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Spring Activity Guide is available now

Find spring fun in this guide that has April and May activities. Start planning your child’s birthday party with one of our themed parties or have a Splash Bash at Coral Cove Water Park! View water park early bird rates and register for membership by May 1 to save money.

Picnic shelters are popular for family, neighborhood parties or sporting events, and we have eight shelters you can choose from to rent. The spring guide also has a variety of Fitness, Sports, Leagues, Tournaments, Swimming, Arts, Music, Theater, Gymnastics, Dance, Preschool, School-care activities and programs and more. Don’t forget to mark your calendar for our JustPlay! Sports & Recreation Festival on May 20!

Resident registration opens March 3. Nonresident registration opens March 10.

 

Gaga Ball Pit

Eagle Scout Candidate Brendon Cullerton builds us a Gaga Pit! Brendon sanded and stained the wood and sub-assembled the pit at home. The pit was finished at the park district maintenance building and will be used for youth recreational programs. Thank you Brendon!

Just what is Gaga Ball? Gaga is a fast paced, high energy sport played in an octagonal pit. Dubbed a kinder version of dodgeball, the game is played with a soft foam ball, and combines the skills of dodging, striking, running, and jumping, while trying to hit opponents with a ball below the knees. Players need to keep moving to avoid getting hit by the ball. Fun and easy, everyone gets a serious workout. From gagacenter.com.

Parks Designed to Match Community Interests

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How are the parks designed around you? Read this article by Bill Rosenberg, Director of Parks and Facilities, and learn how the community is engaged in the various aspects of planning and design. Bill’s article was published in the September/October Illinois Parks & Recreation magazine.

Help us “Raise the Flag” for Memorial Park

Help us “Raise the Flag”! Fundraising efforts are currently underway for the renovation of Memorial Park. Spearheaded by Jim Benzin of the Carol Stream VFW Post 10396 and the Memorial Park Task Force, tax deductible donations may be made through the Carol Stream Parks Foundation at 849 W. Lies Road, Carol Stream, 60188. Or, you may donate online.

Carol Stream’s Memorial Park’s “Raise the Flag” project plan includes several awe-inspiring amenities to remember those who sacrificed their lives for our community and country. Military monuments will include the American Flag, and the military flags that serve the branches of Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard.

COMMUNITY IMPACT:

Memorial Park, located at 342 Thunderbird Trail, is the first piece of land purchased by the Park District in 1967. It is located in an older, historical part of Carol Stream. It is uniquely nestled behind Klein Creek that cuts through it. The current memorial to honor veterans is in need of updates in order to attract those to the park that need a place to gather and reflect. The renovated memorial is intended to create an emotional and spiritual beauty in those that visit and who live there, to give the community a park to be proud of, and to provide Veterans and families a ceremonious place to gather.

ABOUT US:

The Carol Stream Park District serves the needs of this community with its parks, trails and recreational offerings. The Village of over 40,000 culturally diversified residents is a place where we feel proud to live and raise our children. The Memorial Park renovation project came about by a request from the local VFW to enhance the first park the Park District developed in 1967. Although general improvements have been made over the years, the Memorial at the park is in need of some positive changes to bring it up to modern-day standards and to recognize the significance of the park as the gathering place it was meant to be, honoring those who sacrificed their lives for community and country.

TIMELINE:

The renovation budget goal is $200,000, which is needed before breaking ground. The originally anticipated May 2017 completion date is realized as too aggressive, so the completion date is to be determined in 2018. Help us “Raise the Flag” with your donation.

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