By Ted Flickinger
Managing Editor

We are pleased to share with you five of the many outstanding therapeutic recreation programs and services available in Illinois:

• Gary Koenig explains how computers expand the dimensions of day camp programs at the Northern Suburban Special Recreation Association.

• Kevin Kendrigan and Susie Field discuss the impact of foundations on community-based therapeutic recreation programs.

• Julia Karnstedt and Carol Krashen introduce a toy library that meets the needs of special children.

• Dennis Alldridge reviews Illinois' role in the 1988 Special Olympics.

• David Espeseth explains the impact of the Special Outdoor Adventure Recreation (SOAR) program sponsored by the Maine-Miles Association of Special Recreation.

Also included in this issue are the 1988 Park District Calendar, compiled by Peter M. Murphy, legal/legislative counsel, Illinois Association of Park Districts (IAPD); Mary Fernandes' account of intergovernmental cooperation in Naperville, and a look back at special moments from the 1987 Illinois Park and Recreation Conference.

Pleasant reading, and best wishes for a happy and prosperous new year!

The cover photo was taken in Galena, IL, by Terry Farmer, Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs.

Illinois Parks and Recreation 5 January/February 1988