Gather the family, and load them in the car for a visit with everyone’s favorite bunny. The bunny will be stopping at various locations throughout our member districts for a brief time, so families can drive through, wave, and even get a photo from a safe distance! Times and locations: 9:30 am - Park Forest Aqua Center 10:30...

SSSRA is hosting a virtual parade on February 26, and we need your help with the floats! Using a tissue box, shoebox, or other small box, create a float to be displayed during the virtual parade. The theme is “What Makes You Happy,” and you can create your float to display those activities or events....

Come celebrate Valentine’s Day with some of your SSSRA friends! Whether you come in-person or virtually, you’ll be sure to have a great time! We’ll have music to listen to, crafts to create, and memories to make! You can join us in person or virtually! However you join us, we look forward to seeing you and...

Join SSSRA as we make a mask to fit our personalities! We will create our own cloth masks to wear. Let your personality shine through as you wear your new creation! If this is your first activity backpack event, you will receive a backpack with all the supplies. If you have already participated in an activity...

Ever wonder what a sea lion eats or how they train to do those tricks? How big is a sea lion and what do they eat? We will get answers to those questions and more during a very special encounter! We will have a private 1 to 1 encounter with a sea lion and a...

#GivingTuesday is December 1, 2020, and SSSRA is proud to be a part of the global celebration of giving. Any donations made from November 27 – December 4 will go towards our fundraiser. Last year, SSSRA’s #GivingTuesday campaign raised $1,470. Our goal is to raise $2,000 this year. #GivingTuesday donations will help us continue to offer free...

Join us as we take a virtual tour through the various sculptures at Governors State University. We will learn about the artist who created these beautiful works of art and talk about the materials used. This is a virtual program and the link will be emailed to you the morning of the program. Due to the...

Making your own cards is fun, a great way to express your creativity, and it can be therapeutic and help you destress. Best of all, the end result is a card that you can pass to a friend or family member to make them smile. Join us as we make cards to send to our...

Let’s try a different art form, making pictures out of shapes we cut out of colorful paper. Henri Matisse is the artist that has used this type of art, and we will use our creativity to show off our artistic skills. All supplies will be provided. This is sure to be a fun filled evening...

Join SSSRA as we get into the Halloween season! We will be creating a salt painting. We will use table salt as an element to this month’s project to create a spider web picture. All supplies will be provided. This is sure to be a fun filled evening with friends! If this is your first activity...