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Click Here for Complete IPRA Calendar Submit an IPRA meeting or event NOVEMBER 11/3 Talk is Cheap But Real Communication is Priceless Workshop 11/4 Facility Management and Recreation Sections Joint Luncheon and Awards Ceremony 11/5 Early Childhood Trends Workshop 11/12 IPRA Student Conference 11/13 Professional Development School - PDS 11/15 IPRA Arts and Events Committee Meeting 11/15 Teen Center Tours & Teen Cutting Presentation 11/17 C&M Section Awards Luncheon/Meeting DECEMBER 12/1 Computer-Access Equipment, Electronic Aids for Daily Living and Communication Devices Seminar 12/1 Getting To Know Children With Mental Illness 12/5 Chicago Bulls Group Outing 12/7 Cut Your Health Insurance Costs! 12/7 Support Staff Holiday Luncheon 12/9 Discovering Your Personal Values & Vision 12/15 Support Staff Holiday Luncheon JANUARY 1/26 IAPD/IPRA Pre-Conference Workshops Read These Articles and More Online Submit your news releases to IPRA OCTOBER 10/26 Illinois Gold Medal Winners at the NRPA Congress 10/7 Volunteer takes park district budget into his own hands with benefit 10/7 Proposed dedication agreement provides missing link in Millennium Trail route 10/5 Itasca board rejects Lake Park pool idea 10/5 Agency Showcase Competition SEPTEMBER 9/29 Fire displaces special needs co-op 9/29 "Give Us Your Best Shot" Photo Contest 9/28 Park Pursuit Winners Announced 9/28 Empty pockets awaiting state cash 9/28 Projects went on without state cash 9/27 Residents unleash call for dog parks 9/26 IPRA Offers ListServ Emails Order your plate TODAY Advertise Here March April May May extra June June extra July August August extra September October	Professional Development School enrollment ends November 1 November 13-16 at Lake Shelbeyville, IL Contact: Mike Selep at mike@ilipra.org Click here to learn more about the 2005 Professional Development School. This year's PDS in beautiful Lake Shelbeyville, November 13-16, will challenge you, teach you and develop you to be the best of the best in the field of parks and recreation. Enroll today to receive valuable learning, greater understanding, career building lessons, useful insights and trends and lots of fun for you and your colleagues. This year's theme, Survivor, features keynote speaker Butch Lockley who was the 4th place finisher in CBS's Survivor Amazon reality show. An excellent curriculum is scheduled with wonderful learning opportunities for every member of your agency. Cutting and Self-Mutilation: A Problem For Teens Everywhere November 15 from 10am-2:30pm at Des Plaines Park District-Prairie Lakes Community Center Contact: Theresa Thoms at (630) 627-6100 or theresa@obtpd.org Click here to learn more about the session and register. This session will address the serious effects and awareness of teens abusing their bodies. With national attention on this subject, you will not want to miss this session if you work with teens. Our speaker will give a detailed presentation that you can use to inform fellow employees when they’re planning for future teen programming and events. After the presentation, we’ll eat our sack lunch (drinks & snacks provided) then begin our tour of three teen centers. Each center is unique so bring a list of questions to ask! You’ll go home with plenty of sample materials to use. The cost is only $10 for IPRA members and CEUs are available. Computer-Access Equipment, Electronic Aids for Daily Living and Communication Devices Seminar December 1 from 11:30am-12:30pm at NEDSRA in Addison Contact: Jennifer Reyes at (847) 966-5522 or jreyes@mnasr.org Click here to learn more about the session and register. The Participant Services Division of ITRS will host a one hour seminar where attendees will learn how to utilize adaptive technological tools to enhance their programs. Join speaker Janet Bischos-Rosario from the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago for a 30-minute power point presentation followed by a 30-minute hands-on demonstration. The presentation will begin at 11:30am following the ITRS Participant Services Division meeting. The registration deadline is November 18. The cost is only $15 for IPRA members. Getting to Know Children with Mental Illness December 1 from 1-3pm at NEDSRA in Addison Contact: Jeena Greenwalt at (630) 620-4500 or jgreenwalt@nedsra.org Click here to learn more about the session and register. Don't miss this educational session on children with mental illness! Participation in this workshop will result in (1) increased awareness of common disorders affiliated with mental illness, (2) increased knowledge of behavior intervention and de-escalation techniques and (3) increased knowledge of the social, emotional and recreational needs of children with mental illness. The cost is only $20 for IPRA members and CEUs are available. Cut Your Health Insurance Costs: The ABCs of HRAs, HSAs, High Deductible & Self-Funded Plans December 7 from 9am-12pm at Poplar Creek Country Club in Hoffman Estates Contact: Nancy Aldrich at 847-506-7877 or naldrich@ahpd.org Click here to learn more about the session and register. Over the past year or two, much has been in the media about HRAs, HSAs and High-Deductible Plans as being the best ways for employers to reduce their health insurance expenses. But do they really work? Are they truly the best vehicles for cutting your health insurance costs? And what do employees think about them? Join us on December 7 when Scott Bast of the The Assurance Agency and Chris Jaeger of the PDRMA Health Plan help us sort through the ins and outs of these complex yet effective plans. In this session, we’ll learn how these plans work and discuss whether consumer driven and self-funded health plans make sense for park and recreation agencies. The session is targeted to Executive Directors, Business/Finance Managers, Human Resource Managers and other park and recreation professionals who are involved in making group health insurance decisions for their agencies or who wish to learn more about ways to reduce their agencies’ health insurance expenses. The cost is only $40 for IPRA members and CEUs are available. SPECIAL NOTICE: The Business Managers’ Holiday Luncheon will follow this workshop! A flyer with all the details for the luncheon will be sent to you in November. Please note an additional fee of $15 will be requested for the luncheon and festivities. Discovering Your Personal Values & Vision December 9 beginning at 9am at the Schaumburg Park District Contact: Carrie Haupert at (630) 871-2810 or chaupert@wheatonparks.org Organizations spend countless hours and resources developing words and phrases that become their vision and values. However, more often than not that's all they are...words and phrases with no meaning behind them. Often times employees find themselves asking.. Where do I fit in? What is my purpose? What are my priorities? In this session we will explore what makes us tick. We will work through several individual exercises designed to help you identify your personal values, vision and ultimately answer the question...what is my fundamental purpose? The cost is only $30 for IPRA members and CEUs are available. 2005 Agency Showcase Competition The Agency Showcase Competition is the premier communication and marketing competition for park and recreation agencies. Submit your best printed and internet materials for judging and display at the 2006 Annual IAPD/IPRA Conference. Judging will cover the following categories: - Single Catalog Cover - Catalog Cover Series: A Year’s Offering - Single Catalog / Annual Report Content - Specific Facility Brochure - Specific Program / Event Brochure - Logo Design - Website - Newsletters Entries are due December 2, 2005. The cost per entry is only $20. Click here to go to learn more about the 2005 Agency Showcase Competition. Don't forget to attend the '06 Conference session, January 28 from 2:30-3:45pm, featuring Agency Showcase judges for in-depth conversations about what makes an award winning marketing piece! IPRA Offers ListServ Emails to Members As a member of IPRA, you now have the ability to email other section members without having to remember everyone's email address or worry about addresses changing. Now you can talk amongst yourselves, ask each other questions, remind one another of meetings and workshops, etc. Join a ListServ today and stay in touch! Click here for more information about the IPRA ListServ. Please note, all ListServ correspondence will be monitored for inappropriate content or emails not in line with the IPRA mission statement. Violators will be put on a black-list and not be able to participate in such forums. Chicago Bulls Tickets For Sale Register Online Click here to download the printable brochure. Tuesday, February 14 vs. Sacramento Kings (7:30 PM) Deadline: 12/30/2005 Friday, March 10 vs. LA Clippers (7:30 PM) Deadline: 1/27/2006 Friday, March 24 vs. New Orleans Hornets (7:30 PM) Deadline: 2/10/2006 Tuesday, April 4 vs. Indiana Pacers (7:30 PM) Deadline: 2/17/2006 Don't forget to include the Fall/Winter Ticket Programs in your seasonal brochures! IPRA Support Staff Holiday Luncheon December 7 beginning at 11:30am at Wildfire Restaurant in Oakbrook or December 15 beginning at 11:30am at Wildfire Restaurant in Lincolnshire Give the gift of networking...and a nice meal, this holiday season. You can give two gifts in one! Recognize your hard-working office staff by sending them to the IPRA Support Staff Holiday Luncheon, and give them the opportunity to network with other professionals in the field. All participants will receive a seasonal gift. Lunch includes appetizers, salad, choice of lemon pepper chicken breast or filet mignon, wild rice or redskin mashed potatoes, coffee, tea, or soda, and dessert. The cost is $37 for members and $49 for non-members.
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This year's theme, Survivor, features keynote speaker Butch Lockley who was the 4th place finisher in CBS's Survivor Amazon reality show. An excellent curriculum is scheduled with wonderful learning opportunities for every member of your agency.

Cutting and Self-Mutilation: A Problem For Teens Everywhere
November 15 from 10am-2:30pm at Des Plaines Park District-Prairie Lakes Community Center
Contact: Theresa Thoms at (630) 627-6100 or theresa@obtpd.org
Click here to learn more about the session and register.

This session will address the serious effects and awareness of teens abusing their bodies. With national attention on this subject, you will not want to miss this session if you work with teens. Our speaker will give a detailed presentation that you can use to inform fellow employees when they’re planning for future teen programming and events.

After the presentation, we’ll eat our sack lunch (drinks & snacks provided) then begin our tour of three teen centers. Each center is unique so bring a list of questions to ask! You’ll go home with plenty of sample materials to use.

The cost is only $10 for IPRA members and CEUs are available.

Computer-Access Equipment, Electronic Aids for Daily Living and Communication Devices Seminar
December 1 from 11:30am-12:30pm at NEDSRA in Addison
Contact: Jennifer Reyes at (847) 966-5522 or jreyes@mnasr.org
Click here to learn more about the session and register.

The Participant Services Division of ITRS will host a one hour seminar where attendees will learn how to utilize adaptive technological tools to enhance their programs. Join speaker Janet Bischos-Rosario from the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago for a 30-minute power point presentation followed by a 30-minute hands-on demonstration. The presentation will begin at 11:30am following the ITRS Participant Services Division meeting. The registration deadline is November 18.

The cost is only $15 for IPRA members.

Getting to Know Children with Mental Illness
December 1 from 1-3pm at NEDSRA in Addison
Contact: Jeena Greenwalt at (630) 620-4500 or jgreenwalt@nedsra.org
Click here to learn more about the session and register.

Don't miss this educational session on children with mental illness! Participation in this workshop will result in (1) increased awareness of common disorders affiliated with mental illness, (2) increased knowledge of behavior intervention and de-escalation techniques and (3) increased knowledge of the social, emotional and recreational needs of children with mental illness.

The cost is only $20 for IPRA members and CEUs are available.

Cut Your Health Insurance Costs:
The ABCs of HRAs, HSAs, High Deductible & Self-Funded Plans
December 7 from 9am-12pm at Poplar Creek Country Club in Hoffman Estates
Contact: Nancy Aldrich at 847-506-7877 or naldrich@ahpd.org
Click here to learn more about the session and register.

Over the past year or two, much has been in the media about HRAs, HSAs and High-Deductible Plans as being the best ways for employers to reduce their health insurance expenses. But do they really work? Are they truly the best vehicles for cutting your health insurance costs? And what do employees think about them?

Join us on December 7 when Scott Bast of the The Assurance Agency and Chris Jaeger of the PDRMA Health Plan help us sort through the ins and outs of these complex yet effective plans. In this session, we’ll learn how these plans work and discuss whether consumer driven and self-funded health plans make sense for park and recreation agencies.

The session is targeted to Executive Directors, Business/Finance Managers, Human Resource Managers and other park and recreation professionals who are involved in making group health insurance decisions for their agencies or who wish to learn more about ways to reduce their agencies’ health insurance expenses.

The cost is only $40 for IPRA members and CEUs are available.

SPECIAL NOTICE: The Business Managers’ Holiday Luncheon will follow this workshop! A flyer with all the details for the luncheon will be sent to you in November. Please note an additional fee of $15 will be requested for the luncheon and festivities.

Discovering Your Personal Values & Vision
December 9 beginning at 9am at the Schaumburg Park District
Contact: Carrie Haupert at (630) 871-2810 or chaupert@wheatonparks.org

Organizations spend countless hours and resources developing words and phrases that become their vision and values. However, more often than not that's all they are...words and phrases with no meaning behind them. Often times employees find themselves asking.. Where do I fit in? What is my purpose? What are my priorities? In this session we will explore what makes us tick. We will work through several individual exercises designed to help you identify your personal values, vision and ultimately answer the question...what is my fundamental purpose?

The cost is only $30 for IPRA members and CEUs are available.

2005 Agency Showcase Competition

The Agency Showcase Competition is the premier communication and marketing competition for park and recreation agencies. Submit your best printed and internet materials for judging and display at the 2006 Annual IAPD/IPRA Conference.

Judging will cover the following categories:
- Single Catalog Cover
- Catalog Cover Series: A Year’s Offering
- Single Catalog / Annual Report Content
- Specific Facility Brochure
- Specific Program / Event Brochure
- Logo Design
- Website
- Newsletters

Don't forget to attend the '06 Conference session, January 28 from 2:30-3:45pm, featuring Agency Showcase judges for in-depth conversations about what makes an award winning marketing piece!

IPRA Offers ListServ Emails to Members
As a member of IPRA, you now have the ability to email other section members without having to remember everyone's email address or worry about addresses changing. Now you can talk amongst yourselves, ask each other questions, remind one another of meetings and workshops, etc.

Join a ListServ today and stay in touch! Click here for more information about the IPRA ListServ.

Please note, all ListServ correspondence will be monitored for inappropriate content or emails not in line with the IPRA mission statement. Violators will be put on a black-list and not be able to participate in such forums.

Chicago Bulls Tickets For Sale
Register Online
Click here to download the printable brochure.

Tuesday, February 14 vs. Sacramento Kings (7:30 PM) Deadline: 12/30/2005
Friday, March 10 vs. LA Clippers (7:30 PM) Deadline: 1/27/2006
Friday, March 24 vs. New Orleans Hornets (7:30 PM) Deadline: 2/10/2006
Tuesday, April 4 vs. Indiana Pacers (7:30 PM) Deadline: 2/17/2006

Don't forget to include the Fall/Winter Ticket Programs in your seasonal brochures!

IPRA Support Staff Holiday Luncheon
December 7 beginning at 11:30am at Wildfire Restaurant in Oakbrook
or
December 15 beginning at 11:30am at Wildfire Restaurant in Lincolnshire

Give the gift of networking...and a nice meal, this holiday season. You can give two gifts in one! Recognize your hard-working office staff by sending them to the IPRA Support Staff Holiday Luncheon, and give them the opportunity to network with other professionals in the field.

All participants will receive a seasonal gift. Lunch includes appetizers, salad, choice of lemon pepper chicken breast or filet mignon, wild rice or redskin mashed potatoes, coffee, tea, or soda, and dessert.