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Dear Member,
The WRPA E-news is
distributed twice a month to our total membership. Its
our tool for providing timely news and information you
need regarding current events, grants, training, and
great ideas to add value to your work
day.
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New Resources for Local Communities
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NRPA has added new resources
to help in your health promotion efforts... more
- U.S. Obesity Adult Trends
- Active, Older Adults
- Media-Smart Youth: Eat, Think, and Be
Active!
- Overweight and Physical Activity Among
Children: A Portrait of States and the Nation
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On the Move |
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members on the move
John Dunn III is the new
Recreation/Facility Coordinator with the City of
Tukwila Parks and Recreation Department. John
formerly served as the Operations Manager for the
University of Idaho Student Rec. Center.
Deforrest Phelps is the new Recreation
Coordinator for Youth & Teen Programs at the
City of Tukwila Parks and Recreation Department.
Deforrest joins Tukwila after a number of years
working in the youth and teen programs for the
City of Kent.
Jamie King has been selected as the new
Recreation Assistant for the Tukwila Parks and
Recreation Department. Jamie will be working with
the Senior programs.
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Certified Park & Recreation
Professionals |
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Congratulations!
WRPA’s newest certified professionals are
Joanna Puthoff from the city of Sammamish
and Margaret Huff from Thurston County.
They both recently passed the NRPA
certification exam.
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Time to renew |
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WPRA membership
December 31st renewals are in the mail. We look
forward to hearing back from many of you on your
invitation to renew. If you have any questions or
concerns about your membership status, please
contact us.
As we strive to keep your information accurate,
let us know if your career profile has changed.
If there is anything we can do to improve your
membership experience, please call and spend some
time with Robin so that we can make this
professional association work for you.
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Minimum wage increases |
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Remember..
The minimum wage in Washington will increase 30
cents - from $7.63 to $7.93 an hour - beginning
January 1, 2007.
Each year, the Department of Labor and
Industries (L&I) recalculates the state’s
minimum wage as required by Initiative 688, which
was approved by Washington voters in 1998. The law
requires that the state minimum wage be adjusted
each year by the change in the federal Consumer
Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical
Workers (CPI-W) during the 12 months ending each
August 31.
With this increase, Washington State will
continue to have the highest minimum wage in the
nation. By contrast, the federal minimum wage of
$5.15 hasn’t increased since 1997.
For more information on Washington’s minimum
wage, go to Wages.LNI.wa.gov and select "Minimum
Wage" or call 1-866-219-7321.
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NRPA Sponsors Landmark Scientific
Conference |
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on Public Health & Parks
and Recreation
In October, NRPA, among other national and
state organizations, sponsored a scientific
conference entitled, Parks, Recreation and Public
Health: Collaborative Frameworks for Promoting
Physical Activity. more
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National Collaboration for Youth
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NRPA has joined the National Collaboration for
Youth, a coalition of youth-serving agencies that
collectively serves more than 40 million youth...
NRPA has joined the National Collaboration for
Youth, a coalition of youth-serving agencies that
collectively serves more than 40 million youth,
employs over 100,000 paid staff and utilizes more
than six million volunteers. more
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