NWSRA Summer Day Camps
Northwest Special Recreation Association (NWSRA) Main Office, 3000 W. Central Rd., Suite 205, Suite 205, Rolling Meadows, IL 60008
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NWSRA Summer Day Camps include STEM projects, sensory play, field trips, group activities, cooperative play, friendly competition, and trips throughout the community. Campers take part in organized play and explore a variety of sensory experiences, nature interactivity, and goal-focused activities during the summer. Adventure is offered through trips throughout the community that add different experiences to each camp day. Youth camps include cooperative play, social skills practice, and friendly competition through a variety of activities, while teen camps include activities that focus on continued skill use, giving back to the community, and pursuing individual interests.
• Ages: 0–18 years old
• Schedule: School District Camps run for 5 weeks, with a camp format at North and South locations and a 6-hour day, and offer weekly registration options.
Early childhood camps focus on social skills, following directions, and independence, and campers explore sensory experiences, nature interactivity, and organized play through field trips and group activities. School District Camps use a North and South location format, run a half hour longer for a 6-hour day, are 5 weeks in length, offer weekly registration, and use smaller and overlapping age ranges.
NWSRA full-time staff hold degrees in Therapeutic Recreation or closely related fields, hold certifications with state and/or national professional recreation associations, and have skills that include program development, leadership, behavior management, lifting and transferring techniques, defensive driving, lifeguarding, and water safety instruction. Hundreds of part-time staff and volunteers lead a variety of programs throughout the year. NWSRA provides over 2,000 recreational programs and receives more than 14,000 registrations annually, and athletics include over 600 athletes competing in 16 sports.
NWSRA’s mission statement is that it exists to provide outstanding opportunities through recreation for children and adults with disabilities. NWSRA has grown over its 44-year history and has enriched the lives of children and adults with disabilities as a partnership of 17 park districts in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, serving 17 northwest suburban communities with day camps, weekly programs, trips, special events, cultural arts, and more. NWSRA holds the distinction of Distinguished Accredited Agency from the Illinois Park and Recreation Association and has received the National Recreation and Park Association Excellence in Inclusion Award for national leadership in diversity and inclusion initiatives, an award given to one organization throughout the nation. A parent of two campers, Olivia and Wayde, describes changes they saw in their children’s comfort with camp drop-off, their interactions with counselors, their participation in trips, and their experiences in daily life after attending NWSRA Little Sprouts Day Camp in Summer 2016.
Last updated January 12, 2026.
• Ages: 0–18 years old
• Schedule: School District Camps run for 5 weeks, with a camp format at North and South locations and a 6-hour day, and offer weekly registration options.
Early childhood camps focus on social skills, following directions, and independence, and campers explore sensory experiences, nature interactivity, and organized play through field trips and group activities. School District Camps use a North and South location format, run a half hour longer for a 6-hour day, are 5 weeks in length, offer weekly registration, and use smaller and overlapping age ranges.
NWSRA full-time staff hold degrees in Therapeutic Recreation or closely related fields, hold certifications with state and/or national professional recreation associations, and have skills that include program development, leadership, behavior management, lifting and transferring techniques, defensive driving, lifeguarding, and water safety instruction. Hundreds of part-time staff and volunteers lead a variety of programs throughout the year. NWSRA provides over 2,000 recreational programs and receives more than 14,000 registrations annually, and athletics include over 600 athletes competing in 16 sports.
NWSRA’s mission statement is that it exists to provide outstanding opportunities through recreation for children and adults with disabilities. NWSRA has grown over its 44-year history and has enriched the lives of children and adults with disabilities as a partnership of 17 park districts in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, serving 17 northwest suburban communities with day camps, weekly programs, trips, special events, cultural arts, and more. NWSRA holds the distinction of Distinguished Accredited Agency from the Illinois Park and Recreation Association and has received the National Recreation and Park Association Excellence in Inclusion Award for national leadership in diversity and inclusion initiatives, an award given to one organization throughout the nation. A parent of two campers, Olivia and Wayde, describes changes they saw in their children’s comfort with camp drop-off, their interactions with counselors, their participation in trips, and their experiences in daily life after attending NWSRA Little Sprouts Day Camp in Summer 2016.
Last updated January 12, 2026.
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