2018 Innovation in Health & Wellness Award

2018 Innovation in Health & Wellness Award

The Innovation in Health Award recognizes a park and recreation agency serving as an innovative model for improving health in their community.

The submission deadline is March 23, 2018

Eligibility Criteria:

• Must be a current member of NRPA (Membership can be as an agency member, the agency director, or program director)
• The agency:
  • Exhibits leadership in best practices for promoting health
  • Demonstrates success in achieving positive health outcomes
  • Develops and implements successful and innovative health projects, programs and/or policies
  • Demonstrates a commitment to a healthy lifestyle for all
• All programs or projects submitted with this application must have been implemented within 12 months prior to the submission deadline.

Required Materials:

• Completed application

Supplemental Materials:

• Flyers, posters, journal articles, research/evaluation results, brochures, press releases, media coverage, websites, videos, etc. that demonstrates efforts and impact to the community.

Submission Instructions

• All nominations must be received by NRPA no later than 11:59 p.m. EST on March 23, 2018. NRPA will not return any materials submitted with the nomination.
• Applicants must use the official NRPA application form.
• All materials must be submitted electronically using this survey format.
• Submit no more than two documents. A submitted document may include combined resources such as: video links, photos. However, no separate photographs will be accepted. To insure connectivity, provide URL addresses, not hyperlinks.
• The application is automatically disqualified if it does not meet criteria, submission instructions, or if the responses are over the word limit.
• This format has a save and continue feature that is located in the banner at the bottom of the question pages.