15   Parks Day Comes to the Capitol

16   Announcing the IP&R 2008 Editorial Calendar

Special Focus

18 Story Writing - Helping Make Connections in the Community
— by Jo An M. Zimmermann, Ph.D., CPRP, and Lawrence Mahon

24 STRONG PARTNERS STRONG KIDS

26 IAPD and the American Heart Association -Building a Healthier Generation
— by Kristen Knobloch

30 IPRA and American Cancer Society Partnership Results in a Healthy Fusion
— by Matthew White

Departments

From the Editor        4

Get on Board        6
Keep the Art of the Thank You Alive at Your Agency

Eye on the Profession        8
IPRA to Streamline its Governance Structure

Statehouse Insider        10
State Budget and Capital Funding Decisions Are Issues for the Legislature's Overtime Session

People and Places        34