The Park District’s Environment Sustainability Advisory Committee initiated a Carry In/Carry Out program with the Oak Park Youth Baseball/Softball Association and the Oak Park American Youth Soccer Organization to reduce trash, keep our parks cleaner, and increase environmental awareness and stewardship. This program has now been expanded to all park patrons. We simply ask our park users to take out whatever trash they bring into the park. Please do your part to keep our parks clean. 

We all understand the importance of caring for our environment so that we leave our planet better than we found it for future generations. Each one of us can make a difference. The same is true for our parks. We ask for the community’s help and cooperation in being a good park steward and keeping our parks clean through our Carry In/Carry Out program. Park patrons are asked to carry out all waste and recyclables they bring into the park. Basically, leave the park the way you found it!