We Love Our Willistown Parks & Recreation Volunteers!

Big thanks to our Okehocking Preserve Chester Ridley Crum Annual Stream Clean Up Willistown and CRC volunteer team. Ranging in age from 4 years to septuagenarian, we always have fun gittin' 'er done :)  

Thank You Kelly Tickner & the Fox Hollow Trail Team!

Kelly, above left with the day's haul, is a Willistown resident and number one fan of Fox Hollow Trail. Wanting to give back, she contacted Willistown Parks and Rec, and the Fox Hollow Trail Team was born. The inaugural outing brought smiles and a light bulb or two ;)  We also thank the leadership at Daylesford Abbey for agreeing to this effort. 

A Native Eastern Redbud at Okehocking Greets Spring
  You're not the only one who wonders why they're called "Redbuds".  The Eastern Redbud is named for where it grows, in eastern North America, and the cheery "red" flower buds along the stems that bloom pink before the leaves emerge. No matter what color we see, the true beauty of this tree is it's joyful announcement of Spring. 

Spring Greetings Parks and Recreation Friends,
We are thrilled to share Breaking Good News! 

Willistown Parks & Recreation volunteers are greatly appreciated, and we have a ball together to boot. It's a wonderful experience getting outside as a community team on a mission to help the places that we love. Our trash and invasive plant management activities generally happen before the plants leaf out so we can easily get around and see the trash. Stay tuned to our Breaking Good News Enews for more clean up opportunities coming this fall and winter.

Meanwhile, we are once again partnering with Chester Ridley Crum Watersheds Association (CRC) on a Department of Conservation and Natural Resources funded tree planting at Okehocking Preserve on Friday May 6 from 1-4PM and Saturday May 7 from 9AM to noon. Please contact me for more info and to register. We'll keep you posted through our Enews as well.

On the recreation front, our Willistown Summer Fun Camps are nearing capacity with a few weekly camps closed but a handful of all summer full and half time slots are open. There's room in the week-long Philly Union Soccer camp, so please sign up soon. Scroll on for more info.

Programming-wise, this is the 10th anniversary of our award-winning GO WilMa! Outdoor Adventure Program...my, how time flies when we are having fun! Stay tuned for more info, and mark your calendars for the program's kickoff at our School's Out—Let's GO WilMa! Park Party at Greentree Park on June 21st from 5-8PM.

If there is a park, preserve, or trail that you are passionate about, like Kelly, and you want to volunteer, please contact me. And, as always, I am available to hear suggestions or concerns. 

Happy longer days,

Mary

Email 
Willistown Township Parks & Recreation Director
610-647-5300 x224  

WILLISTOWN SUMMER FUN CAMPS 
Register Soon as Camps are Filling Up

Willistown Township's Summer Fun Camps for grades K-5 are filling up, and a few single week camps are filled. That said, we have some full summer half and all day camp slots saved for those still looking for 8 weeks of camp. 

Located at Sugartown Elementary School and hosted by Jump Start Sports, there are 8 fun-filled weeks starting June 20 through August 12, 2022. Residents and non-residents can register for individual weeks or all 8 weeks. We offer full and half-day options plus before and after care with themes that change every week. View the camp flier, find more information on our Willistown Camp page, or go directly to registration here.

PHILADELPHIA UNION SOCCER CAMP 
June 13 - June 16, Rita Reves Park

Willistown Parks and Recreation is pleased to partner with the Philadelphia Union's youth soccer program.  

Location
Rita Reves Park, 1040 Garrett Mill Road, Newtown Square, PA 19073 

Timing
The week long camp will run Monday June 13 through Thursday June 16, 2022 from 9am to 12pm. For boys and girls ages 6 - 13.

Description
The unique camp programs are designed to enhance individual skill levels, possess a fun element and allow players from different soccer organizations to come together to play the beautiful game.
The Philadelphia Union are dedicated to growing the love of the game through cost effective programs that will allow us to capture the hearts and minds of families and create lifelong Union fans. 
Every participant is given the opportunity to attend a Union game for free to watch their heroes play and enjoy the atmosphere and passion of the Philadelphia Union Soccer fans who are without doubt the best in the country.

Fee 
$179 Resident/$199 Non-Resident  Willistown residents: please contact Mary, our Parks & Recreation Director, for a discount code prior to registration.

Registration
Please scroll to the bottom of the Union home page to register.

SAVE THE DATES
Park Parties Galore!

Greentree In Tune & On Tap 5:30-8:30pm 

          The Sun Brothers June 14, Rain Date June 17

               
         Beg, Borrow, and Steel July 20, Rain Date July 22

         The Fraction September 13, Rain Date September 15

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE

Visit the Comprehensive Plan Update page to see the project kickoff presentations and all things Comprehensive Plan.

Draft chapters of the plan will be intermittently posted through the fall of 2022 for public comment here. The public will have another opportunity to comment on the seven chapters before adoption as required by Pennsylvania State Law. 

To stay up to date on the process, please sign up for Comprehensive Plan Update Bulletins here.

HEAD OUTDOORS

WHERE TO GO to GET OUTSIDE

• Check out our  Willistown Township Park Land and Open Space Fund Map, an at-a-glance view including short descriptions of the wonderful recreational assets Willistown has to offer. 

• Check out Chester County's Parks & Trails 

• Get the dirt on the best trail navigation and exploration mobile map applications here.

• Locate PA state parks through PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resource and their Find a Park by Region service.

• Scroll down for quick links to our award-winning GO WilMa! The Adventure Continues outdoor adventure program. It's easy to register and is free.

TOWNSHIP NEWS

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