Roll up your sleeves, wear your work gloves and show you care about Villa Park. Join your friends, family, neighbors and community to help pick up litter on and around our beautiful Prairie Path and Great Western Trail.

The Community Pride Commission in conjunction with the Illinois Prairie Path (IPPc) will be sponsoring the annual Community Clean-Up event to promote Earth Day, on Saturday April 28th from 9:00 a.m. - 12 noon.  Meet at the Historical Museum on Villa Avenue and Park Boulevard.

Bio-degradable trash bags will be provided, so all we need are your helping hands and strong back! Refreshments will be served.

Volunteering to clean up our trails is a great way to meet new friends while making a difference in our Garden Village. For more information contact the Community Pride Commission at (630) 834-8500 or email at  pride@invillapark.com.

Thank you for helping to keep our trails clean!
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Join Santa and Village President, Tom Cullerton at 6:15 PM for a Tree Lighting Ceremony! With the flip of a switch, 75 trees along the Prairie Path will light up. What a great way to kick-off the Holiday Season! Festivities include:

• Tasting Tent Featuring Local Restaurants
• Horse Drawn Wagon Rides
• Trolley Car Rides
• Musical Entertainment
• Tasting Tent - our local Restaurants
• Caroling by Local Kids from WBHS
• Sponsor a Snowflake for Scholarships
• Steaming Hot Chocolate
• Build-Your-Own Smore's Station
• Free Pictures with Santa
• Snowman Building Contest
• Christmas Karaoke
• Win World's Largest Stockings & Bear
• Adopt a Tree along the Prairie Path

Bring an unwrapped toy for the Toys for Tots Collection and bring non-perishable food for the Food Pantry Collection.

Just for the record: Over 761 cups of hot chocolate, 1,200 cookies, 450 ham/cornbeef/turkey sandwiches, tons of pizza, chili, meatballs and popcorn were served to the crowd last year. Also, a record 160 photos were taken of families with Santa!

This event promises to be a "Ho Ho Ho" lot of Fun! For more information call 630.941.9133, or visit Villa Park Chamber of Commerce.

Saturday, December 3rd from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM. Free at Ruggard Gazebo at Ardmore Ave, and Park Blvd.

Visit the Joyful Traditions 2011 web page for more information.

2nd Annual Halloween Happenings 2011

Presented by Villa Park · Parks and Recreation
and the Villa Park Lions Club

Free Event—All Ages. Kids and adults are invited to come in costume and Trick or Treat at each "Spooktacular" Halloween scene created by local businesses and organizations. Afterwards families can build their very own scarecrow for all to admire. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place ribbons will be awarded for the best looking scarecrows. Just bring a shirt, pants, gloves and other accessories. We will provide the stuffing (hay) and head. Refreshments will be provided. This event is sponsored by the Villa Park Lions Club. Registration deadline is October 14.

Note: Hay is used for stuffing. Consider this if you have allergies.

Visit Halloween Happenings 2011 for more information.

Celebrating 32 years of Family Fun! Thirty-two years ago the Village of Villa Park Parks and Recreation Department hosted its first Oktoberfest celebration at Memorial Park. Join us for another great event and enjoy all the festivities: rides, games, food, and music!

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• Atomic Motors
• Bath Fitter
• BMO Harris Bank
• Chicago Gutter Glove
• Chiro One Wellness Center
• Cornerstone Books
• Costco Wholesale
• Crystal Lights In Motion
• Inland Bank
• Jewel Foods
• Mike's Meat Market
• Pure Ambiance Salon
• Renewal by Andersen
• Russell Chiropractic Care
• Sign-A-Rama
• Station 104.3 K-Hits
• Suburban Life
• Tattoed Cuties
• Trout Family
• Villa Park Chamber of Commerce

Join us for the 3rd annual Village of Villa Park Community Bike Ride on Saturday, August 6th that will take families, friends, avid and novice bicyclists through Villa Park along the scenic Illinois Prairie Path, Great Western Trail and Salt Creek Trail. Participants can choose to ride 3.1 miles or 9.3 miles beginning at the Ruggard Gazebo at Ardmore Avenue and Central Boulevard.

Download and view the 2011 Bike Ride Registration and the 2011 Bike Ride Fact Sheet both in PDF format.

For more information contact Jenny Casale at (630) 834-8525 or email at jenny@vprd.org.

The 2011 Village of Villa Park Community Bike Ride is made possible by the generous support of the following sponsors:

Don't miss this year's event where you can tour our Public Works' Facilities and climb in, on and around the many vehicles on display. Vehicles from the Villa Park Fire and Police Departments, including the Mobile Command Center, plus monster tow trucks, dump trucks, mowers and even smaller equipment will be displayed. Bring your camera and plan on having a fun time.

Please note: parking is available at Public Works, Village Hall and Home Avenue.

Location
Village Garage, 42 W. Home Avenue

The Villa Park Historical museum will hold its annual Ice Cream Social for all Villa Park residents and guests.

This year we will have entertainment provided by "NOWSTALGIA" with Brian Fowler and Char Luporini. They will bring their special talents in providing patriotic songs for the pleasure of our attendees.

The Ice Cream Social will be held July 3rd at: Villa Park Historical Museum 220 S Villa Avenue Villa Park, IL 60182 at 7:30 p.m.

For more information call 630-941-0223.

Links:
Villa Park Historical Museum
Historical Preservation Commission

On Saturday, June 18, 2011 at Ardmore and the Prairie Path right in the heart of the Ardmore Business District, The Village of Villa Park Summerfest commission returns to present Summerfest 2011!

From 11 am to 9 pm you and your family can enjoy:

Enjoy all this as well as many other attractions and tables representing community organizations, churches, and clubs.

For more information please visit VillaParkSummerfest.com.