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We are excited for the fifth round of our Statewide Education and Funding Initiative! IPRA, GameTime, Cunningham Recreation, and PlayCore are aligning resources to promote best practices in parks and recreation and provide quality education and evidence-based resources to meet your community’s needs in new and innovative ways!
Join us for a professional development workshop. These interactive events are designed to fuel your community’s passion for play and recreation, empower stakeholders to champion high-quality outdoor play and recreation environments, and equip professionals to align with their community's unique and diverse needs.
Attendees will be inspired by leadership case examples that embrace design best practices aligned with independent research and the data collected to demonstrate impact. The content, resources, and hands-on learning activities will offer new strategies and insight on ways to effectively champion key initiatives, increase physical activity, promote inclusion, support nature engagement, and address overall play value to support child development and maximize their investment.
Lunch, CEUs, and evidence-based resources will be provided at no cost.
Join us at one of the following locations:
Monday, April 14th
11:30 am - 2:00 pm
Tony Bettenhausen Rec Center
Milwaukee Mile Room
8125 W 171 Street
Tinley Park, IL 60477
Tuesday, April 15th
11:30 am - 2:00 pm
Chevy Chase Country Club
1000 N. Milwaukee Ave
Wheeling, IL 60090
Wednesday, April 16th
11:30am -2:00pm
Champaign Park District
Marten’s Center
1515 N Market St.
Champaign, IL 61820
Thursday, April 17th
11:30 am - 2:00 pm
O'Fallon Station
212 E 1st St.
O Fallon, IL 62269
During the workshops, you'll also learn how to apply for up to 100% matching funds from GameTime to help put research into practice.
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