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DuPage County, Ill.—The mission to create play for all in DuPage County and beyond received a boost this fall with a $100,000 donation and a $50,000 donation to the Play For All Playground & Garden Foundation, started in 2013 to develop the Sensory Garden Playground (2751 Navistar Dr., Lisle, Ill.), an accessible facility allowing children of all abilities to play side-by-side. [...]

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Wheaton, Ill.—The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) awarded the Wheaton Park District with a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting on November 1, continuing a 28-year tradition of success. [...]

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DuPage County, Ill.—Childhood was not always playtime. It was once a chance to contribute to the family and learn etiquette, adult behavior, and gender roles, according to Ashley Downing, Museum Curator at the DuPage County Historical Museum (102 E. Wesley St., Wheaton, Ill.), whose new exhibit Fun Unplugged: Little Adults, opened November 12, explores this history. [...]

If you are a Wheaton resident and interested in picking up firewood, please visit the Park Services Center, located at 1000 Manchester Road, weekdays between the hours of 7:15A and 2P. [...]

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DuPage County, Ill.—It can be easy to forget the stories of our ancestors. With the next two sessions of Voices of DuPage—an effort to record local accounts of Civil Rights Era experiences—the DuPage County Historical Museum (102 E. Wesley St. in Wheaton) will help make remembering them easier. [...]

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Wheaton, Ill.—The Fourth of July is something you can feel in your chest, from the pulse of pride to the pulse of the fireworks in the sky, and the Wheaton Park District’s annual Independence Day Celebration on Sunday, July 3 in Graf Park (1701 Manchester Rd.) and Monday, July 4 in downtown Wheaton captures all of it. [...]

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Wheaton, Ill.—Summer is the season you start waiting for before it’s even over. It’s the time for pleasant weather, leisure, music, evening strolls, and festivals. The Taste of Wheaton 2016, running in downtown Wheaton Thursday, June 2 through Sunday, June 5, captures the hustle and bustle of a vibrant community celebrating summer. [...]

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DuPage County, Ill.—It may be true that a sound building starts with a strong foundation, but it ends with a good roof. Thanks to Mr. Dan Goodwin of the Inland Real Estate Group, DuPage County, and more, the DuPage County Historical Museum now has both; its brand-new red shingle roof was completed in March, to the delight of staff and the public. [...]

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Wheaton, Ill.—Any effective organization adapts to the needs of the community it serves, and the Wheaton Park District (WPD) is no different. During the month of April, WPD will seek local input through an Attitude & Interest survey distributed to 3,000 randomly selected residents. [...]

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Wheaton, Ill.—On September 17, Cosley Zoo earned accreditation for five more years from the Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA), continuing a 15-year-long tradition of accreditation. And on February 17, at the regular meeting of the Wheaton Park District Board of Commissioners, AZA Executive Director Kris Vehrs recognized the accreditation with a plaque. [...]

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Wheaton, Ill.—The Wheaton Park District Board of Commissioners voted at its regular meeting January 20 to rename the district’s Leisure Center the Mary Lubko Leisure Center, in honor of 22-year employee and senior citizen advocate Mary Lubko, who passed away in November. [...]

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DuPage County, Ill.—The DuPage County Historical Museum Foundation received a $2,500 grant from the DuPage Foundation’s 2015 Fall Community Needs Grant Cycle. [...]

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DuPage County, IL—The Sensory Garden Playground already offers children of all abilities a safe, accessible space to play together. And in 2016, it will offer art on their way to play! [...]

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The artifacts at DuPage County Historical Museum, from Victorian-era wedding dresses to a working model railroad to a Civil War battle flag of the 36th Illinois Infantry Regiment, all live inside one larger artifact: the building. [...]