Celebrate Earth Day by making a positive impact in your community! The Hawthorn Glen Outdoor Education Center is a 25-acre outdoor space of woodland, prairie, and fen, and home to many native animals and plants. Operated by Milwaukee Recreation, thousands of children attend the site each year with their schools and families. Help us clean up Hawthorn Glen so we can jump into spring and be ready for visitors (one hour of volunteer time is encouraged). An annual event each April, the clean-up attracts over 100 enthusiastic volunteers each year to help us put litter and nature back in place.

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  Spring is on the way! Welcome the new season with a delicious breakfast and a spring craft with your family and your community. Milwaukee Recreation invites you to enjoy a morning with our staff at the OASIS Community Center, where our 'Bring in Spring' event has returned for a second year. All are welcome to learn about the activities we offer at the OASIS and discuss opportunities for Milwaukee Recreation to better serve our community through recreation programming.

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  This March, young people can celebrate the exciting hoops season with Milwaukee Recreation! Join us at our Twilight Centers on Saturday, March 25 to compete in a variety of basketball skills challenges. Event Information When: Saturday, March 25 Times: 6:30-9 p.m. Ages: 12-18 Cost: FREE Locations: Pulaski HS, North Division HS, South Division HS, Washington HS What Should Participants Expect?

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  The 2023-2025 Partnership for the Arts & Humanities application is now open. Applications are due no later than 5 p.m. on Friday, April 28, 2023. The Partnership for the Arts and Humanities is an allocation of $1.83 million dollars approved annually by the Milwaukee Board of School Directors to support afterschool and summer arts and humanities-related opportunities for children, youth and families.

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  Milwaukee Recreation provides fun and affordable activities for all ages and abilities. This season, join us for a variety of programs at locations throughout the city! Click here to view the Spring 2023 Recreation Guide. Participants are encouraged to register for our wide range of programs, including aquatics, cooking, fitness, outdoor education, music, martial arts, sports leagues & activities, and much more!

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By Bobby Tanzilo This piece is exclusive to Milwaukee Recreation and cannot be reproduced elsewhere without permission. Maybe you see it in stacks at your local library, or perhaps it lands in your mailbox, chock full of fun and informative classes, and engaging sports and activities. I’m talking, of course, about the seasonal Milwaukee Recreation Guide, published my Milwaukee Recreation – a department of Milwaukee Public Schools – four times a year in a now-familiar magazine format.

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  Celebrate the start of the 2023-24 school year with MPS and Milwaukee Recreation at the 16th annual MPS Run Back to School! Join us for this 5K run/1.5-mile walk through Washington Park. Proceeds support MPS wellness and youth recreation programs. Event Information Date: Saturday, Aug. 26 Start Time: 9 a.m. (please arrive no later than 8:40 a.m.) Start & Finish Line: Wick Playfield (park in the lot next door, behind the MPS Central Services building: 5225 W.

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  The Milwaukee Youth Sports Alliance celebrated National Girls & Women in Sports Day (Feb. 1) with a “Lead Her Forward” event to recognize the dedicated female athletes, coaches, and leaders of Milwaukee. As part of the event, MYSA honored Bobbie Kelsey, Milwaukee Public Schools' Commissioner of Interscholastic Athletics & Academics, with its Champion Leadership Award. “MYSA applauds the vital role played by the individuals and organizations who join us in championing this effort: advocates seeking to protect Title IX and advance gender equity, athletes using their platform to inspire greatness, and coaches working daily to promote play,” Quentin Prince, MYSA executive director, said.

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  The Wisconsin Park and Recreation Association (WPRA) has selected Milwaukee Recreation’s Dream, Build, Play Playfield Renovation project as the winner of the 2022 Park Design Award (project categories – over $3,000,000 and over $1,000,000). Milwaukee Recreation, a department of Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS), operates 52 playfields across the city of Milwaukee. The majority of these playfields were constructed between 1920 and 1960.

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By Bobby Tanzilo This piece is exclusive to Milwaukee Recreation and cannot be reproduced elsewhere without permission. Event registration is now closed. One of the hottest tickets in town is back and coming up soon, and I’d bet it’s not at all what you’d expect it to be. When the annual Milwaukee Recreation Daddy/Daughter Dance takes place Saturday, Feb. 18 at North Division High School, 1011 W.

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