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Blog Entries - Aug. 2019

Left to right: Timothy Richardson (NRF), Jay Wozniak (TPL) and Kevin Naaman (NRF).
Left to right: Timothy Richardson (NRF), Jay Wozniak (TPL) and Kevin Naaman (NRF).

Celebrating the Development of Rodney Cook, Sr. Park in Atlanta, GA

August 19, 2019

Rodney Cook, Sr. Park in the Vine City and English Avenue neighborhoods of Atlanta, Georgia is just a stone’s throw away from Martin Luther King Jr.’s home on Sunset Avenue. While in Atlanta on NRF business, I had

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Workshop Activity: Nuclear Disaster
Workshop Activity: Nuclear Disaster

Train the Trainer: A Reflection on the Nonprofit Executive Leadership Program

August 13, 2019

The National Recreation Foundation (NRF) funded nineteen nonprofit leaders whose organizations focus on youth-development through recreation to attend the Nonprofit Executive Leadership Program (NELP) in Atlanta,

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Kevin Naaman
Kevin Naaman at the Grand Canyon

Introducing NRF's New Hartsoe Fellow, Kevin Naaman

August 9, 2019

Kevin Naaman recently joined National Recreation Foundation (NRF) as its new Charles E. Hartsoe Fellow. The prior Hartsoe Fellow, Ryan Zwart, is transitioning to Montreat College now that his Ph.D. studies are coming to

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Ryan Zwart
Ryan Zwart

NRF Hartsoe Fellow, Ryan Zwart, Says Goodbye

August 5, 2019    ABC Park, Asheville, Elliott Donnelley Youth Center, Georgia FIRST Robotics, Hartsoe Fellow, Montreat College, National Recreation Foundation, North Carolina, outdoor adventure, outdoor education, Ryan Zwart, Tony Mobley

Dear National Recreation Foundation Trustees, Grantees and Staff, It has been a great pleasure to work with the Foundation and interact with you all over the course of the last four years. I am incredibly grateful for

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