The Virginia Recreation and Park Society Uniting all professionals, students, and interested lay persons engaged in the field of recreation, park and other leisure services in the Commonwealth of Virginia into one body. PRESIDENT’S NEWSLETTER
DECEMBER 2013
Capital Campaign Thank You!
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Navigate for Success
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Top Ten Reasons to Attend LTI
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Athletic Fields 401 & CPSI
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Please extend your thanks to 2012 President Cindy Roeder and Lisa Cooke, as they have completed their three-year term on the VRPS Board of Directors. The time they have given is invaluable and their dedicated leadership is much appreciated. On January 1st Art Thatcher takes the helm as 2014 President. Incoming Board members Michael Kalvort, Margaret Thorne and Rita Miller are joined by Marcy Durrer, Cindy Messinger, Kathy Williams, LaTanya Turner, Michael McCarty, Katey Legg, and Jim Stutts. The Board of Directors welcomes your input, suggestions, questions and feedback!
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Mark your calendars for the most engaging and dynamic annual state conference yet! The 60th Annual VRPS State Conference will be held at the Omni Homestead Resort in Hot Springs, VA from December 6-9, 2014 and believe it or not, planning is already underway. Registration information will be available in February at www.vrps.com and we hope you will join us. In addition we are seeking creative, interactive, motivating and insightful speakers to produce a unique learning experience that our Parks and Recreation professionals and students from across the state won’t find anywhere else. If you are interested in speaking at the conference, please submit the Session Proposal Form no later than March 12, 2014 which is available at www.vrps.com. Speakers selected will be contacted with further details. Education sessions are typically one hour and fifteen minutes (1.25) or two hours and thirty minutes (2.5) in order to be eligible for continuing education units for the participants. NEW FOR 2014 To achieve a more valuable learning experience for our members, we are looking for additional participatory learning elements. To further this goal, we are seeking 5-6 presenters who will conduct a dialogue with the delegates after their session by participating in 20-30 minute interactive mini-classes. The idea is to create the opportunity for attendees to reflect and ask more in-depth questions in a small group setting in which you can share the benefit of your expertise and discuss the work you are doing with a wholly engaged audience. Please indicate on the application if you are willing to take your presentation to a new level and participate in our Engaged Learning Center and let your enthusiasm and passion shine through your proposal. For additional information please contact Blythe Russian or Ann Marie E. Heiser.
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For more information, FAQs, event rules, 2013 results and more, visit the Virginia Senior Games Website
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2014 Leadership Orientation The orientation for all Service Areas, Resource Groups and Enterprise Committees for 2014 is scheduled for January 29, 2014 at Deep Run Rec Center in Henrico. If you haven’t already done so, please RSVP here. Tractors to Bowling, Golf to Lobsters, Crompton to Hoffner...and Legos! VRPS has seen it all in 2013 - thanks for another great year!
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