Executive Profile

Before coming to Loyalist PR, I worked at the Municipality of Centre Hastings. It was here that I met Sarah Bowles, the Parks, Rec & Culture Coordinator. She and I became great friends, and she encouraged me to take the PR course. I had the opportunity to see a lot of what she did, and felt this was the industry I needed to be in. It was a big decision, but one I am grateful I had the courage to make. When it came time to profile someone in the industry, I knew it had to be Sarah!

Here is my Executive Profile on Sarah Bowles.

Sarah BowlesParks, Recreation & Culture Coordinator
Municipality of Centre Hastings
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Sarah Bowles is the Parks, Recreation & Culture Coordinator for the Municipality of Centre Hastings, a rural community north of Belleville which encompasses Madoc and Huntingdon Township, and has a population of about 4,000.

Prior to joining the Municipality of Centre Hastings in 2008, Bowles worked as a Kitchen Supervisor and a Legal Administrative Assistant. She graduated from Loyalist College’s Law & Security Paralegal program, and then obtained her Post-Graduate Diploma in Public Relations, also from Loyalist College.

Since her start with the Municipality of Centre Hastings, Bowles has been involved in many projects and initiatives, although she is most proud of her involvement with the Centre Hastings Family Recreation Facility which features a splash pad, skate park, playground, tourist information centre, snack bar and sustainable Arts Centre. Each year a Skate Park Festival is held here and draws over 500 visitors to the park. The Arts Centre hosts exhibitions year round, both art & theatre, as well as other events for the community.

Bowles manages Tourism & Volunteer Operations, coordinates interviews & prepares operation packages. She plans for projects/ initiatives, applies for funding, and completes project follow through. Bowles also promotes & maintains facility bookings, manages facility contracts & coordinates and attends meetings as necessary. In addition, Bowles sits on the Parks & Recreation Committee and other committees from time to time, as required. Bowles is regularly involved in fundraising, grant writing, writing feature articles and press releases, and event & volunteer management. Working with the volunteers and seeing the impact they have on the community is what she finds most inspiring and rewarding.

Bowles stays up to date with the public relations industry by attending as many conferences/ seminars as possible, talking to people in the industry, and reading related materials and articles. She stresses Social Media as the best tool or resource that a public relations professional has at their disposal and that one should always

“Try new things and work on as many different projects with as many different people and personalities as you can,” Bowles said.

For more information on the Municipality of Centre Hastings visit the website at www.centrehastings.com

Thanks again Sarah for taking the time to answer all my questions.
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