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National and Network Awards

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HE 2012 NATIONAL AND NETWORK AWARD RECIPIENTS were honored at the Best of the Best Ceremony during NRPA's Congress and Exposition in Anaheim, California. These awards were presented to deserving candidates in several specific categories. The recipients were chosen for excellence in a variety of topics, including
professional and voluntary service, programming, leadership, research, and public outreach. Please join us in congratulating the 2012 recipients:

2012 NRPA National Award Recipients
Armed Forces Recreation
Achievement
Jeffery B. Sias, Naval
Station Rota, Spain
Barb King Award for
Environmental Stewardship
County of San Diego, Department
of Parks and Recreation, California
Dorothy Mullen Arts and
Humanities Awards
■ Class I-BREC's Magnolia Mound
Plantation, East Baton Rouge,
Louisiana
■ Class III-Summer Arts in the
Parks, Waukegan Park District,
Illinois
■ Class IV-Best Southwest
Juneteenth Celebration, City of
Cedar Hill, Texas
■ Class V-Rutland Youth Theatre,
Rutland Recreation and Parks
Department, Vermont
Excellence in Inclusion
Award-Agency
City of Boulder Parks and
Recreation, Colorado
Excellence in Inclusion
Award-Individual
Anna Wood, Sudbury Park and
Recreation, Massachusetts

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Excellence in Military
Recreation Award
Fort Knox Family and Morale,
Welfare and Recreation Community
Recreation Division, Kentucky
Excellence in Teaching Award
Cheryl A. Stevens, East Carolina
University, Greenville, North Carolina
Excellence in Water Safety Award
Joint Base Pearl HarborHickham, Hawaii
Kudos Award for
Marketing Campaign
OC Parks, Orange County, California
Kudos Award for Marketing Piece
Five Rivers MetroParks, Dayton, Ohio
Kudos Award for Public Relations
City of Henderson Parks and
Recreation Department, Nevada
National Health and Fitness Award
Woodland Discovery Summer
Challenge at Shelby Farms
Park, Shelby Farms Park
Conservancy, Memphis, Tennessee
National Partnership Award
Parks After Dark (PAD) Summer
Program, Los Angeles County
Parks and Recreation,
South Agency, California

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National Voluntary Service Award
Maxine Lakin, Phoenix, Arizona
Park or Facility Design Award
■ Class I-San Leandro Senior
Community Center, City of San
Leandro, California
■ Class II-Rosemont Bridge at
Buffalo Bayou Park, City of
Houston Parks and Recreation,
Texas
Ralph C. Wilson Award
Bert Neal, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Theodore & Franklin Roosevelt
Award for Excellence in Research
William Stewart, University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Recognition of Significant
Efforts (R.O.S.E.)
Bill Campbell, Santa Ana, California
National Distinguished
Professional Award
Teresa Grodsky, Evanston, Illinois
Robert W. Crawford Rising
Professional Award
Shane Mize, Missouri City, Texas



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