Naperville Garden Club hosting 60th annual Cup of Cheer
The Naperville Garden Club will host its 60th Cup of Cheer house walk, holiday market and tea from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Dec. 1-2.
Online tickets, which are $57 for Thursday’s event and $42 for Friday, will be available through noon Wednesday, Nov. 30, at www.napervillegardenclub.org.
Tickets may also be purchased for cash or check only at Nona Jo’s, 410 W. Fifth Ave.; The Growing Place, 25 W. 471 Plank Road; and the John Greene Realtor office, 1311 S. Route 59; through Dec. 2. Day of tickets will be available at at Judd Kendall VFW Post 3873, 908 W. Jackson Ave. Tickets bought at local venues do not have a $2 handling fee.
The tickets allow the holders to tour four homes decorated for the holidays, visit the holiday market and enjoy the tea service in any order they prefer.
The market and tea also is open to the public without a ticket from noon to 4 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2, at the VFW, 908 W. Jackson Ave.
Each Cup of Cheer participant receives a commemorative teacup and saucer or coffee mug.
Proceeds from the event help fund scholarships and club projects.
Park district winter brochure available online Nov. 30
Naperville Park District’s winter brochure will be available online starting Wednesday, Nov. 30.
In the brochure, residents can find information about registering for winter programs, winter break camps, spring soccer and preschool for the 2023-24 school year.
Online registration for winter programs starts at 8:30 a.m. Monday, Dec. 5, for residents and at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 8, for nonresidents.
Soccer registration begins at noon Tuesday, Dec. 13, for girls, on Wednesday, Dec. 14, for boys and on Thursday, Dec. 15, for nonresidents.
Registration is ongoing for winter break camps, including gymnastics, basketball, flag football, Lego engineering, chess and other activities. The camps are available for children ages 3 to 17 and will be offered from Dec. 26 to Jan. 6.
For more information, go to www.napervilleparks.org/programguides.
Naperville Running Company to fund trail snow removal
The Naperville Running Company will partner for its 8th year with the Naperville Park District to clear snow on a two-mile trail in south Naperville.
The popular running trail extends from the Route 59 pedestrian bridge through Frontier Sports Complex, Ashbury Park and Ashbury Greenway to Naperville-Plainfield Road.
As part of the agreement, the park district will clear the trail after a snowfall of about two inches or more, and the Naperville Running Company will reimburse the district for labor and materials.
The park district also removes snow as needed at the Riverwalk, the DuPage River Trail between Veterans Park and DuPage River Park and the trails at Commissioners Park, Country Lakes Park, Meadow Glens, Nike Sports Complex, Wil-O-Way Commons, Wildflower Park and Wolf’s Crossing Community Park.
Residents can use unpaved trails at parks such as Knoch Knolls Park for cross country skiing or snowshoeing, district officials said.
