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The Show Your Park Some Love Grant, is empowering local park and recreation agencies to advance community engagement and recycling. This Saturday, I Love a Clean San Diego is getting folks together at Felicita Creek for a cleanup and habitat restoration. Explore the work: bit.ly/4nIKLdk

You can still learn from #NRPAConference2025! Access on-demand education sessions through the NRPA Events App. These virtual sessions will be available until Monday, November 17, 2025. Learn more: bit.ly/4nrmJnc

We just launched a suite of tools to help park and recreation agencies track environmental data, prioritize sustainable projects, and plan for shifting climate consequences. Wherever you are in your environmental sustainability journey, these tools are here to help: bit.ly/4mS26zh
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Access to Youth Sports | National Recreation and Park Association Through Youth Sports in Parks and Recreation, NRPA supports agencies in their efforts to increase access to affordable, fun, welcoming and high-quality youth sports opportunities that promote positive youth development, keep kids playing, and help them to grow and thrive on and off the field.

Girls who play lead stronger. This #InternationalDayofTheGirl, we’re celebrating the girls who refuse to be sidelined. Check out our youth sports work to see how you can get more girls in the game. #NYSW #SheCanPlay bit.ly/3GFnNUg

Bemidji Parks and Rec to host 'Home Alone' youth program The Bemidji Parks and Recreation Department is offering a "Home Alone" youth program from 1 to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 15, at the Historic Carnegie Library.

Designed for youth who may be home without adult supervision, the City of Bemidji Parks and Recreation Department is offering a "Home Alone" youth program. The program aims to teach personal safety, emergency response and online responsibility. #PowerOfParks

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Access to Youth Sports | National Recreation and Park Association Through Youth Sports in Parks and Recreation, NRPA supports agencies in their efforts to increase access to affordable, fun, welcoming and high-quality youth sports opportunities that promote positive youth development, keep kids playing, and help them to grow and thrive on and off the field.

Only 50.7% of youth in the U.S. currently participate in sports. National Youth Sports Week is a national movement to increase access, safety, and equity in youth sports. Learn about the week here: bit.ly/471pBjP Explore our youth sports work at the link below. #NYSW #PowerOfParks bit.ly/3GFnNUg

Houston's Alief Neighborhood Center and Park is thriving in a previously long-underresourced community, and it's a prime example of how municipal park and recreation departments can partner with other public entities to share spaces. Read the full article: bit.ly/4850pei

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Raglena Salmans, Ed. D., assistant professor at Eastern Kentucky University, dives into the common misconcep­tions around parks and recreation centering only on fun. Salmans shares, "I believe as a society, we have forgotten the importance of play, recreation and leisure." Read more: bit.ly/4nV0TII

75% of youth athletes say their coach is one of their most important role models. That’s not just a statistic. That’s a life changed. Explore NRPA’s new Level Up: Coaching Resource Hub to continue supporting the coaches who give so much to our communities. bit.ly/48O1R4W

#NationalCoachesDay #NYSW

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Last week the legendary primatologist, Dr. Jane Goodall, passed. Her astounding legacy will live through the many she inspired "Only if we understand, can we care. Only if we care, will we help. And only if we help, shall all be saved." - Dr. Jane Goodall.

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Mansfield Texas Parks & Recreation is putting on educational classes for youth this October. The "Little Explorers" program, is aimed at preschool-aged kids and invites them to dive into the natural world through a variety of activities.

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Didn't make it to #NRPAConference2025? Missed a session you wanted to attend? Check out the 2025 NRPA Virtual Conference! Access on-demand education sessions through the NRPA Events App. These virtual sessions will be available until Monday, November 17, 2025. Learn more: bit.ly/4nrmJnc

NRPA’s Public Policy and Advocacy team is closely monitoring the shutdown and the potential impacts to NRPA members and park and recreation agencies nationwide. How the shutdown affects child nutrition programs, SNAP and WIC, and the Land and Water Conservation Fund: bit.ly/474CjiH

Discover how agencies are reimagining public spaces by partnering with other essential services to maximise community benefits inside the October issue of Parks & Recreation magazine. Open the latest issue: bit.ly/3KmvXCz

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Like many park and recreation agencies, Charles County doesn’t have a horticulturist or sustainability expert on staff to inform where and what to plant or mow. Their success wasn’t about having capacity in-house; it was about partnering differently. Their story: bit.ly/4nmjjlu #SustainableParks

Tomorrow is #NationalPublicLandsDay! 🌿 Join an event near you and volunteer your time to help care for our public lands. Find an event near you:neefusa.org/npld-event-search @neefusa.bsky.social
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What other career path are folks joining at 15 and sticking with?? Parks and recreation is superior 👐 You can watch the full video to hear Sarah Olson's Park and Recreation story here: bit.ly/4mBTTPM Follow along throughout 2025, as we continue to share #ParkAndRecStories in celebration of #NRPA60