Age: all
The day that has gone to the dogs! We put dogs front and center for an event-filled afternoon that includes an agility training course, demonstrations and plenty of pet-related vendors! Each pooch receives a treat-filled goody bag! All dogs must remain leashed while in park. If you are interested in sponsoring Poochapalooza or setting up a booth at the event, please contact Sarah Sandquist, Recreation Supervisor, at 630-858-2462, ext. 124 for more information. [SS]
Day: Sunday
Date: September 12
Time: 1 pm-4 pm
Location: SARC Dog Park
Fee: $5 per dog8
Code: 5290-0 |
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Age: All
Let’s go shopping - fall is the perfect time for a treasure hunt! Sellers can rent a 10’ x10’ booth space at our sale (booth layout is available at MSRC). We also have eight tables to rent on a first come, first served basis (one per person). Hosting your own sale at home the same day? Let us know and we’ll promote it on our Website, making this a true, community-wide event! Instructor: GEPD Staff. [BM]
Day: Saturday
Date: 9/18
Rain Date: 9/19
Time: 9 am-3 pm
Location: MSRC
Min/Max: 20/30
Sr. R/Kid R Fee: $12/$12
Adult R/NR Fee: $19/$29
Table Rental Fee: $6
Shopper Fee: FREE
Code: 6100-0 |
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National Public Lands Day is the nation's largest hands-on volunteer effort to improve and enhance the public lands Americans enjoy. In 2009, 150,000 volunteers built trails and bridges, removed trash and invasive plants, planted trees and restored our water resources.
Join the effort! We’re rolling up our sleeves to restore one of Glen Ellyn’s true “natural” parks. Invite your friends, family and neighbors to help restore the ecological health of the wetlands, prairie and wooded sections of Churchill Park. Each volunteer will receive a special thank-you gift as a token of our appreciation. We’ll serve light refreshments and present the park district’s first Environmental Volunteer of the Year Award. Activities will include:
- Nature hikes
- Clean up
- Seed collection
- Planting
- Cutting and stacking brush
- Trail work
If you have work gloves, a bow saw or loppers, please bring them. The park district will also have tools, gloves and safety glasses for use.
Day: Saturday,
Date: September 25
Time: 9am-11am
Location: Churchill Park (lot on St. Charles Rd. east of Bloomingdale Rd)
Fee: FREE |
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Age: All
Spend quality time with your friends and neighbors on a crisp, fall evening enjoying a traditional hayride in a wagon pulled by a team of draft horses through the woods. Then, gather ‘round the bon fire and make s’mores! We provide all the ingredients and other goodies. [JR]
Day: Friday
Date: 10/15
Time: 7 pm-8:30 pm
Location: Danada Equestrian Center
Min/Max: 75/150
R/NR Fee: $13/$19
Code: 2703-0 |
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Age: 3-12 & Adult
Make this Halloween season extra spooky by creating a haunted gingerbread house with your child. Instructions and all materials included for each child or adult to make one gingerbread house together to take home. One child per house, please. Come and join the fun and get into the spirit. Instructor: GEPD Staff. [BM]
Day: Tuesday
Date: 10/19
Time: 6 pm-7:30 pm
Location: SARC
Min/Max: 8/15
R/NR Fee: $35/$53
Code: 6100-1 |
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Age: 2-8
Dress in costume and join us for spooky fun! Enjoy a walk through Trick-or-Treat town, a hayride, and storytelling by the Glen Ellyn Public Library. If you are interested in volunteering for Boo Bash, please contact Brittany Malatt at bmalatt@gepark.org for more details. Instructor: GEPD Staff. [BM]
Day: Saturday
Date: 10/23
Time: 10 am-11 am
Location: Lake Ellyn
Min/Max: 40/150
R/NR Fee: $6/$9
Code: 6100-2 |
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Age: All
Do grim reapers and creepy crawlies run through your yard? Is your ghostly garage filled with black cats and a family of skeletons? Enter our ghoulish contest! Our "Boo Crew" judges award 1st and 2nd place entries in two categories: Most Creative & Scariest. If your creation needs a little bit of daylight to be spooktacular, register for Dusk. If your creation comes alive at night, register for Dark. We publish your address (without your name) online so your neighbors can see your creations! We’ll post 1st place winner photos online and in next year's fall brochure. For more information, please contact Jeannie at 630-858-2462. [JR]
Registration Deadline: 4:30pm, 10/25
Judging Date: 10/27
Location: Your Home
Min/Max: 10/50
R/NR Fee: FREE
Time: Dusk
Code: 2704-0
Time: Dark
Code: 2704-1 |
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Age: 4-10
Parents, do you need a break to get ready for the holidays, finish last minute shopping or have some time to yourself? Drop off your kids for a little school's-out fun! They’ll play games, watch movies and most important, have fun! Please send a sack lunch and snack for your child. Instructor: Coach Ed. [JR]
Time: 9 am-4 pm
Location: MSRC
Min/Max: 8/20
R/NR Fee: $40/$60
Day: Monday
Date: 11/22
Code: 2708-0
Day: Tuesday
Date: 11/23
Code: 2708-1 |
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Age: All
Start your Thanksgiving at the annual Turkey Trot Predicto Race! Open to all levels of runners, you don’t have to cross the finish line first to win! The top two runners who most accurately predict their finish time in this five-mile run win a Thanksgiving treat. Advance registration is not required, but a waiver must be signed prior to the event to qualify. There are no timing devices allowed on the course in order to be eligible for a prize. Instructor: Staff. [JR]
Date: Thursday
Date: 11/25
Start Time: 8 am
Location: Lake Ellyn Boathouse
R/NR Fee: FREE |
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Age: All
Everyone enjoys this tradition, complete with breakfast, carols, games, and a visit from the original jolly old elf, Santa! Each child receives a favor as a remembrance of this special day! Everyone six months or older must register in advance. Instructor: GEPD Elves and Santa. [JR]
Day: Saturday
Date: 12/4
Location: LEBH
Min/Max: 50/70
R/NR Fee: $17/$25
Time: 8:30 am-9:30 am
Code: 2705-0
Time: 10:00 am-11:00 am
Code: 2705-1 |
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Age: 3-12 & Adult
Make this holiday season extra special by creating a gingerbread house with your child. Instructions and all materials included for each child and adult to make one gingerbread house together to take home. One child per house, please. Come and join the fun and get into the holiday spirit. Instructor: GEPD Staff. [BM]
Time: 6 pm-7: 30 pm
Location: SARC
Min/Max: 8/15
R/NR Fee: $35/$53
Day: Tuesday
Date: 12/7
Code: 6100-3
Day: Thursday
Date: 12/9
Code: 6100-4 |
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Santa pays you a special visit so you can personally tell him what you would like for Christmas. Due to his heavy schedule, he may only be able to stay for a few minutes - long enough to hear your request and pose for a picture. Unfortunately, Santa’s visit is only for family members on his list, so he cannot do parties. Registration deadline is December 1 or until filled. Each child on Santa’s list will receive a special gift. Please make sure you are available between the hours of 5:30 pm & 8 pm. Residents of the Glen Ellyn Park District only. PS: please leave a light on and shovel your walk so Santa won’t fall. He’s not used to entering through the front door. [JR]
Day: Wednesday
Date: 12/8
Time: 5:30 pm-8 pm
Location: Your home
Min/Max: 10/75
Fee: $15 per household (2 children)
Add’l Child: $5 each
Code: 2706-0 |
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Age: 12 mos +
Wear your jammies for a fantastical time of wonder and magic aboard the Polar Express! We depart for a ride to the North Pole that includes reading Chris Van Allsburg’s story, snacks, Christmas carols and a visit from Santa! Everyone older than one must register in advance. All registrants must have a wristband in order to board the train. Please indicate when registering your preference of a copy of the Polar Express or one gift certificate to The Bookstore (limit: one book or certificate per family. A family is defined as all registrants at the same address). Metra scheduling has reduced this year’s max to only 135 per train, so register early as this event fills quickly! We will mail train tickets and book coupons in late November. Instructor: GEPD Elves. [JR]
Departure/Return: Glen Ellyn Metra Station (Please arrive at the designated time. We have a limited amount of time to board the train.
Min/Max: 50/135
Child R/NR Fee: $20/$30
Adult R/NR Fee: $12/$18
Day: Saturday
Date: 12/11
Time: 9:10am-10:40am (Train leaves at 9:25am)
Code: 2707-0
Day: Saturday
Date: 12/11
Time: 11:10am-12:40pm (Train leaves at 11:25am)
Code: 2707-1 |
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Age: 12 mos +
Wear your jammies for a fantastical time of wonder and magic aboard the Polar Express! We depart for a ride to the North Pole that includes reading Chris Van Allsburg’s story, snacks, Christmas carols and a visit from Santa! Everyone older than one must register in advance. All registrants must have a wristband in order to board the train. Please indicate when registering your preference of a copy of the Polar Express or one gift certificate to The Bookstore (limit: one book or certificate per family. A family is defined as all registrants at the same address). Metra scheduling has reduced this year’s max to only 135 per train, so register early as this event fills quickly! We will mail train tickets and book coupons in late November. Instructor: GEPD Elves. [JR]
Departure/Return: Glen Ellyn Metra Station (Please arrive at the designated time. We have a limited amount of time to board the train.
Min/Max: 50/135
Child R/NR Fee: $20/$30
Adult R/NR Fee: $12/$18
Day: Saturday
Date: 12/18
Time: 9:10am-10:40am (Train leaves at 9:25am)
Code: 2707-2
Day: Saturday
Date: 12/18
Time: 11:10am-12:40pm (Train leaves at 11:25am)
Code: 2707-3
Day: Sunday
Date: 12/19
Time: 3:10pm-4:40pm (Train leaves at 3:25pm)
Code: 2707-4 |
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Age: 2-5
Join us for a candy cane-filled morning! Participants make a variety of crafts indoors, then head outside to hunt for candy canes that are scattered around Main Street Park. Instructor: GEPD Staff. [BM]
Day: Wednesday
Date: 12/22
Time: 10 am-11 am
Location: MSRC
Min/Max: 40/100
R/NR Fee: $10/$15
Code: 6100-5 |
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Age: 4-10
Parents, do you need a break to get ready for the holidays, finish last minute shopping or have some time to yourself? Drop off your kids for a little school's-out fun! They’ll play games, watch movies and most important, have fun! Please send a sack lunch and snack for your child. Instructor: Coach Ed. [JR]
Time: 9 am-4 pm
Location: MSRC
Min/Max: 8/20
R/NR Fee: $40/$60
Day: Monday
Date: 12/20
Code: 2708-2
Day: Tuesday
Date: 12/21
Code: 2708-3
Day: Wednesday
Date: 12/22
Code: 2708-4 |
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Age: 4-10
Parents, do you need a break to get ready for the holidays, finish last minute shopping or have some time to yourself? Drop off your kids for a little school's-out fun! They’ll play games, watch movies and most important, have fun! Please send a sack lunch and snack for your child. Instructor: Coach Ed. [JR]
Time: 9 am-4 pm
Location: MSRC
Min/Max: 8/20
R/NR Fee: $40/$60
Day: Monday
Date: 12/27
Code: 2708-5
Day: Tuesday
Date: 12/28
Code: 2708-6
Day: Wednesday
Date: 12/29
Code: 2708-7 |
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