Programs
Youth
Sports & Recreation – Children play, learn and develop healthy habits at the Decatur Park District. The Park District offers a wide range of programs to encourage the sport of play. Kids can participate in team sports such as baseball, basketball, soccer and cheerleading or stay fit with individual sports such as golf, tumbling, tennis, swimming and track and field. Children also have an opportunity to take part in fitness classes, designed solely for them, to get them on the road to healthy living.
Imagination - The Park District also offers programs in visual and performing arts that engage children’s creative side. Whether they play a role in the all children’s theatre production, learn lines for a musical show or draw on their artistic skills, the Decatur Park District offers youth opportunities to unleash their imagination.
Young Adults
Sports & Recreation - Teens can have fun at play with the Decatur Park District’s wide range of sport and social opportunities. The Park District offers Sports and More Teen Club, an after-school program that combines sports, fitness and friends. Sports and More also offers teens leadership and life skills, giving them the opportunity to make a difference in their community. Teens can also gain the edge in sports like volleyball, basketball and soccer with the Park District’s off-season explosion classes.
Imagination – Teens have the opportunity to unlock the artist inside with the Decatur Park District’s creative classes. Programs like Zoo Explorers take teens behind the scenes of Scovill Zoo. The class offers teens a chance to explore a career in zoology. For the budding musical artists, there’s the Young Park Singers, the Decatur Park District’s teen musical ensemble. From arts to nature, the Park District offers a wide range of activities to keep teens engaged in sports and recreation.
Adults
Sports & Recreation - Every adult is a kid at heart. That’s why the Decatur Park District provides adult programming to keep our big kids in shape. The Park District offers a variety of adult team sports such as kickball, softball, basketball, arena flag football, volleyball and more. Adults can also work out their individual spirit with tennis, swimming, aerobics, running and golf. Our new adult program, Club 501, engages adults in sport and social activities. A partnership between the Park District, Next Media Group and Skeff Distributing, Club 501 offers adults a great venue for getting their health and social lives in gear.
Imagination - Adults can inspire their imagination with the Decatur Park District’s arts classes. Whether it’s creating with ceramics or brushing up in watercolor class, there are many opportunities to fuel adults’ creative side.