Veterans Park District

10/15/2026

🍁🍻 GOOD NEWS! MORE TICKETS AVAILABLE! 🍻🍁

We just received a few more tickets for our*Oktoberfest Trip to Starved Rock!*🇩🇪
Join Travel with VPD for a fun-filled day featuring a delicious German buffet, b**r, w**e tasting, and plenty of Oktoberfest fun! 🍷🥨
HURRY! Deadline to call is Friday at 11 AM!
📞 Call 708-343-5270 to reserve your spot!
Don't miss out on this fun fall getaway! 🍂
Limited tickets available

VPD is committed to enhancing the quality of life of our residents by offering the best rec services.

10/14/2026

Last week in our Building Blocks Preschool, students learned about the Four Seasons!

Students learned about the changing temperatures and why they happen through painting, matching, and Seasons rhymes and dance.

This week students are learning all about our teeth and how to keep them happy!

VPD Building Blocks has open-enrollment for newly qualifying kiddos. If your little one is 3-5 years old and fully potty-trained, give us a call to tour our classroom now! (708) 731-5290 or visit us online at vpdpark.org

10/14/2026

🦃🎃 The Bride of Frankenstein has one rule: leave room for dessert!

Even monsters appreciate a good turkey dinner, and ours comes with gravy, homemade stuffing, mashed potatoes, buttered corn, and dessert, of course! 😉

Remember the fun of dressing up and heading to a Halloween party when we were kids? Why should the children have all the fun?
Join Veterans Park District for our Active Adult/Senior Halloween Costume Lunch Party, featuring a magic show by Marshall Brodien, Jr. His toughest trick might be making us save room for dessert! 🎩✨

👻 Costumes are optional, but wear one and you’ll be entered into a raffle for fun prizes!

📅 October 21, 11 AM–2 PM
📍 Bulger Park Community Center
💵 Only $20 per person
📞 Call 708-343-5270 to register, www.vpdpark.org

Bring your friends and your appetite. We’ll bring the gravy!

10/10/2026

🎃👻 Join us next Friday in your Halloween costume! Haunt on Hirsch Street Family Block Party is BIGGER than ever! 🕸️🦇

Get ready for a night filled with spooky surprises, family fun, and a few unexpected frights! 😈

🎪 Games & Inflatables
🎩 Roaming Magician
💀 Hallway of Horror
🤖 Animatronics Galore
🕷️ Detailed Scare Scenes
🚂 Haunt Train Ride
🌙 Guided Spooky Trail Walk

👀 And who knows what other spooky surprises await? You won’t want to miss it!

📍 Bulger Park 🧡🖤
🗓️ Friday, October 16
⏰ 6:00–8:30 PM

🤝 This event is held in partnership with the Village of Melrose Park’s Youth Commission.

10/10/2026

🎃👻Only 2 weeks to go until our Family Pumpkin Carving Event! 🎃✨ We’re getting ready for a spooktacular night filled with pumpkins, creativity, costumes, and family fun! 🕸️🧙‍♀️

Get ready to show off your carving skills, dress up in your favorite costume, and make some unforgettable Halloween memories! 🦇🍂

🎃 Pumpkins 🎨 Creativity 👻 Costumes 🧡 Family Fun

📣 IMPORTANT: Pre-registration is required! Please see the flyer for more details and registration information. 📝

We can’t wait to see everyone’s spooky creations! Who’s ready for a BOO-tiful night? 👀🕷️

10/10/2026

🏕️🔥 Little Campers, BIG FUN! 🔥🏕️
Our Little Campers had an adventure-filled time making memories! 🎨👕 We got creative with tie-dye T-shirts, explored on a camping scavenger hunt, tested our aim with axe throwing, and enjoyed some friendly competition with Connect Four and Tic-Tac-Toe! 🪓🎯❌⭕

We wrapped up the night the best way possible — with yummy s’mores, campfire treats, and lots of smiles! 🍫🔥🍪

From fun activities to sweet treats, it was a camping adventure full of laughter, friendship, and memories that will last long after the campfire goes out! ❤️🏕️

More fun happening at Bulger Park…Haunt on Hirsch & Family Pumpkin Carving Party🎃💀

10/09/2026

☕️Breakfast bingo club met today at Grant Park recreation center.🧇

Everyone enjoyed a light continental breakfast and a few bingo games. Call 708-343-5270 to register for next month’s breakfast bingo club. 🥚

10/08/2026

10/08/2026

🎃 Remember the fun of Halloween when we were kids, the homemade costumes, neighborhood parties, punch, candy treats, and laughter with friends?

That’s the spirit of our Halloween Luncheon: bringing back those happy memories and making new ones together!

Join us on October 21 for a delicious turkey lunch, a magic show, and plenty of Halloween fun with friends.

👻 Costumes are optional, but if you wear one, you’ll be entered into a raffle for fun prizes!

Bring a friend and that Halloween spirit you never outgrow!

📞 Call 708-343-5270 to register.

VPD is committed to enhancing the quality of life of our residents by offering the best rec services.