Recreation Services, City of Palo Alto
Engage! Create! Enjoy! http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/enjoy Programs include childhood learning, youth development, and adult recreation.
Recreation Services provides a diverse range of programs and activities for the community, establishing a culture of fitness and healthy living for famlies and individuals of all ages. Register online for any of our programs or classes at http://enjoyonline.cityofpaloalto.org
Do you own a pet?! Do you love parades?! Join us as we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the May Fete Parade! Sign up is not required, just bring your LEASHED pet to march in the parade and be part of history! Join us @ University & Emerson @ 9:30 AM, May 4th!
JUST ANNOUNCED! We will have a time capsule on-site at the May Fete Fair site. Feel free to bring anything that will fit into an 8” X 11” envelope for the capsule. Also, drop by the capsule, after the parade and have your fingerprint added to the outside of the capsule. We will open the capsule in 50 years!
04/24/2024
Do you own a pet?! Do you love parades?! Join us as we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the May Fete Parade! Sign up is not required, just bring your LEASHED pet to march in the parade, and be part of history! Join us @ University & Emerson @ 9:30 AM, May 4th!
04/11/2024
Turn up the Heat! Break out the pots & pans! And break open the recipe book! It's that time of year again!
Calling all Chili teams! Submit your application today for a chance at cash prizes and bragging rights!
Does your chili have what it takes?!
03/20/2024
Spring is here and the sun is out. Our new soccer class and camp partners from World Cup Soccer Camps are starting skill clinics this month. Registration is now open.
02/12/2024
Help us celebrate 100 years of the May Fete Parade!
Join the conversation on different community topics of interest. Learn about the proposed Recreation Wellness Center and provide input on location options Wed. Jan. 17, 6:30 p.m. The San Antonio Road Corridor visioning workshop is the following Wed. Jan. 24 at 6 p.m., and share your vision to help inform the Bicycle & Pedestrian Transportation Plan Update on Wed. Jan. 31 at 5:30 p.m. Find these plus more fun ways to stay connected this month: https://bit.ly/41TFBkR
Drum roll please!!! 🥁
The votes have been tallied and the winners 🏆 have been decided!
A BIG THANK YOU to all who participated and joined this years Jack-O-Jaunt and a BIG congratulations to the winners (winners have been contacted via email)!
We can't wait to see what next year brings!
Happy Halloween! 🎃
Registration is now open for the 4th annual Jack-O-Jaunt! Happy hauntings!
09/11/2023
Calling all ghosts, ghouls, and goblins!!!
Registration for Jack-O-Jaunt is now open.
Sign up now! -> https://secure.rec1.com/CA/palo-alto-ca/catalog/index/df12b9d0b5cebdfbb254cc1f49ebbdd9?filter=c2VhcmNoPWphY2slMjBvJTIwamF1bnQ=
Join us this moonlit Halloween season, for our fourth annual, Jack-O-Jaunt! Bring us your best carved jack-o-lantern to be put on display in Lytton Plaza on Friday, October 27, 2023 from 6:30pm-8:30pm.
Don’t have space to carve your jack-o-lantern at home? Sign up for our Carve On-Site workshop!
The community will get an opportunity to vote for the scariest, cutest, and most creative, as they stroll through our display. Winners of each category will receive a $75 gift card to a Palo Alto business of their choosing.
09/06/2023
YCS: 2023 Mid Península Día Nacional de Servicio y Conmemoración
domingo 10 de septiembre en múltiples sitios de servicio en Santa Clara y el Condado de San Mateo
YCS y nuestros socios comunitarios invitan a miembros de la comunidad de todas las edades a registrarse para ser parte de este día de servicio más grande, mientras nos reunimos para trabajar en proyectos para elevarnos y apoyarnos mutuamente: campañas de recolección de alimentos, fabricación de tarjetas,limpieza ambiental, jardinería y mucho más. ¡Hay horas de servicio comunitario disponibles para los jóvenes! Para obtener más detalles y registrarse, visite www.youthcommunityservice.org, envíe un correo electrónico a [email protected] o llame (650) 858-8019.
09/06/2023
YCS: 2023 Mid-Peninsula National Day of Service and Remembrance
Sunday September 10 at multiple service sites in Santa Clara and San Mateo County
YCS and our community partners invite community members of all ages to register to be part of this largest day of service, as we come together to work on projects to uplift and support each other – food drives, card making, environmental cleanups, gardening and much more! Community Service Hours are available for youth! For more details and to register please visit www.youthcommunityservice.org, email [email protected] or call (650) 858-8019.
Here at the CityOfPaloAlto through Parks and Recreation. Did you know that we have a Chili Cook-Off and Summer Festival every year at Mitchell Park? You can join us tomorrow from 11a-3p and be part of our celebration!
This 21.4-acre district park that offers a wealth of active recreational opportunities. Walking and biking trails, playgrounds (including the Magical Bridge Playground), tennis and pickleball courts, etc. For more information please visit (link in bio): https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/Community-Services/Open-Space-Parks/Neighborhood-Parks/Mitchell-Park
Resident registration is now open! Visit cityofpaloalto.org/enjoyonline to sign up or view our class catalog at cityofpaloalto.org/enjoycatalog
Needing to reserve a group picnic site in Palo Alto, but not sure how to do it? Have no fear, Lance is here! (you can also go to cityofpaloalto.org/picnics for more information)
It's baaaacccckkkk! Jack-O-Jaunt | Lytton Plaza | Friday, October 28 | 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Come cast your votes for the scariest, cutest, and most creative jack-o-lantern.
10/01/2022
Weekend Traffic Advisory from the Palo Alto Police Department: The Great Glass Pumpkin Patch returns to the Palo Alto Art Center this weekend, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. Expect increased traffic in the area of Embarcadero and Newell Roads. For more info, visit http://greatglasspumpkinpatch.org. Palo Alto Art Center
09/05/2022
This we give thanks to the American workforce that has continued to adapt and persevere throughout the pandemic and beyond. Palo Alto's administrative offices and facilities will be closed to observe the national holiday today, Monday, September 5.
08/31/2022
The City of Palo Alto is closing the north field of the Stanford/Palo Alto Community Fields (Mayfield) due to deterioration of the synthetic turf, effective Thursday, September 1, 2022. This is an evolving situation and timing of reopening the field is unknown at this time. The south field will remain open. As updates are available, go here: www.cityofpaloalto.org/fields
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