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National Basketball Association

Rain CII Carbon LLC

U.S. Paralympics

NRPA has a longstanding partnership
with the NBA, working
to connect existing
park and recreation youth basketball
programs with the Jr. NBA/Jr. WNBA
program and resources including NBA
FIT.

Rain CII Carbon has partnered with the
NRPA to support park and recreation improvements within the communities in
which their employees work and live.
The company provides grant resources
for nine park and recreation agencies to
improve the park environment for the
community and to engage their employees in volunteering.

U.S. Paralympics, a division
of the United
States Olympic
Committee (USOC), has partnered with
NRPA to work toward the expansion of
local community programs and opportunities for injured military personnel
and the promotion of healthy lifestyles
for individuals with physical disabilities.
Additionally, the USOC has formally recognized NRPA as a Community-Based
Multisport Organization member.

National Recreation Foundation
NATIONAL

A long-time

RECREATION FOUNDATION partner with

NRPA, the National Recreation Foundation (NRF) is
funding " Taking the Plunge to Better
Health " , an innovative park prescriptions model that links the healthcare system and local park and recreation
agencies to increase physical activity in
overweight or obese youth from disadvantaged urban communities.

The NRPA Golf Coalition
The coalition brings together expertise, professional resources,
research, and insight from
its members to support
and grow municipal golf. Coalition
members include: American Society of
Golf Course Architects, Audubon International, Golf Course Builders Association of America, Golf
Course Superintendents Association of
America, National Alliance for Accessible Golf, National Golf Course Owners
Association, National Golf Foundation,
The PGA, The LPGA, and World Golf
Foundation.

Parks & Recreation S E P T E M B E R

Recreational Boating & Fishing
Foundation

United States Tennis Association
The Take Me Fishing program provides
park and recreation agencies with resources that help build and grow recreational boating and fishing programs.
NRPA has provided more than a half
million children and families with opportunities to experience boating, fishing, and education focused on aquatic
and environmental conservation.

NRPA and USTA are working
together to build healthier
communities through tennis.
For more than 10 years, NRPA has partnered with USTA to bring the Tennis in
the Parks (TIP) strategic initiative to park
and recreation agencies. Tennis in the
Parks expands opportunities in your
community for the public to learn and
play the lifelong game of tennis.

Sprite

Walmart Foundation

NRPA and
Sprite have
partnered to
refurbish and refresh neighborhood
basketball courts in more than 50 communities through the Sprite Spark Parks
program.

The
Walmart
Foundation
and NRPA
have joined
efforts to reduce child hunger and poor
nutrition in the United States through NRPA's Serving Communities program.
The Walmart Foundation has enabled
NRPA to provide resources to 40 underserved communities across the country
to strengthen and expand their summer
and afterschool food service programs,
serving more than 16 million meals over
the last two years.

The Toro Company
The Toro Company is partnering
with NRPA to present the Green
School with the
objective of training and educating park
and recreational professionals on how to
be environmentally responsible in their
operations, teach the community environmental stewardship, and position
themselves as green advocates. The
Green School equips practitioners to
lead their communities in sustainability.

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