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Special Recreation Associations

Posted November 02, 2011 12:00 am

A special recreation association (SRA) is a cooperative formed by two or more park districts or municipalities who have joined together to provide recreation for their residents with disabilities.

Similar to the park district and village recreation departments, programs are offered year round in the park district or village recreation facilities as well as private facilities such as theaters, bowling alleys, churches, etc.

According to the Special Recreation Association Network of Illinois, there are 28 Special Recreation Cooperatives in Illinois serving 188 communities.

Area Special Recreation Associations include:

Fox Valley Special Recreation Association (FVSRA)

2121 W. Indian Trail, Aurora, (630) 907-1114, fvsra.org

Maine-Niles Association of Special Recreation (M-NASR)

6820 W. Dempster St., Morton Grove, (847) 966-5522, mnasr.org

Northeast DuPage Special Recreation Association (NEDSRA)

1770 W. Centennial Place, Addison, (630) 620-4500, nedsra.org

Northern Illinois Special Recreation Association (NISRA)

285 Memorial Drive, Crystal Lake, (815) 459-0737, nisra.org

Northern Suburban Special Recreation Association (NSSRA)

3105 MacArthur, Northbrook, (847) 509-9400, nssra.org

Northwest Special Recreation Association (NWSRA)

3000 W. Central Road, Suite 205, Rolling Meadows, (847) 392-2848, nwsra.org

Special Recreation Association of Central Lake County (SRACLC)

290 Oakwood Road, Vernon Hills, (847) 816-4866, sraclc.org

Western DuPage Special Recreation Association (WDSRA)

116 N. Schmale Road, Carol Stream, (630) 681-0962, wdsra.com

South East Association for Special Parks & Recreation (SEASPAR)

4500 Belmont, Downers Grove, (630) 960-7600, seaspar.org

Gateway Special Recreation Association (Gateway)

15W431 59th St., Burr Ridge, (630) 325-3857

Special Recreation Services of Northern Lake County (SRSNLC)

814 Hart Road, Round Lake, (847) 546-8558, rlapd.org

2400 Dowie Memorial Drive, Zion, (847) 746-5500, zionparkdistrict.com

2200 E. Grass Lake Road, Lindenhurst, (847) 356-6011, lindenhurstparks.org

2000 Belvidere St., Waukegan, (847) 360-4760, waukeganparks.org

Warren Special Recreation Association (WSRA)

17801 W. Washington St., Gurnee, (847) 244-6619, warrentownship.net/wsra

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