National Recreation Foundation.The National Recreation Foundation (NRF NRF National Retail Federation NRF NATO Response Force NRF National Research Foundation (South Africa) NRF Neighbourhood Renewal Fund (urban renewal funding package in the UK) NRF Nouvelle Revue Française ) and 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 have had a long relationship of working together. NRF is a nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. charitable foundation dedicated to enhancing the role of recreation as a positive force in promoting the mental, physical, social and spiritual health of the community at large. That task links directly to the mission of NRPA, and therefore NRF has provided funding to projects that benefit both organizations likeminded causes. In addition to accepting proposals from NRPA, each year the NRF Board of Trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. recommends innovative and creative project proposals that fulfills the aims of the Foundation. It funds more than 30 programs throughout the country, and in recent years has focused on funding programs for "youth at risk" and for "healthy lifestyles." In recent decades, the Foundation has provided approximately $10 million in grants to NRPA and significant amounts to various other community organizations throughout the country. NRF also awards the Robert Robert, Henry Martyn 1837-1923. American army engineer and parliamentary authority. He designed the defenses for Washington, D.C., during the Civil War and later wrote Robert's Rules of Order (1876). Noun 1. W. Crawford Achievement Prize every year in recognition of someone who has dedicated him or herself to enhancing recreation opportunities for youth during a significant period of time. The prize consists of a $50,000 cash award, $40,000 of which will support recreation-related work of the recipient's choice. Robert W. Crawford served as Commissioner of Recreation in Philadelphia Philadelphia, ancient cities Philadelphia, name of several ancient cities. One was in Lydia, W Asia Minor (now W Turkey). At the foot of Mt. Tmolus and near the location of modern Alaşehir, it was founded in the 2d cent. B.C. and other cities and established a national model for local government's provision of recreational services for all citizens. He was an early leader in NRPA and also served as the executive director of NRF for many years. Starting next month, Parks & Recreation magazine will highlight a program funded by NRF in the NRPA in Action section. It is our hope that these grant-funded programs will provide inspiration to other communities on how to engage residents in parks and recreation through innovative programming, use of green space and conservation. The goal is to provide a resource where other communities and organizations can glean glean v. gleaned, glean·ing, gleans v.intr. To gather grain left behind by reapers. v.tr. 1. To gather (grain) left behind by reapers. 2. ideas and secure information on how these programs can be implemented in many other places. |
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