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Summer Camps includes activities such as crafts, sports and games, music, arts, story time, fitness, swimming, dance, performing arts, biking, and both indoor and outdoor activities. Campers take part in weekly pool visits, afternoon swims, snacks, field trips, and, for biking-focused sessions, a full day biking expedition with bike safety and road rules instruction.
• Schedule: Weekly camps run June 2–August 8, 2025, with specific programs including Summer Preschool Camps (June 3–August 2), Adventure Explorers Camps at Douglass Community Center (June 3–August 2) and at Leonhard Recreation Center (June 3–August 9), Springer Cultural Center Creative Kids Summer Camp (June 3–August 9), and Teen Trailblazers Camp (June 3–August 2); Monday–Thursday afternoon swims and Friday full day biking expeditions are scheduled for Pedal & Explore Camp; 2025 camp weeks run June 2–August 9 with no camp on Thursday, July 4, 2025.
• Price: Scholarships are available to reduce program fees and charges, and Child Care Resource Service (CCRS) approved families may register for summer youth programs by paying a $10 deposit per child per session, with deposits potentially refunded at the end of the summer once all CCRS checks are received and there is a credit balance.
Champaign Park District offers scholarships for Summer Camps, with need as the primary criterion for scholarship consideration. Non-payment by the due date results in the participant being dropped and the space offered to waiting list participants. For Adventure Explorers Camps, each child should bring a water bottle, swimsuit, towel, and their own nut-free lunch daily. For Creative Kids Summer Camp, each participant should bring a water bottle, a nut-free snack for morning and afternoon, and lunch, and swimming for this camp is held at Sholem Aquatic Center. For Teen Trailblazers Pedal & Explore Camp, campers should have a bike, bike lock, helmet, water bottle, backpack, sack lunch, and snacks, and rides can span up to 5 miles one way.
Summer Camps includes two weekly summer camps with different themes called “Pedal & Explore” and “Trips & Travel,” with Trips & Travel Camp described as an out-of-town travel camp for young adventurers to discover the world around them. Champaign-Urbana Special Recreation, formed through a cooperative agreement with the Champaign and Urbana Park Districts, offers inclusion services for Champaign Park District programs, and if needed, a one-on-one aide will work with a child. The Champaign Park District has been accredited as an Illinois Distinguished Agency through IPRA/IAPD since 2000.
The leadership team connected with this program includes Executive Director Sarah Sandquist; Secretary Marguerite Bailey; Treasurer Donna Lawson; Attorney Guy C. Hall; and Commissioners Craig W. Hays (President), Mike R. Somers (Vice President), Barbara J. Kuhl (Commissioner), Jane L. Solon (Commissioner), and Tyler R. Rouse (Commissioner).
Last updated January 13, 2026.
• Schedule: Weekly camps run June 2–August 8, 2025, with specific programs including Summer Preschool Camps (June 3–August 2), Adventure Explorers Camps at Douglass Community Center (June 3–August 2) and at Leonhard Recreation Center (June 3–August 9), Springer Cultural Center Creative Kids Summer Camp (June 3–August 9), and Teen Trailblazers Camp (June 3–August 2); Monday–Thursday afternoon swims and Friday full day biking expeditions are scheduled for Pedal & Explore Camp; 2025 camp weeks run June 2–August 9 with no camp on Thursday, July 4, 2025.
• Price: Scholarships are available to reduce program fees and charges, and Child Care Resource Service (CCRS) approved families may register for summer youth programs by paying a $10 deposit per child per session, with deposits potentially refunded at the end of the summer once all CCRS checks are received and there is a credit balance.
Champaign Park District offers scholarships for Summer Camps, with need as the primary criterion for scholarship consideration. Non-payment by the due date results in the participant being dropped and the space offered to waiting list participants. For Adventure Explorers Camps, each child should bring a water bottle, swimsuit, towel, and their own nut-free lunch daily. For Creative Kids Summer Camp, each participant should bring a water bottle, a nut-free snack for morning and afternoon, and lunch, and swimming for this camp is held at Sholem Aquatic Center. For Teen Trailblazers Pedal & Explore Camp, campers should have a bike, bike lock, helmet, water bottle, backpack, sack lunch, and snacks, and rides can span up to 5 miles one way.
Summer Camps includes two weekly summer camps with different themes called “Pedal & Explore” and “Trips & Travel,” with Trips & Travel Camp described as an out-of-town travel camp for young adventurers to discover the world around them. Champaign-Urbana Special Recreation, formed through a cooperative agreement with the Champaign and Urbana Park Districts, offers inclusion services for Champaign Park District programs, and if needed, a one-on-one aide will work with a child. The Champaign Park District has been accredited as an Illinois Distinguished Agency through IPRA/IAPD since 2000.
The leadership team connected with this program includes Executive Director Sarah Sandquist; Secretary Marguerite Bailey; Treasurer Donna Lawson; Attorney Guy C. Hall; and Commissioners Craig W. Hays (President), Mike R. Somers (Vice President), Barbara J. Kuhl (Commissioner), Jane L. Solon (Commissioner), and Tyler R. Rouse (Commissioner).
Last updated January 13, 2026.
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