Park News
Chicago 16 Inch Hall of Fame Field of Dreams Inductee
This July Veterans Park District Bulger Park was inducted into the Chicago 16 Inch Softball Hall of Fame. Men’s 16 inch softball has been a tradition at Veterans Park District since the 1960s. Also, in 1970 one of the first women’s 16 inch softball leagues was...
2023 Park Improvements
In an ongoing effort to provide quality recreation opportunities for our residents, Veterans Park District recently renovated Kahl Park, 255 Palmer, Northlake and Trumbull Park, 2311 Leyden, River Grove. Kahl Park renovation includes a new playground equipment with a...
VPD awarded Aquatic Safety Award
Veterans Park District was awarded the 2022 Platinum International Aquatic Safety Award from Jeff Ellis & Associates, Inc. This award recognizes aquatic facilities who are consistently exceeding their criteria for aquatic safety certification. International Safety...
Step into Swim
Veterans Park District was recently awarded a $2,500 Step into Swim grant. It is the intention of the Step into Swim/Every Child a Swimmer funding to be utilized for relevant expenditures concerning providing quality, multi-level learn-to-swim programming, that...
Bulger Park Community Center/Multi-Use Classroom
Bulger Park Community Center classroom, 1601 Hirsch St., Melrose Park is being converted into a multi-use facility. Our Recreation Department staff has been offering various Family Arts & Crafts workshops and Pee Wee Playtime at this location since the Fall of...
Posphalla Park Playground Renovation
Veterans Park District, the City of Northlake and District 87 recently celebrated the renovation of Posphalla Park Playground.
Senior Club Check Presentations
This past October, Veterans Park District Executive Director Bill Otte presented both the Grant Park Senior Club and the Bulger Park Senior Club …
Veterans Day Ceremony
On Friday November 4th, Veterans Park District held our Annual Veterans Day Observance Ceremony at Bulger Park.
Bataan Park Community Gardens
Veterans Park District in partnership with Triton College, Jane Addams School Nature Club and Ms. Matticks’s Jane Addams kindergarten class, planted and maintained vegetable gardens at the Bataan Park Community Garden. The children planted a variety of seeds with the...
2021-22 Preschool Graduation
Our 2021-22 Preschool program celebrated graduates from Bulger Park Full & Half-Day Preschool in Melrose Park and Veterans Park Preschool A.M. & P.M. Half Day in Northlake on Wednesday, May 25th. 31 graduates from our 3 classrooms participated in the...