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2011 NRPA National Award Recipients

T

hese awards are presented to deserving candidates in several specific categories. The

recipients were selected as the top submissions from across the nation and will be honored at
-N RPA's 2011 Congress and Exposition in Atlanta on Wednesday, November 2, 2011.

Barb King Environmental Leadership
■■  Jean " Susie " Schreiber

Excellence in Teaching
■■  Gwynn M. Powell

Barb King Environmental Stewardship
■■  City of Boulder Parks and Recreation Department, Colorado

Excellence in Water Safety
■■  Make A Splash, Recreation and
Parks, Bakersfield, California

Dorothy Mullen Arts and Humanities
■■  Class I-Summer Entertainment Series: Ossian Hall International Performance Series, Fairfax
County Park Authority, Virginia
■■  Class II-Bimbè Cultural Arts Festival, City of Durham Parks and Recreation Department, North Carolina
■■  Class III-South Westminster Arts
Group, Westminster, Colorado
■■  Class IV-Big Deal Productions, Buffalo Grove, Illinois

National Health and Fitness
■■  Indy Parks Fitness and Nutrition Education Program, Indianapolis, Indiana

Excellence in Inclusion-Agency
■■  City of Miami Department of
Parks and Recreation, Florida

Kudos Public Relations
■■  OC Parks, Irvine, California

Excellence in Inclusion-Individual
■■  Terri Johnson
Excellence in Military Recreation
■■  Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam MWR, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

National Humanitarian-Corporate
■■  Fairfax County Park Foundation, Virginia
Kudos Marketing Campaign
■■  Fox Valley Park District, Aurora, North
Aurora, and Montgomery, Illinois
Kudos Marketing Piece
■■  Fairfax County Park Authority, Virginia

National Literary Award
■■  Robert E. Manning
National Partnership Award
■■  City of Bell Gardens, California

Park or Facility Design
■■  Class I-Johnson Creek, Arlington, Texas
■■  Class II-Bethesda Park, Durham, North Carolina
Ralph C. Wilson
■■  Ernest W. Burkeen, Jr.
Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt Award
for Excellence in Recreation and Park
Research
■■  David Scott
Recognition of Significant Efforts
(R.O.S.E.)
■■  Christopher Williams
National Voluntary Service
■■  Harold L. Strickland
Distinguished Citizen
■■  Dennis Flanagin
Distinguished Professional
■■  John F. Whitmore
New Professional
■■  Tiffany Johnson
Robert W. Crawford Young Professional
■■  Kara Kish

2011 NRPA Network Award Recipients
Distinguished Citizen
■■  Pacific Northwest Network-
Jackie McAvoy
■■  Citizen Network-Dennis Flanagin
Distinguished Professional
■■  New England Network-Mark Berry
■■  Park Resources Network-Ernest
W. Burkeen, Jr.
■■  Midwest Network-
Colleen Craig-Davis
■■  Great Lakes Network-Rita Fletcher
■■  Southern Network-Cindy Messinger
■■  Mid-Atlantic Network-
Thomas J. Shuster
	

■■  Aquatics Network-John

F. Whitmore

■■  Armed Forces Network-Sherry Yates

New Professional
■■  Aquatics Network-Beth Gegogeine
■■  Mid-Atlantic Network-Tiffany Johnson
■■  Armed Forces Network-
Elaine-Jane Mitchell
Young Professional
■■  Pacific Northwest Network-
Timothy J. Barker
■■  Young Professional Network-
Michael D. Clark

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■■  Great

Lakes Network-Kara Kish

■■  Southwest Network-

Christian D. Moore
Outstanding Graduate Student
■■  Young Professional Network-
Michael J. Bradley
Outstanding Undergradute Student
■■  Young Professional Network-
Shaun Patrick Miller
Outstanding Student Club
■■  Young Professional Network-
ARM/A.S.C.O.T.S., Texas State
University, San Marcos
SEPTEMBER 2011

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