Community Task Force

Personal Well-Being
• Social Benefits
  www.lin.ca/resource/html/vol23
  www.caledoninst.org
  CPRA - The Benefits Catalogue
  Donnelly, P. and J. Coakley. The Role of Recreation in Promoting Social Inclusion. 2002
  Applications in Recreation and Leisure
• Psychological Benefits
  The Academy of Leisure Sciences - leading researcher on recreation and leisure
  National Center on Physical Activity and Disability
  State Park and Recreation Affiliates
  National Center on Physical Activity and Disability
  National Recreation Areas
• Emotional Benefits
  http://www.ncaonline.org/monographs/18livingwell.shtml
  http://www.nrpa.org/content/default.aspx?documentId=2985
  http://scholar.google.come/scholar?hl=en&lr=&q=cache:4SAvKMyL4kJ:www.npra.org/pdf/researchupdate203.pdf+how+is+recreation+and+leisure+associated+with+emotion
• Spiritual Benefits
  http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/795/files/health_benefits_online_6-1-05.pdf
  http://www.wilderness.net/library/documents/White_3-30.pdf
  http://www.yogamovement.com/resources/benefits.html