How we use donations

Disc Golf in Youth Camps

Disc Golf is a great recreational activity that is fun and encourages kids to be outside. HPDG provides baskets, discs, educational materials, and training, for organizations to bring disc golf to their youth programming. In 2022 we want to provide 6 different Chicago Park Field Houses with disc golf starter packs to utilize in the park and in their summer camps.

Jackson Park Disc Golf Course

We maintain an 18-hole disc golf course in Jackson Park that uses nonpermanent baskets in a collaboration with the Jackson Park Advisory Council and the Chicago Park District. The baskets were donated by the Paul McBeth Foundation, DiscMania, and local disc golfers. We host bi-monthly cleanups with Pitch in for the Parks and other community volunteer events to improve the course. Throughout the year HPDG hosts several tournaments that provide accessible PDGA-sanctioned disc golf in the city of Chicago

Baskets in Parks

Our first step in introducing disc golf to a park is with the placement of a temporary basket. We work with the park advisory council to identify an optimal location and, if approved, place and maintain the basket throughout the year. Each basket includes community discs and informational signage on getting started, our contact information, and disc golf games. More people are hearing about disc golf and the parks of Chicago are a perfect location for anyone to pick up a disc and make their first basket.

Community and Disc Golf Outreach

We partner with community events like the 4th on 53rd Parade and Picnic, UChicago Police Night Out in the Park, and Pumpkins in the Park by setting up temporary baskets and giving away discs. The great thing about disc golf is it only takes a few minutes to learn and offers a lifetime of challenge. People leave the event with everything they need to start playing and information on where and how to continue with disc golf.