Energetic, motivated recreation professionals wanted! - Rec Room - Brief Article

Parks & Recreation, June, 2002

The NRPA Office of Youth Services will provide free training on how to empower youth with leadership skills to interested energetic, motivated recreation professionals. Wanna get involved?

NRPA's goal is for the leadership training to open doors for youth in career opportunities in recreation, educational paths in recreation studies, and community involvement through volunteer service projects with their local parks and recreation departments.

In collaboration with the Points of Light Foundation and the Prudential Youth Leadership Institute, NRPA's Office of Youth Services is offering a free 3-day training program for recreation professionals to acquire skills in goal setting, team building, project planning, and decision making to empower youth programs. Upon completing the course, participants will be able to teach leadership skills to the youth in their communities. They are asked to give back time supporting their local youth, after the training.

The top 30 applicants will participate in the Leadership Training Workshop on August 6 to 9 in Lansdowne, Va., 20 minutes from the Dulles Airport. NRPA will cover the following expenses for each participant: registration with materials (valued at $1,000 per person); lodging; and three meals per day (starting with dinner the day of arrival and lunch the day of departure). Participants are responsible only for getting to the workshop.

For more information on how to get involved, visit www.nrpa.org, or obtain an application by contacting Sonia Amir, NRPA Director of Youth Services at 703-858-2199 or samir@nrpa.org, or Colette Oliver, NRPA Assistant for Professional Services, at 703-858-2185.