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What the parks & recreation departments around the 209 are doing — registration windows, league signups, pool season, senior programs, and the parades each town’s rec office puts on. This is not a live feed of everything rec: the desk rotates the cards below as the seasons turn. The directory of departments underneath is the permanent part — it’s the answer to “who runs rec in my town.”
Departments & coaches: run sign-ups + print player cards here →
The cards the desk is carrying this week. Each one names its source and the day it was last checked — the department’s own page is always the last word.
The county’s September 11 operations update keeps Woodward under a no-contact advisory, and vessel inspections are mandatory before you launch. Check inspection hours with the gate before towing the boat up 26-Mile.
Activity-guide season: the departments below are posting fall classes, leagues and center programs now. Swim lessons are done until spring -- fall and winter belong to leagues, gyms, senior programs and holiday events.
The department’s whole catalog is sports-oriented youth programs, run out of the rec office at 831 Hardin Rd on weekday afternoons. Call for what’s registering now.
Oakdale’s aquatics page thanks swimmers for the 2026 season and posts April as when 2027 swim-lesson registration opens -- the same rhythm the other pools in the county run on.
Everything the rec departments do lands in one of these lanes. Tap one to filter the rotation above.
The permanent directory -- every department links to its own site, where registration, hours and the current guide actually live.
The biggest rec catalog in the county: community and senior centers, youth programs, classes, sports fields and facility rentals.
Programs out of the Ceres Community Center on 4th Street, plus rentals there and at the American Legion hall.
The deepest bench in the 209: youth and adult sports, classes, aquatics, camps, the senior center and park rentals -- all through Community Pass online registration.
Aquatics in season, tennis and pickleball classes, the Gladys Lemmons Senior Center (55+), community events -- registration on RecDesk.
Classes, aquatics, the Teen Center, Cardozo Gym rentals and 18 parks -- plus the town’s big annual events.
Home of the Hammon Senior Center -- free daily programming for 50+ -- plus community programs and rentals.
A youth-sports-first department -- leagues for kids of all ages, and the town’s new aquatic center.
Parks, trails and facilities for the county’s smallest city -- the division also staffs the Parks, Recreation & Entertainment Commission.
Community Center and park pavilion rentals and the city basketball program -- steered by the Parks & Recreation Commission at 101 E Street.
Woodward Reservoir (Oakdale), Modesto Reservoir (Waterford), Frank Raines and LaGrange OHV parks, Laird Park and Knights Ferry -- camping, boating, fishing and reservations for the whole county.
The rotation is curated by the desk, not scraped live — cards come in when a registration window opens or a town event gets close, and go out when they’re stale. Each card names where it came from and the day it was last checked. Departments run their own pages and their own registration systems; the official link is always the last word.