Category: Community Development
For community recreation centers, facilitating human connection is the key to post-pandemic recovery. Although most people in the community recreation industry have shifted to talking about COVID-19 in the past tense, we know the pandemic ...
Learn how organizations are supporting veterans this Veterans Day and beyond Veterans Day is a federal holiday observed annually on November 11. It’s a tribute to all of those who have served in the U.S. ...
How the JCC of Youngstown is serving homebound members through its J-Away program. Community recreation centers thrive at seeing a need in the community and finding a way to meet it. In 2018, the Jewish ...
Parks and Recreation director, Jason Schaitz, provides examples of necessary camp documentation and record keeping advice to improve camp operations. It is extremely important to keep well organized documentation and records on your camp operations ...
Images courtesy of the Keith Family YMCA. In its continued mission to serve the community, the YMCA of Greater Charlotte recently opened an adaptive playground for children at the Keith Family YMCA Branch. The playground ...
With the fall season now in full swing and Halloween approaching, rec centers across the country are preparing spooky experiences for communities. For example, the Hastings Family YMCA in Nebraska will be hosting its annual ...
Image courtesy of the YMCA of Metro Denver. One of the hottest trends in the community rec industry right now are the growing number of medical partnerships organizations are creating. In the wake of the ...
Parks and Recreation director, Jason Schaitz, shares tips for staying organized in recreation programs. With so many moving parts within your leagues, it is a task itself just to stay organized. You have to constantly ...
Part One of coordinating successful camp activities provided 20 points to help you successfully coordinate any activity with a focus on planning, having fun and keeping kids engaged. Part Two outlines additional points, including how ...
How the Beyond Hunger program — a response to the COVID-19 pandemic — is helping to uplift and support the Denver community. The COVID-19 pandemic made food access harder for everyone — especially those already ...
