participate in sports. It also helps those who have outgrown their equipment and are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a means of getting rid of it. Sports Memorabilia The term sports memorabilia usually refers to anything that can be directly connected to a sports event or personality. These items are generally gathered by fans of the particular sport, athlete or team that the item signifies or by collectors who find value in the rarity Auction: An auction can operate similarly to the sports swap. Have people donate their sports memorabilia to the department so you can raise funds for a new park, ball field or some new uniforms. To save your department work, ask your sports teams to recruit the donors. If your community has local sports heroes, try to get them involved. Perhaps they would be willing to sign a few items to support new facilities in the community. Best Our Town Sports Contests: Partner with your local media or host the contest yourself. Choose one of the contests below or come up with your own. Ask residents to submit their best stories, cheers, menus and photos. The best stories can be selected to run in the local paper. Stories can be put in your brochure or on your Web site. Here are some ideas for contest themes: * What sports means to me. * Best backyard barbecue barbecue [West Indian or South American], in the United States, traditionally an open-air gathering, political or social, in which meats are roasted whole over a pit of embers and food and drink are liberally enjoyed. . * Best backyard sport spot. * Best sports road trip. * Best sports cheer. * Best sports jersey or uniform. * Best tailgate party In North America, a tailgate party is a social event held on and around the open tailgate of a vehicle. Tailgating often involves alcoholic beverages and barbecuing. Tailgate parties usually occur in the parking lots at stadiums and arenas before, and occasionally after or during, menu. * Best sports food in town. * Nuttiest moments in sports for the year in your town. * Best sports team names. * Best sports coach. * Best sports photo. Join the Network The first step in being part of the year-long celebration with NRPA and Sports Illustrated is to join the NRPA Sports Network. You'll receive monthly updates from NRPA on what's happening with Sports Illustrated's year-long celebration. Sports Network members also learn how other members are celebrating July is Parks and Recreation Month and how those agencies support quality community sports and health. Signing up for the NRPA Sports Network is free. Fill out the application form at www.nrpa.org, or send an e-mail to programs@nrpa.org with the following information: Agency name. Contact name. Phone number. E-mail address See Internet address. e-mail address - electronic mail address . Web site address. |
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