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May 31, 2017 Volunteer to assist at the Freedom Four™ 4-Mile Run on Tuesday, July 4, and receive a FREE one month membership to Ackerman SFC! Current members will receive their portion of their membership dues compensated for one month. Volunteers must be 18 years of age or older.
This offer will be extended to FIRST 25 volunteers only. To sign up and ensure your free month, contact Jenny Clark at [email protected].
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May 25, 2017 Discover what’s new in the Glen Ellyn community on Sunday, June 4 as the downtown celebrates opening day of the French Market, at its new location, and invites the public to celebrate the newly renovated Prairie Path Park with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The combination of the market’s vitality and the new life brought to the Prairie Path Park creates new opportunities for Glen Ellyn residents and visitors to experience this corridor of the downtown. Read More »
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May 21, 2017 Volunteers bent on cleaning up the DuPage River were not dissuaded last Saturday, May 20, by threatening skies. Read More »
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May 12, 2017 May 12, 2017 — Prairie Path Park in downtown Glen Ellyn is blooming in more ways than one. Read More »
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Young swimmers who want to get involved this season with the Glen Ellyn Park District’s Gators Swim Team, please take note: the registration deadline is Tuesday, May 30. Read More »
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The Freedom Four™ 4-Mile Run, a Glen Ellyn Park District Independence Day tradition that starts this year at 8 a.m. Tuesday, July 4 on Lenox Road near Lake Ellyn, is fast approaching. Read More »
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May 3, 2017 May 3, 2017 — The recently elected Glen Ellyn Park District Park Board commissioners were sworn in at the May 2 meeting and new officers were elected.
The Board elected officers to one-year terms: Julia Nephew, President; Robert Weber, Vice President; and Chris Wilson, Treasurer. Read More »
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May 1, 2017 Individuals, families and community groups are invited to pitch in Saturday, May 20 when a countywide effort gets underway to clean rivers and other waterways in DuPage County. Read More »
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April 28, 2017
Thank you for your votes! We’re excited you named the Glen Ellyn Park District for several “Top Picks” categories in the 2017 Daily Herald Readers’ Choice competition. Over 22,000 readers took place in this year’s voting. The Park District was named among the top 5 in the following:
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April 25, 2017 A chance to get a close-up view of big trucks is coming to Glen Ellyn May 6 when the Glen Ellyn Park District presents “Touch-A-Truck.” Read More »
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April 17, 2017 The park district offers lessons for kids as young as 4 all the way up through adults, beginning in late April. Read More »
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April 14, 2017 Proof that there was snow on the ground this winter and that some Glen Ellyn Park District patrons knew just how to revel in it is captured in a frame that has won the district’s Winter Photo Contest first place honors. Read More »
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April 10, 2017 Taking care of the Earth can begin with planting native plant species, recycling cans and bottles or capturing rain water in rain barrels to create water reserves.
Visitors to the Earth Day & Recycling Extravaganza in Glen Ellyn can get started on all those endeavors and/or enhance an already environmentally-friendly approach to life. Read More »
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April 6, 2017 Registration for tryouts for new and returning Lakers Travel Soccer team players interested in competing in the 2017-18 season is currently open. Read More »
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April 5, 2017 On April 4th, 2017, the community elected as Glen Ellyn Park District Park Board of Commissioners Julia Nephew, Rob Weber, Michael Ward and Alex Durham for four-year terms and Ben Stortz for the two-year office. The new Board members will be seated at the Park Board meeting on May 2, 2017. Prior to that date, the election commission has 21 days to canvass votes and make results official. In anticipation of the outcome, the Glen Ellyn Park District congratulates the newly elected Board members and thank all candidates who expended time and effort to run for office.
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April 3, 2017 April 3, 2017 — Lake Ellyn Park is getting brand-new playground equipment. And the equipment that’s been in the park since it was installed in 1991 is going to a new home.
The playground replacement program is part of Phase III of the Lake Ellyn Park improvement project. Work began today, April 3, 2017, on the playground upgrade. Read More »
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March 24, 2017 During the construction on Phase III the majority of the park will remain open with the exception of the playground. Construction will begin on April 3, 2017. Read More »
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March 23, 2017 Maryknoll Park will be chock full of plastic eggs Friday, April 14 when the Glen Ellyn Park District presents its annual Eggs-trodinary Egg Hunt.
Children age 6 and younger will scour the grounds for the colorful eggs stuffed with candy and prizes. Special eggs will be redeemable for prize baskets. Registered children should come prepared with their own baskets to collect eggs. There are two egg hunt times scheduled. The 11am hunt is full but a few spots remain open for the 9:30am hunt.
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March 6, 2017 Don St. Clair was named the Glen Ellyn Park District Volunteer of the Year at the annual Glen Ellyn Community Awards Breakfast on Saturday, March 4, 2017. Read More »
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February 28, 2017 Notice is hereby given that the Glen Ellyn Park District Board of Commissioners has cancelled their Workshop Meeting scheduled for Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Read More »
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