Founded by individuals with more than a combined 40 years of experience in Healthcare and Finance, Recreation Resources offers facilities a unique solution to stay competitive in today’s economy.
We have created a comprehensive recreation program that seamlessly integrates fully trained recreational staff on a full-time, part-time or per diem basis, and enables you to provide a diversified curriculum of individual and group activities that will enhance your residents’ quality of life.
Our trainers are Certified Recreation Therapy Specialists and have consulted in more than 50 facilities throughout New York State. They have endured Department of Health Surveys and have emerged deficiency free. Under the direction of our consultants, facilities have forged new territories in the field, gaining recognition from many professional organizations. Many of our clients have won Optima Awards, Innovative Practice awards, as well as Education Grants for the facility's entire disciplinary team.
We also assist in marketing your exciting program and scheduled events to the community at large. Our strong marketing background is key to initiating community participation, generating publicity and working with your admissions team to present your facility in the best possible light.
Bonnie Nogin, C.T.R.S., A.P.R.P. holds a degree in Therapeutic Recreation and has been in health care for over 20 years. She was a Director of Therapeutic Recreation in various health related facilities for nearly 15 years and is the owner of Recreation Resources. Recreation Resources provides recreational therapy staff, consultations and coordinates Community Outreach Initiatives for skilled nursing, sub-acute rehabilitation, assisted living and long term care facilities.
Her company, Recreation Resources, provides services in Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx and Long Island and creates jobs as well as implements innovative programming for various institutional settings. As a clinician, she consults to help facilities maintain regulatory compliance with the Department of Health, receive Innovative Practice Awards and improve Quality of Life for populations served.
Mrs. Nogin has coordinated and chaired events such as art shows, sporting and fitness competitions, wine tastings and culinary functions, political debates, vendor boutiques, health fairs, blood drives , literary readings and book signings, casino and carnival fundraisers, fashion shows, business networking forums, educational seminars, concerts and galas. Many of these functions were for charitable purposes benefiting communities and senior populations throughout the areas her company reaches. Through Community Outreach efforts, she has raised funds for The North Shore L.I.J. Health System, The Glen Cove Sage Foundation, The Glen Cove Youth Bureau, Glen Cove Cares, The North Shore INN, The North Shore Animal League, The Coalition against Breast Cancer (a 501c3 charity) The Defeat Diabetes Foundation, The Nassau County VFW, The United States Marine Corps League, The Nassau County P.B.A., The Lymphoma Society, The Foundation for Health and Humanity (a 501c3 charity) and The Long Island Alzheimer’s Association. She has been responsible for the establishment of Resident Council Committees throughout the tri-state area, benefiting the Senior Community.
In addition to building her career, Mrs. Nogin has donated her time to many community- active committees and has been a participating member of The Glen Cove Chamber of Commerce, The Glen Cove Interagency Council, Glen Cove Hospital POPS Committee, The Senior Umbrella Network of Brooklyn, Senior Umbrella Network of Nassau, New York State Therapeutic Recreation Society, National Certification Council for Activity Professionals, National Council of Jewish Women and Hadassah. Her focus and extra efforts have always been for the betterment of those served within these charitable organizations.
It has been a lifelong goal of Mrs. Nogin to help individuals age with dignity, confront illness with bravery and live life with passion. If there were a quote to personify her sense of obligation to humanity it would be the following:
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. ~Dalai Lama
Mrs. Nogin and her husband live in Nassau County with their three children.