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Winter Lights at Central Park Giving Back

The Oak Brook Park District Foundation is pleased to be partnering with the Peoples Resource Center!

The People's Resource Center community exists to respond to basic human needs, promote dignity and justice, and create a future of hope and opportunity for DuPage County, Illinois residents.

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Upcoming Foundation Board Meeting January 27, 2022

The Oak Brook Foundations will be holding its next scheduled Board Meeting via Zoom on January 27, 2022, at 12:30 pm.

If you have any questions or concerns, don't hesitate to get in touch with Rachel Elizabeth Jones, Oak Brook Park District Foundation Secretary, at rjones@obparks.org.

Community Garage Sale

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Oak Brook Park District Foundation Community Garage Sale! Over $1,600.00 was raised to support the Oak Brook Park District Universal Playground.

Oak Brook Park District seeks recipes for community cookbook

The Oak Brook Park District and Oak Brook Park District Foundation have come up with a tasty way to bring the community together and raise funds for the Foundation’s efforts to support Universal Play, which provides an opportunity for people of all ages to participate in play.

The Foundation and park district are seeking recipes from community members to publish in a community cookbook, which should be available in February 2021.

Oak Brook’s Universal Playground is heaven for 2-year-old with cerebral palsy and his family

Malena Lindberg was quite upset Saturday when she found out that a planned birthday party for her 2-year-old twin brothers had been canceled, along with a one-year anniversary celebration of the Oak Brook Park District’s Universal Playground. Malena’s parents, Megan and Mike Lindberg, had arranged with park district staff to have the party as part of the playground anniversary celebration, because it’s one of the very few places that one of the twins, Max, is truly able to play.

Accessible Playground Leaves No Child on the Sidelines

Playdates and playgrounds. I vividly remember, my son was at the age when climbing trees, hanging on monkey bars and running up and down the slide was the highlight of children his age. However, this was not the case for him. He's a wheelchair-using child that has no mobility of his legs nor his arms. He has Cerebral Palsy, quadriplegia and a host of other limited abilities; he was born this way.

Oak Brook Town Focus 2018

Many other spaces for athletics and recreation fall under the purview of the Oak Brook Park District, which also runs a large indoor recreation center, a family aquatic center with new inclusive family locker rooms, and a tennis center.

Oak Brook Family Hosts Community Garage Sale and Lemonade Stand for Universal Playground

September 10, 2018 | The Doings Weekly and Oak Brook Patch | By Community Contributor Liz Littwin

When life hands you lemons, make lemonade. Then use that lemonade to support a great community cause.

On Friday, August 17 and Saturday, August 18, Oak Brook residents, Lara Suleiman, Ahmad Sulaiman, and their three daughters, Raya (10), Jayda (9) and Aliya (4), hosted a fundraising garage sale and lemonade stand at their home to support Oak Brook's Universal Playground project.

Universal playground gives all Oak Brook children a place to play

OAK BROOK, Ill. (WLS) -- A universal playground in Oak Brook is now ready to welcome all children and families to take part in inclusive play. The playground was built by Unlimited Play and the Oak Brook Park District Foundation.

Around Town previews Oak Brook Park District’s Sandlot – A Universal Playground

The new universal playground is designed so everyone, regardless of age, ability, or critical illness, will have the opportunity to socialize, play, and explore together.