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Partnership Award

 2024 NDRPA Partnership Award Recipient: Dickinson State University Sanford Sports Complex – Kylie Smith.

 2024 NDRPA Partnership Award Recipient: U.S. Forest Service – Stacy Defoe.

This award is presented to an agency or organization that has developed a successful partnership to create a project or program that benefits the community, region, or state and increases awareness of the importance of parks, recreation, and leisure services in quality of life.  Qualifications include:

  • Partnership must be in existence for at least one year.
  • Partnership was established to address a particular issue or opportunity.

Award Recipients

2024 – Dickinson State University Sanford Sports Complex
2024 – U.S. Forest Service
2023 – City of Bismarck; Bismarck Public Schools Local Food Program
2022 – Wings on Strings Kite Club, Jamestown
2021 – West Fargo Fire Department
2020 – New Rockford Eagles Club and New Rockford Lions Club
2019 – Jamestown Public Schools
2018 – Williston Police Association
2015 – Bismarck Public Schools
2015 – West Fargo High School National Honor Society
2014 – Crosby Blue Line Club
2014 – Missouri Slope Model Aero Club, Bismarck
2014 – World Series Committee, Williston
2013 – Barnes County Wildlife Federation
2012 – GO! Bismarck-Mandan
2012 – Sanford Health Foundation
2011 – Bismarck Youth Fastpitch Softball Association
2011 – Bismarck Youth Baseball
2011 – Mandan Kiwanis Club
2010 – Tesoro Mandan Refinery
2009 – Magic City Youth Baseball Boosters, Minot
2009 – Nishu Bowen Club, Bismarck
2009 – Williston Tennis Association
2007 – Bismarck Kiwanis Club
2007 – FM-AM Rotary, Fargo Rotary, Fargo West Rotary, Moorhead Rotary
2006 – Bismarck Capital City Curling Club
2004 – West Fargo VFW Post 7564
2004 – Grand Forks Blue Line Club
2003 – ND Game & Fish Department (Outdoor Recreation Support)
2003 – Bismarck Sertoma Club (Sertoma Park)
2003 – Dakota Jr. Golf Association (Youth Golf Lessons)
1998 – Bismarck (Retired Senior Volunteer Program)
1997 – Grand Forks (Cooperative Inclusion Program)
1997 – Grand Forks Park District (Flood Relief & Revitalization)
1997 – Grand Forks (YMCA Family Center)
1995 – Grafton Park District
1995 – Red River Valley Gymnastics, Grand Forks (New Gymnastics Facility)
1994 – Bismarck Parks & Recreation District (Summer Inclusive Recreation Program)
1994 – We Unite Speakers Bureau (Grand Forks)
1993 – Motivation Welface Recreation Services
1993 – Minot Air Force Base
1990 – Emerado-Arvilla Lions Club (Meritorious Contribution Award)