contents may departments columns 9 Letters 6 Perspectives 10 Community Center Taking Parks and Recreation to the Community 10 From the Director's Chair 12 Faster than a Speeding Train - July Is Almost Here! 14 NRPA Connect Hot Topics 14 Notable News 16 18 By the Numbers Put Me in, Coach 20 Member to Member Mentoring 101 20 Nancy J. Gladwell, Re.D., CPRP, and Gail Elder White, CPRP Action Sports 24 Roger W. Hickey 72 NRPA Update How Much Do You Know About Your Agency's Facilities? 72 Member Spotlight: Alex McKinney 76 Member Benefit: Are You Keeping Your Community Safe? 77 Test Your Park and Recreation Knowledge 77 Professional Development Calendar 78 80 Operations Lightning Safety and Indoor Pools: To Clear or Not to Clear Why Isn't There a Nature Place for Kids in Every Park? Barbara Tulipane, CAE 8 Editor's Letter From Leadership to Zika Gina Mullins-Cohen 26 Advocacy Curbing the Spread of the Zika Virus Oliver Spurgeon III 28 Law Review Turf Field Cancer Risk Environmental Review James C. Kozlowski, J.D., Ph.D. 36 Future Leaders Young Professionals Can Be Great Mentors Kara Kish 38 Conservation . ecipe for an Aster: Prairie Restoration in Chicago R Becky Barak 40 Health and Wellness Keeping Food Waste Out of the Landfill Allison Colman 42 Social Equity Coach Cortney and the StarrFire Girls: Raising Awareness and Promoting Greatness in D.C. Jayni Rasmussen 82 Products 84 Marketplace 87 Reader Service and Advertiser Index 88 Park Bench Jump in Samantha Bartram 4 Parks & Recreation | M AY 2 0 1 6 | W W W. PA R K S A N D R E C R E AT I O N . O R G Page 24