Monday, February 08, 2010

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Seasonal Park Maintenance and Natural Resource Area Worker
Various Locations throughout King County
King County Parks
Posted 2/8/2010

Lifeguard/Swim Instructor Nine Month Lead
City of Everett
City of Everett
Posted 2/5/2010

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Announcements
WRPA Annual Conference & Trade Show - Its Parkrageous!

The preliminary conference program is now available for download (PDF, approx 7.5mb).  Don't miss out on early bird registration rates, available through the end of February!  More

 
WRPA Legislative Update - Week 4

During a frantic Week 4, policy committees of the State Legislature made scores of decisions about what bills they would advance and which ones would ‘die’ – and upcoming Week 5 will be more of the same as fiscal committees must decide by close-of-business Tuesday, Feb. 9, whether bills with fiscal impacts should move forward.  More

 
The Impacts of Chronic Diseases

Chronic diseases are the most prevalent and costly health care problems in the United States.  Learn more about rising rates of chronic disease and their impact on our nation's health and health care costs in this brief PowerPoint presentation  Please attend The Healthy and Sustainable Communities Summit on April 15, 2010 in Tacoma to join us in a statewide effort to address the obesity crisis.  More

 
Membership Renewal Flexibility

WRPA is offering a flexible payment plan for membership renewals.  Several members are now paying for memberships themselves due to shrinking agency budgets. Call today to learn how WRPA is working with members to meet their membership challenges. 1-888-459-0009 or 360-459-9396. 

 
Quote of the Week

"When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself." Wayne Dyer, Psychotherapist, Author and Speaker

 
 
WRPA Annual Conference & Trade Show  
 
 
 

Over 300 park and recreation professionals will attend this conference to gain knowledge and information about new products and services.  You need to be here too!

 
 
 
 

WRPA is a not-for-profit 501c3 professional and public interest organization comprised of over 1,350 members.  

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The mission of WRPA is to provide resources for the public and our members who create community through people parks and programs.

 

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