The Pool & Hot Tub Alliance (PHTA), a trade association representing the swimming pool, hot tub and spa industry, announced that Joseph Laurino, PhD, MBA, has been appointed to Chairman of the Board for 2024.

The Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR) applauds the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) commitment to invest $9 million in bolstering recreation staffing at the field and state levels through funding provided by the Inflation Reduction Act. 

The National Park Foundation announced a more than $5 million investment to expand service corps crews to support a greater diversity of young leaders to connect with and help protect national parks and receive in-demand job skills training.

SHAPE America – Society of Health and Physical Educators announced the 10 school and district administrators who will participate in the inaugural cohort of the organization’s Leading Healthy Schools program.

KABOOM!, the national nonprofit that works to end play space inequity for good, and the William Penn Foundation announced the winners of the second Play Everywhere Philly Challenge, an exciting, collaborative, city-wide competition to create playful, interactive spaces for children aged 0-8 that support child development and literacy skills in everyday locations across Philadelphia. 

The Pool & Hot Tub Alliance (PHTA), a trade association representing the swimming pool, hot tub, and spa industry, is issuing a call for participation on the Standards Consensus Committee (SCC), PHTA’s official consensus voting body.

Eighty-four percent of adults support their local park and recreation agency undertaking or continuing environmental provisions or natural disaster prevention methods in their community, according to the latest National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) Park Pulse poll.

IHRSA—the Health & Fitness Association, a global community of health and fitness industry leaders—has hired Charles Regnante as manager of government affairs. 

The National Park Service (NPS) announced a seven-year initiative to focus efforts on hiring more women in law enforcement positions across the country.

The International Council on Active Aging (ICAA) unveiled the winners of the 2023 "Best in Wellness" awards.