NRPA and Sports Illustrated have teamed up as part of the Sports Illustrated 50th Anniversary Celebration. The celebration kicks off in July 2003 with Recreation and Parks Month. This campaign will be unique for NRPA and will showcase the benefits of parks and recreation with tour visibility, media placements, and fund raising opportunities.

The first step in being part of the year-long celebration with NRPA and Sports Illustrated is to join the NRPA Sports Network. You'll receive regular updates from NRPA on what's happening with Sports Illustrated's year-long celebration. NRPA Sports Network members also learn how other members are celebrating July is Parks and Recreation Month and how those agencies support quaility community sports and health.

Signing up for the NRPA Sports Network is free. Just send NRPA your name, agency and e-mail. Click here to submit the information online or send an e-mail to programs@nrpa.org.

NRPA has also put out a special July is Recreation and Parks Month brochure with lots of programming ideas and more information on the Sports Illustrated celebration. You can download a copy of the brochure here. The file is very large (37 MB) and may take some time to download. This file is in Adobe PDF format (Adobe Acrobat reader is needed). Download your free Adobe Acrobat Reader by clicking here.

July is Recreation and Parks Month Brochure

NRPA also has a proclamation for July is Recreation and Parks Month that you can reproduce and use for your community. The file is in Adobe PDF format. If you need the proclamation in MS Word format please send an e-mail to programs@nrpa.org and request the July proclamation.

July is Recreation and Parks Month Proclamation

A proclamation is also available for National Therapeutic Recreation Week on the NTRS web page. Click here for more information on National Therapeutic Recreation Week.