Partnerships, performance, and progress.National Partnerships 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 continues to leverage its strategic partnerships with leading national sports, health, and corporate organizations to gain support and visibility for critical park and recreation programs that address the health and quality of life needs of all. Over the past year, NRPA completed a 32-city tour of its Step Up to Health initiative--a movement designed to help combat America's growing obesity crisis community-by-community, and partnered with the U.S. Tennis Association to develop a grass roots grass roots pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) 1. People or society at a local level rather than at the center of major political activity. Often used with the. 2. The groundwork or source of something. advocacy effort in support of community tennis programs. In addition to these and other programs, the following first-ever programs and successes are worth noting. Advancing Research and Youth Programs The National Football League awarded NRPA a grant for nearly $2.5 million over a three-year period. This grant is the largest in NRPA's history and enables the association to conduct much-needed research, as well as position itself as a source for primary information on the field. The scope of the grant includes: * Completing a national inventory of youth football facilities and independent program contacts to strategically grow the sport * Awarding five communities $150,000 for staffing to build models for youth football * Developing an advocacy agenda to train citizens to support funding for facilities that include youth football Making Communities Safer Operation [TLC TLC total lung capacity; thin-layer chromatography. TLC abbr. 1. thin-layer chromatography 2. .sup.2] Making Communities Safe, a new partnership initiative for NRPA, is helping to make communities safer by giving parks and recreation agencies the tools they need to improve and expand their volunteer initiatives. NRPA issued its first national guidelines guidelines, n.pl a set of standards, criteria, or specifications to be used or followed in the performance of certain tasks. on national volunteer management and is also providing the tools to properly qualify, appropriately credential credential verb To determine or verify titles, qualifications, documents, completion of required training, and continuing education, in those persons who function in a professional or official capacity–eg, ER physician, neurosurgeon, etc. Cf Credentials. , and effectively train the volunteer network to provide public service. Again, NRPA's national leadership is addressing critical needs in the field. Providing Relief in Affected Areas Following hurricanes Katrina and Wilma, NRPA launched a relief fund fueled by a $25,000 donation from 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. and supported by dozens of gifts given to aid park and recreation agencies in the individual affected areas. Through these generous donations NRPA was able to provide seven communities with $10,000 grants to get facilities up and running for spring 2006. Additionally, a partnership with S&S Worldwide provided $32,000 worth of equipment and supplies to affected areas for fall programming. Also as a result of the devastation of these hurricanes, NRPA is working on a first-ever sustainable relief strategy to assist park and recreation agencies affected by disasters in the future. NRPA Governance During its May meeting, NRPA's Board of Trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. made a landmark decision A landmark decision is the outcome of a legal case (often thus referred to as a landmark case) that establishes a precedent that either substantially changes the interpretation of the law or that simply establishes new case law on a particular issue. to reduce its size from 70 to 21 members in order to act more nimbly nim·ble adj. nim·bler, nim·blest 1. Quick, light, or agile in movement or action; deft: nimble fingers. See Synonyms at dexterous. 2. and decisively to serve the association's mission and its members. NRPA continues to focus on repositioning repositioning Laparoscopic surgery The changing of a Pt's position during a procedure to improve access or visualization of the operative field, which may be linked to complications, as it changes anatomic planes of operation. Cf Laparoscopic surgery. parks and recreation as a national priority, and the reduction of the board puts the association on a course of action to accomplish these objectives. By October 2009, the new board will be composed of 11 citizens and 10 professionals--retaining the board's existing 51 percent citizen and 49 percent professional composition. New board members will be elected at-large, rather than as representatives of special interest units of the association. NRPA's Board of Trustees also voted this year to establish a new foundation. The National Recreation and Park Foundation will secure the association's financial future and make available funds to advance the field of parks and recreation in the decades ahead. |
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