Winter-Spring 2009 Brochure
The Summit Park District’s 2009 Winter-Spring brochure is now available and can be viewed and downloaded by clicking on the “Programs” button on the right. The brochure was also mailed to all Summit residents the week of December 15th. Registration begins on Monday,December 29th.
The hottest ticket for the coldest night!
The annual Polar Express was held on Sunday, December 21st and over 60 people braved -15 degree wind chill to come out and see Santa Claus. Activities included a trolley ride to the North Pole (which was easy to imagine with the temperature as low as it was.)
meet with Santa and receive the bell for a present, refreshments, games, a performance by the Church of the Nazarene of Summit and a lot more.
Spending some quality time with Santa Claus at the Polar Express trip.
Argo-Summit Boxing Tournament
The Argo Summit Boxing Club will be hosting a tournament/ fund raiser on Saturday, January 10th at the American Legion Hall 6040 S. Harlem Ave, Summit. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. the first of 10 bouts starts at 5:30 p.m. The tournament will feature many of the members of the recently-formed Argo-Summit Boxing Club. Bouts will feature both boys and girls 8 years old on up. Tickets for adults are $15 at the door, $12-advance and $10 for children. For more information or to purchase tickets in advance call 708-929-4050.
Summit Park District
2008 in Review
The following is a listing of projects and programs that the Summit Park District conducted during 2008. They are not listed in any particular order.
-This was the second year in which the District secured advertising for its seasonal brochures. The ad revenue covers almost 50% of the brochure printing costs.
-The summer concert series was held again this past summer and featured the local band Nightshade in June, the West Suburban Community Band before the fireworks show in July, and the Great Lakes Naval Band in August.
-In July, the District worked with a young man from the community who organized a benefit concert, featuring 5 bands, to raise money for cancer research.
-Staff started attending meetings of the LULAC group in an effort to try to connect to the Hispanic community to further develop recreational programming for disabled and non-disabled populations. The District assisted in sponsoring a Cinco de Mayo family event.
-The annual Easter Egg Hunt was held under rather adverse weather conditions; it was extremely cold and windy with a couple of inches of snow.
-Work began on filling Legion Park in an effort to create positive drainage in the park.
- The back athletic field has reached about 95% completion. Designated as the West Field, the field was further enhanced by vigorous aeration and re-seeding. In late fall 10 truck loads of bio soil were added to fill and level spots in the field.
- The District was approached by a resident who requested a cricket field be developed as there was a large population of mid-eastern residents who played the game. The board designated that the new West Field could be developed into a cricket field.
- Basic maintenance on the athletic fields continued. This included, though not limited to reseeding, rolling and aerated all of the athletic fields, installation of two semi-permanent soccer goals, repair of tee pads for disc golf, numerous plantings of perennials, seeding and patching turf areas, placement of field permit required signs on all fields, realignment of light standard at Hanover Park
- The District once again with the assistance of Corn Products, Inc. sponsored an Arbor Day workshop at Wharton School. Corn Products donated three trees, one was planted in Argo Park and two were planted in Summit Park.
-The District assisted a number of non-for-profit groups in holding fun-raising functions in Summit Park. These included the Bedford Park, Summit Argo Women’s Club’s “Touch –A-Truck and Child Seat Inspection” event, C.U.F.F.S. motorcycle run and party, and the aforementioned Concert For Cancer.
-Assisted Grand Duke’s Restaurant in a three day Lithuanian Festival
-Responding to a resident the Park District along with Summit-Argo Boxing Club created a boxing program for youth. The District continues to house the club until a more permanent location can be secured.
-Two outdoor movies were held in the summer and were extremely popular.
-The Second Annual Summit Park District Open Disc Golf Tournament was held.
-The District made a presentation in front of the Township of Lyons Board of Trustees regarding building a community center with funds from a referendum that passed in the township.
- The tennis courts in Summit Park were resurfaced and color coded.
-The main parking lot in Summit Park had cracks filled and was seal coated and parking lines restriped. Also installed were new parking barriers.
- Working with a volunteer carpenter, a number of repairs and upgrades were made to the picnic shelters in Summit Park.
-The walking trail in the back wooded area was also repaired and seal coated.
-The Park District’s web site www.summitparks.org, is in its second year of operation. As of the end of October, the site was averaging 1,316 individual user hits per month for 2008.
-The annual Tropical Party was held at the SUM-FUN Splash Park in July and hosted over 100 attendees.
- A skate park was built in late summer with a ribbon-cutting ceremony held in October. The skate park has proven extremely popular.
-A office for a representative of the Southwest Special Recreation Association (SWSRA) was created this year at the Summit Park District’s administrative office. The specific purpose of having a SWSRA staff person on site is to develop and educate Summit residents to the recreational services available to individuals with disabilities.
-A film production company from the Discovery Channel used Summit Park on three separate occasions to film scenes for a new television series. The series entitled “Undercover” is scheduled to air sometime in January, 2009.
-A baseball field in Summit Park was renovated and made into an open area which will serve as a soccer field.
-Held the annual Magical, Mysterious Forest Tour with approximately 200 attendees
-A week later the annual Halloween Party was held with approximately 200 people participating.
-The District received the help from many volunteers this past year including students from Graves Middle School, Argo Community High School, CEP as well as students doing community service hours for their school and individuals doing community service hours as mandated by a Court.
-The SUM-FUN Splash Park building were painted in a much brighter and appealing color and a new identification sign was erected at the site.
