After a milestone-filled year, the Grande Prairie Regional Sport Connection took a second to reflect on 2023-24 during their annual report to Grande Prairie City Council.
Grande Prairie Regional Sport Connection Executive Director Karna Germsheid highlighted numerous landmark moments for her organization during her presentation, including launching numerous tools such as their new website.
“It was a really fun year for the Grande Prairie Regional Sport Connection,” she says.
According to Germsheid, the overall rebrand of the organization and the addition of the sport registration option on the new website stand out as key milestones for the GPRSC.
“The sport registration list allows the community to seek out registration information and connect with sport organizations in the region,” she says. “If I’m a parent out there looking to connect my child to sport and I don’t know what’s happening in June I can just go to the registration list.”
Germsheid says the website has seen “tons” of engagement and has already proven to be a success with more than 5,000 sport registration list uses since its launch. The Executive Director says the website serves as a useful tool for not only athletes and parents, but coaches and volunteers as well.
“People are using it for other things as well,” she says. “It has information on upcoming training opportunities, whether it’s board training for volunteers, or if you’re a coach looking for training.”
The Sport Connection is no stranger to events, and Germsheid says this upcoming year will be no different with signature events like Try It Day continuing alongside a brand new adult-focused event.
“The community loves Try It Day as we do, it’s very close to our heart, we had hundreds of kids go through different sport organizations, and the sport organizations do such a bang-up job in receiving those kids and offering such great service in the community,” she says. “Try It Day is still youth, and I know the adults keep asking for it, but we’re looking to add a fun tournament weekend to get people together and more of a social connection piece of the sport framework.”
An official announcement regarding the new event has not come out yet; however, Germsheid says the tournament will function as both a fundraiser and a social event for everyone involved.
