Recognize provincial excellence in recreation and parks with an ARPA Award
Applications for this year’s ARPA Awards are now live at www.awards.arpaonline.ca. Nominations are being accepted in the following categories:
Wildrose Award
ARPA Merit Award
Parks Excellence Award
A.V. Pettigrew Award
AABRD Legacy Award
Excellence in Youth Development Award
Nominating/applying has never been easier! The new online submission forms have been developed to provide a quick, easy, and consistent process for nominating groups and individuals. There is a customized online form for each award with new features that allow you to upload reference letters and save your progress as you go.
ARPA’s awards are a celebration of the innovative and successful endeavours in the recreation and parks industry. These awards and scholarships advocate to the provincial government the need and priority of the recreation and parks services’ role in Alberta communities. Let’s not allow these contributors go unnoticed!
The deadline for completing the nomination/application form is May 31st, 2010. Please visit www.awards.arpaonline.ca for more information.
The nominations are in and preparations are in full-swing for the inaugural Recreation Industry Awards of Excellence (RIAE) gala, scheduled to take place April 15th, 2010.
The Recreation for Life Foundation is pleased to announce that John Furlong will deliver the keynote address at the inaugural RIAE gala. As the world celebrated the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games, John Furlong became a familiar figure to all watching. The CEO of VANOC, Furlong led the teams that organized and staged both the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Read more of John Furlong’s bio here.
RIAE will honour achievement, excellence, creativity, and innovation by Alberta’s corporate sector in enhancing personal health, community well-being, and quality of life that is directly linked to recreation and parks development. Be sure that you are a apart of the Recreation Industry’s new, premier awards event. There are multiple ways to register:
Register/Pay on-line: www.recreationforlife.org/awards/register.htm
Email: kmacdonald@recreationforlife.org
Phone: 780-643-1253
Cost: $75.00 per person (or purchase group booking of 8 for $500.00)
Date: Thursday, April 15, 2010
Location: Citadel Theatre (9828 101A Avenue Northwest, Edmonton, AB)
Room: Tucker Amphitheatre
Time: 4:00 – 7:00 pm
For more information on this initiative, please visit www.awards.recreationforlife.org.