contents november 2014 departments columns 8 Perspectives Healthy Play Outdoors Means Healthy Kids Barbara Tulipane, CAE 6 Web Exclusives 10 Editor's Letter 12 Letters Making It Gina Mullins-Cohen 14 Community Center Red Cross Drowning Prevention 14 Research Update: Evidence-Based Programs and Practice 16 Notable News 19 NRPA Connect Hot Topics 19 20 By the Numbers Wild for Water 21 Meet the Mayor Hernando, Mississippi's Chip Johnson Kevin O'Hara 23 Member to Member Teaching Tolerance Michelle Doppelt 53 NRPA Update Chicago Supports its CPRPs 53 PRORAGIS and Feeding Programs 54 Member Benefit: Premier Certification Package 55 Test Your Park and Recreation Knowledge 55 NRPA Board Nominations 55 Member Spotlight: Shalon Lewis 56 25 Advocacy The Land and Water Conservation Fund Turns 50 David Tyahla 28 Law Review Bible Believers Target Arab Festival James C. Kozlowski, J.D., Ph.D. 32 Future Leaders Networking and Sharing Ideas: Setting the Park and Recreation Field Apart Jay Tryon, CPRP 34 Conservation Planting Native is a Matter of Life and Death David G. Davis 36 Health and Wellness Changing Reality Keri Schwab, Ph.D., and Daniel Dustin, Ph.D. 39 Social Equity Back in the Game Danielle Taylor Staff Spotlight: David Wenner 57 Professional Development Calendar 58 60 Operations Mighty Moss 60 Samantha Bartman Why Waste? 62 Elizabeth Lowell 64 Products 67 Advertiser Index 68 Park Bench Kids and Olympian Take the Single-Track Trail Amy Stahl and Marissa Bracamonte 4 Parks & Recreation | N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 4 | w w w. N R PA . O R G Page 36