Take advantage of the reset button

4/8/2021

By John Engh

NAYS Executive Director

I have heard the phrase “essential workers” thrown around quite a bit over the last year. And every time I have read a story about a youth-sports program closing because of COVID-19, I thought, “Somebody has to figure out just how essential youth sports are in our society!”

Could there be a more important time to make sure that children have fun and safe recreational activities to look forward to? I don’t think so. And for youth-sports professionals—who are as essential as ANYONE in a community—is there a better time to look at those programs and make sure we are doing everything the best way we know how?

Continue reading John Engh’s column in this month’s issue of Parks and Rec Business magazine…

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