Elementary Sports

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Give your elementary-aged kids the opportunity to experience the excitement of youth sports in a safe and fun environment with CARD's recreation leagues and programs! Whether they're beginners or seasoned athletes, our programs foster camaraderie, skill development, and a true love for the game. Register today and watch your child thrive as they unleash their passion for sports!

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CARD Hiking Club

Welcome to CARD's Hiking Club, for grades 2nd-8th! This exclusive club will focus on showing participants the wonderful world of hiking in Chico's very own Upper Park, while exploring its native animals and plants. Each day will not only feature a hike, but will also include a game, activity, or scavenger hunt to add some extra excitement!

Grades 2nd-8th
Sat | 4/20-5/11 | 9:15 - 11:15 AM
Thu | 4/25-5/16 | 5:30 - 7:30 PM

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CARD Sports Institute (CSI)

Welcome to the CARD Sports Institute ( aka: CSI)! Each session will focus on developing individual skills, with the progression of fundamentals, footwork, and technique. Each day will contain a structured breakdown and development curriculum for each of our athletes based on the selected sport.

Multiple Days and Sports available

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Flag Football League

Nothing says fall like football! Join our fun recreational flag football league. Not only will each team focus on flag football fundamentals and technique, but they will also introduce a new Word of the Week to include life skills that youth sports provide. Our goal is to create better athletes, but more importantly, better people.

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Little Athletes Summer Camps

Ignite your 5-7 year old's passion for sports by enrolling them in CARD's electrifying "Little Athlete" camps! Designed with entertainment and purpose…

Little Athletes: K-2nd

CARD’s Little Athletes programs (typically K-2nd) feature paid coaches that create a positive, non-threatening environment. Coaches will work with players for the first 2-3 weeks to introduce the sport using basic skill techniques and formations and build confidence in each player to get them ready to play.

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Sports Camp

M-F | Grades 2nd-6th
Multiple Sports Available
Half-Day Option | 7:45 AM - 12:30 PM
Full-Day Option | 7:45 AM - 5:30 PM

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Volleyball League

Bump, Set, Spike! Do you have a volleyball player in your house? If so, this is the perfect league for them! Practices will concentrate on skill building, setting, passing, spiking, digging and serving.

Website Accessibility Policy

Chico Area Recreation & Park District is fully committed to providing accessible facilities, elements and channels of communication to all members of the public. As part of this commitment, Chico Area Recreation & Park District has a policy of providing an accessible website compatible with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) and commercial screen reading software. All features of the website are coded to allow individuals with vision and other impairments to understand and use the website to the same degree as someone without disabilities. We welcome feedback and can often resolve issues in a timely manner if they arise.

If you need any special assistance or accommodations:

Call us at (530) 895-4711

Ongoing Compliance Information

Compliance Officer

Chico Area Recreation & Park District has designated a compliance officer for website disability-related accommodations. The compliance officer has received training in website accessibility and updates the site in accordance with those best practices. Contact our accessibility officer to report an issue.

Compliance Procedures and Reports

In addition to testing with users with a wide range of disabilities and coding our website to WCAG standards, Chico Area Recreation & Park District regularly scans its website to ensure ongoing compliance, and makes timely changes to any inaccessible changes, if any are found.

Linked Documents and Third Parties

Please note that this site may link out to third-party websites, such as state or federal agencies, that do not have accessible content. This site may also include documents provided by third parties included in our agenda packets, for example. While we cannot control the accessibility of content provided by third parties, we are happy to assist any member of the public with reading and accessing content on our site.

See an opportunity for us to improve? Please contact our accessibility officer or call us at (530) 895-4711.

Report a Website Accessibility Issue

We are committed to your ability to access all content, and we will respond to all requests as soon as possible.