Our Vision...
The Recreation
for Life Foundation, as a province-wide organization, envisages:
"A province and communities within,
that embrace and proactively use recreation and parks as essential
means for enhancing individual well-being and community vitality,
economic sustainability and natural resource protection and
conservation." (Source: ARPA Strategic Business Plan - 2001)
We Believe...
That
recreation is "all those things that a person or group chooses to do
in order to make their leisure time more interesting, more enjoyable
and more personally satisfying. Recreation includes all those
activities in which an individual chooses to participate in one's
leisure time and is not confined solely to sports and physical
activity but includes artistic, cultural, social and intellectual
activities." (Source: National Recreation Statement - 1987)
Recreation for Life...
We participate in
recreation because of what it offers to our quality of life. It
improves our state of health; it reduces the stress we encounter in
our day to day lives; it provides social and economic benefits to our
communities and province; it empowers us and builds self-confidence;
it helps us to reach our potential; it builds solid foundations for
families and communities; it promotes harmony between cultural groups;
it reduces self-destructive behaviors; it is a catalyst for pride in
ourselves, in our communities and province and in our environment.
Simply put, recreation is essential to life.
As well, "for life" means that we participate in recreation during all
periods of our lives - it is for infants, children, teenagers, young
adults, middle life, and older adults - it is for people from all
walks of life. It means that no matter what age you are, it is never
to late to get involved and add recreation to your life. Recreation is
something we incorporate into our lives for the entire duration of our
lives.
(Source: Adapted from RPANB) |
