Are you ready for some football? The Kansas City Chiefs have offered the KRPA family a chance to support our favorite football team and also KRPA members. Purchase a ticket through the link below and the Chiefs will give $10 back to the KRPA Scholarship Fund.

Tickets are available to purchase to 5 different Chiefs home games in 2018. Tickets are just $30 and $10 goes directly to KRPA. A great opportunity to see the Chiefs play and also support park and recreation professionals across Kansas.

Be sure to use the link below and the promo code: KRPA
http://www.chiefs.com/ticketfundraiser/

Current ticket options are for:

PRESEASON
August 9th, 7:30PM TEXANS VS.CHIEFS
August 30th, 7:30PM PACKERS VS.CHIEFS

REGULAR SEASON
October 7th, 12:00PM JAQUARS VS.CHIEFS
October 21st, 12:00PM BENGALS VS.CHIEFS
November 11st, 12:00PM CARDINALS VS.CHIEFS

Tickets will be purchased and delivered directly from the KC Chiefs. Tickets are first come, first serve.

Topeka, KS- The Kansas Recreation and Park Association is excited to announce that registration is now open for the 31st Annual Golf Tournament. Click here to register.

This year's event will be held at the Lake Shawnee Golf Course in Topeka, KS on September 7th. This 4-person scramble will have a shotgun start at 9AM with registration opening at 8AM. For more information, click here.

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2018 “Pottsie” Leadership Development Scholarship, which honors the American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration’s former Executive Director, John C. Potts.

AIPE/AMERICAN ACADEMY FOUNDATION
2018 John C. Potts Leadership Development Scholarship

The scholarship is intended to support young professionals who have demonstrated leadership and management potential within their organizations.  Scholarship funds cover tuition, lodging, and up to $500 in travel expenses for two (2) first-year students at the NRPA Directors School at the Hyatt Lodge in Oak Brook, Illinois. The two-year Directors School program is designed to prepare new and potential directors for the challenges of leading and managing effectively. To apply for the "Pottsie", complete an application form, attach the required support materials, and send to foundation@aapra.org no later than June 1, 2018.

AIPE/American Academy Foundation
PO Box 802
Huntley, IL 60142
224.858.7212
foundation@aapra.org

Through the continuation of the Landscape Structures and Athco 2018 sponsorship of KRPA, a special offer is available for KRPA members. Purchase $30,000 in Landscape Structures equipment and receive a FREE FRIENDSHIP™ SWING. Click here for more information.

Contact ATHCO at 800.255.1102 or athco@athcollc.com for more information.

The Young Professional’s Committee aims to attract and retain young professionals and students in Kansas by providing them with opportunities to enhance their personal and professional skill set through a variety of networking, educational and professional development opportunities.  The committee members will serve a 3-year term that begins in 2018.  Some responsibilities of the Young Professionals Committee are planning of the KRPA Young Professionals Summit, administration of the KRPA Mentor Program, and networking lunches and events.

This is a great way to enhance the future of the Parks and Recreation fields in Kansas! It only takes a short time to apply!

DEADLINE is April 16, 2018.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS! The 2018 KRPA-MRPA Executive Forum will be held on October 17-18 at the JCPRD Arts and Heritage Center. This dynamic leadership conference targets upper-level management professionals in key decision making positions within public agencies in Missouri and Kansas providing parks, recreation and similar community services. Registration will open later this summer.

A new report issued by the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) demonstrates the vast economic impact of our nation’s local parks, plus a state-level analysis of local state parks and recreation agencies' operations and capital spendings in 2015. 

Kansas local parks generated over $812 million in economic activity in 2015, and local park and recreation spending in Kansas supports 7870 jobs.  These a just a few findings from research conducted by NRPA and the Center for Regional Analysis at George Mason University for their Economic Impact of Local Parks Report. Policymakers and elected officials at all levels of government should take notice. Investments made to local and regional parks not only raise the standard of living in our neighborhoods, towns and cities, but they also spark activity that can ripple throughout the economy.

Manhattan, KS: Kansas Recreation and Park Association received a donation on Saturday, March 3, 2018 for the Powercat Health Initiative. Thank you to K-State Sports, Kansas Health Foundation and Stormont Vail Health for your support of Health and Wellness in Kansas. This is a great partnership to encourage a healthier Kansas, and KRPA is privileged to be apart of it. Visit here to learn more about this partnership.