NRPA PARK PULSE Parks and Recreation Provides Vital Youth Services Park and recreation professionals provide important offerings for youth when school is not in session, including before and after school, during weekends and over summer break. U.S. adults rank the following as important youth services: 1 2 Job training and skill development 3 4 Volunteering and community service 5 Each month, through a poll of 1,000 U.S. residents focused on park and recreation issues, NRPA Park Pulse helps tell the park and recreation story. Questions span from the serious to the more lighthearted. The survey was conducted by Wakefield Research (www.wakefieldresearch.com). Visit nrpa.org/ParkPulse for more information. Outdoor learning and environmental education Access to nutritious meals Sports and other physical activitieshttp://www.wakefieldresearch.com http://www.nrpa.org/ParkPulse