Summer Camps
Wheaton Park District Administration Office, 102 E. Wesley St., Wheaton, IL 60187
About
Summer Camps offers camp sessions that include Summer Camp activities and time outdoors. The program includes options for campers such as Camp No Name, Camp I Don’t Know, Camp Goodtimes, Camp Illini, Mean Camp Green, and Awesome August, which are the only camps that visit the pools. Campers who visit the pools receive color-coded wristbands that match specific levels of aquatic skills, based on aquatic skills testing conducted on the first day of camp.
• Schedule: Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall registration periods with stated class start dates
Every camp requires paperwork to be on file, and the necessary paperwork is described in a welcome email sent the week before camps start. Paperwork must be brought on the first day of camp, and if a child attends the same camp for multiple weeks, the paperwork only needs to be submitted once for that camp. If a child is enrolled in multiple camps, parents complete paperwork for each child and make copies for the different camps, because locations do not share paperwork. The welcome email also lists what each child needs to bring to camp, and all items brought to camp are labeled with the child’s name.
Campers who use the pools are assigned color-coded wristbands, and they may re-test each Monday for a different color wristband. Camp Goodtimes campers do not take a swim test and are not allowed to go down the slides; they receive red wristbands and move around the pool in small groups between the shallow end of the pool, sand play area, and waterfall area. Summer Camps provides Summer Camp FAQs as a PDF and on the webpage, a Summer Camp Schedule Organizer as a PDF, and Social Stories™ for facilities, parks, programs, and events to help visitors feel comfortable and confident.
The program lists leadership contacts as Kelly Nielsen, Deb Ditchman, Chad Shingler, and Cody Nelson. Its mission statement is to enrich the quality of community life through a diversity of healthy leisure pursuits and heightened appreciation for the natural world. Community involvement includes partnership opportunities, as well as volunteer and employment opportunities.
Last updated January 11, 2026.
• Schedule: Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall registration periods with stated class start dates
Every camp requires paperwork to be on file, and the necessary paperwork is described in a welcome email sent the week before camps start. Paperwork must be brought on the first day of camp, and if a child attends the same camp for multiple weeks, the paperwork only needs to be submitted once for that camp. If a child is enrolled in multiple camps, parents complete paperwork for each child and make copies for the different camps, because locations do not share paperwork. The welcome email also lists what each child needs to bring to camp, and all items brought to camp are labeled with the child’s name.
Campers who use the pools are assigned color-coded wristbands, and they may re-test each Monday for a different color wristband. Camp Goodtimes campers do not take a swim test and are not allowed to go down the slides; they receive red wristbands and move around the pool in small groups between the shallow end of the pool, sand play area, and waterfall area. Summer Camps provides Summer Camp FAQs as a PDF and on the webpage, a Summer Camp Schedule Organizer as a PDF, and Social Stories™ for facilities, parks, programs, and events to help visitors feel comfortable and confident.
The program lists leadership contacts as Kelly Nielsen, Deb Ditchman, Chad Shingler, and Cody Nelson. Its mission statement is to enrich the quality of community life through a diversity of healthy leisure pursuits and heightened appreciation for the natural world. Community involvement includes partnership opportunities, as well as volunteer and employment opportunities.
Last updated January 11, 2026.
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