Our HistoryIn 1955, a small group of parents came together to create a brighter future for their children with intellectual and developmental disabilities. In a donated classroom in an Evergreen Park church, these determined parents began teaching their children. As word of their heroic efforts spread, other families joined and soon they established Park Lawn School.
In 1968, they were granted state funding to hire professional staff and construct the first permanent school in Oak Lawn. Shortly after, Park Lawn expanded to include programming for adults and a variety of community day services and residential facilities. Today, over 500 individuals are enrolled in Park Lawn's programs and encouraged to pursue a life of productivity, independence and happiness – the same as everyone else. |
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Our MissionWe believe everyone’s life has meaning, value and purpose. We encourage people with disabilities to discover their passion, take pride in their accomplishments, live more independently and thrive.
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Our Value Statement
Everyone has a purpose.
A desire to do and be more.
To contribute, connect and be valued.
At Park Lawn, we help people with disabilities discover their passion
and take pride in their accomplishments.
By providing them with a space to be themselves.
A home to call their own.
A place to connect and forge long-lasting friendships.
Since 1955, our mission has been to provide comprehensive services
that encourage our participants and residents to lead fuller, more independent lives.
We don’t build walls.
We tear them down. Opening doors to new possibilities.
Every day, we inspire our participants to be more than observers.
They are contributors who are accepted, respected and engaged.
With ideas that have an impact.
Opportunities to advance personal skills and pursue new interests.
And choices that allow every person to thrive.
A desire to do and be more.
To contribute, connect and be valued.
At Park Lawn, we help people with disabilities discover their passion
and take pride in their accomplishments.
By providing them with a space to be themselves.
A home to call their own.
A place to connect and forge long-lasting friendships.
Since 1955, our mission has been to provide comprehensive services
that encourage our participants and residents to lead fuller, more independent lives.
We don’t build walls.
We tear them down. Opening doors to new possibilities.
Every day, we inspire our participants to be more than observers.
They are contributors who are accepted, respected and engaged.
With ideas that have an impact.
Opportunities to advance personal skills and pursue new interests.
And choices that allow every person to thrive.
Our Philosophy
We believe people with intellectual and developmental disabilities earnestly wish to lead a normal life. They want to go to school. They want a job that instills pride and earns a paycheck. They want a full and active social life.
Our Vision
Our vision is to provide the broadest range of quality programs, services and facilities possible to meet the changing, long-term needs of people with intellectual and development disabilities. As a private, non-for-profit community-based agency, we make every attempt to elicit the support of similar providers and all appropriate community resources required to achieve our vision on a progressive and cost-effective basis.
Maureen Reilly
President
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Cheri Boublis
Vice President
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Vicki Scanlon
Secretary
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Courtney Joyce
Treasurer
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Dominic Bellino
Director
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Philip Kujawa
Director
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Dan McManigal
Director
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Diana Parkman
Director
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Pat Singler
Director
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Bob Schwartzers
Consultant
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Our Staff
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Our Locations
Park Lawn Administration Offices
10833 S. LaPorte, Oak Lawn, IL 60453 | (708) 425-3344 | [email protected]
Park Lawn Community Day Services
5 locations: Chicago Ridge, Crestwood, Oak Lawn, Palos Heights and Tinley Park
Park Lawn Community Integrated Living Arrangements (CILA)
8 locations: Chicago Ridge (2), Oak Lawn, Orland Park, Tinley Park (3) and Worth
Park Lawn Intermediate Care Facilities
2 locations in Alsip
Health, Safety, & Accessibility
The Health, Safety and Accessibility Committee began in 1993 to assist in promoting and maintaining our high standards for the health, safety, and welfare of all individuals at Park Lawn. Our quarterly survey focuses on important issues including sanitation, universal precautions for safety and fire protection codes. The committee also assists the agency with risk management. Education, training and plans of correction are tools the committee relies on for compliance. Questions or concerns can be directed to [email protected].
Resources
Our community employment, housing and integration programs are CARF accredited. This prestigious designation represents the highest level of accreditation that can be given to an organization and shows Park Lawn’s substantial conformance to the CARF standards. To receive a coveted Three-Year Accreditation, Park Lawn has undergone a rigorous peer-review process. During an on-site visit by a team of surveyors, we have demonstrated our commitment to offering programs and services that are measurable, accountable and of the highest quality.
ACCREDITATION
- CARF – The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
- Illinois Department of Human Services
- Illinois Department of Public Health
- Illinois Department of Labor
- United States Department of Labor
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- ACCESS - American Congress of Community Support and Employment Services
- A-N-C-O-R
- Association for Behavior Analysis
- Illinois Health Care Association
- The Institute on Public Policy for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- They Deserve More
- Intersect for Ability
Reports and PublicationsKeep up to date on everything there is to know about Park Lawn. Click on the links below to download PDFs of each document.
Brochure Newsletter Annual Report Strategic Plan |
Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions
Park Lawn is committed to protecting your privacy when you visit our website. Information we collect from you is used to
improve our site, provide you with a better experience and respond to your questions and requests.
Your privacy and security are as important to us as they are to you. Park Lawn uses state-of-the-art technology to ensure
that your personal information and confidential transactions remain safe, secure and private.
The information you provide to us is used for the sole purpose of adding you to our mailing list or processing your donation.
Your information is not sold and is only available to staff responsible for adding your information to the database or to those
who process your donation. All monetary donations are processed through the secure site of Springboard.
If you willingly provide us your personal information, Park Lawn may use it in the following ways:
Donations: When you make a donation to us we might acknowledge your donation by sending you an email or letter
acknowledgement or replying to your text message via a text message campaign.
E-Mail information requests and questions: When we respond to your e-mail requests or questions, we may collect
your e-mail address and send you e-mail correspondence or news.
Event registration: The agency provides on-line registration for our fund raising events. We may also collect your e-mail
address and send you e-mail correspondence or news.
We may request that you voluntarily supply us with personal information, including your e-mail address, postal address,
home, work or cellular telephone number and other personal information.
If you choose to correspond with us through email, we may retain the content of your email messages together with your
email address and our responses. We provide the same protections for these electronic communications that we employ
in the maintenance of information received by mail and telephone.
You may opt-out of Park Lawn Association e-mails by:
Clicking on an opt-out link within the promotional correspondence you receive
Sending an email to [email protected]
Contacting the Development office at 708-425-6867
You may opt-out of Park Lawn Association text message correspondence by:
Texting “STOP” to the short code provided on the website for that particular service.
Secure Information Transmission
When you send a donation to Park Lawn using your personal credit card information or Pay Pal account, your account
information is kept confidential via Pay Pal. Your credit card information is never processed through Park Lawn’s website.
Other email that you may send to us may not be secure unless we advise you that security measures will be in place
prior to your transmitting the information. For that reason, we ask that you do not send confidential information such as
Social Security or account numbers to us through an unsecured email.
Web Site Use Information
Similar to other commercial Web sites, our Web site may utilize a standard technology called "cookies" (see explanation
below, "What Are Cookies?") and Web server logs to collect information about how our Web site is used. Information
gathered through cookies and Web server logs may include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at
our Web site, and the Web sites visited just before and just after our web site. This information is collected on an aggregate
basis. None of this information is associated with you as an individual.
Cookies
Cookies are a feature of web browser software that allows web servers to recognize the computer used to access a web site.
Cookies are small pieces of data that are stored by a user's Web browser on the user's hard drive. Cookies can remember
what information a user accesses on one web page to simplify subsequent interactions with that web site by the same user
or to use the information to streamline the user's transactions on related web pages. This makes it easier for a user to move
from web page to web page and to complete commercial transactions over the Internet. Cookies should make your online
experience easier and more personalized.
If you have any questions regarding this notice, please contact us:
Mailing Address: Park Lawn Association, 10833 S Laporte Avenue, Oak Lawn, IL 60453.
Email: [email protected].
Phone: 708-425-3344.
improve our site, provide you with a better experience and respond to your questions and requests.
Your privacy and security are as important to us as they are to you. Park Lawn uses state-of-the-art technology to ensure
that your personal information and confidential transactions remain safe, secure and private.
The information you provide to us is used for the sole purpose of adding you to our mailing list or processing your donation.
Your information is not sold and is only available to staff responsible for adding your information to the database or to those
who process your donation. All monetary donations are processed through the secure site of Springboard.
If you willingly provide us your personal information, Park Lawn may use it in the following ways:
Donations: When you make a donation to us we might acknowledge your donation by sending you an email or letter
acknowledgement or replying to your text message via a text message campaign.
E-Mail information requests and questions: When we respond to your e-mail requests or questions, we may collect
your e-mail address and send you e-mail correspondence or news.
Event registration: The agency provides on-line registration for our fund raising events. We may also collect your e-mail
address and send you e-mail correspondence or news.
We may request that you voluntarily supply us with personal information, including your e-mail address, postal address,
home, work or cellular telephone number and other personal information.
If you choose to correspond with us through email, we may retain the content of your email messages together with your
email address and our responses. We provide the same protections for these electronic communications that we employ
in the maintenance of information received by mail and telephone.
You may opt-out of Park Lawn Association e-mails by:
Clicking on an opt-out link within the promotional correspondence you receive
Sending an email to [email protected]
Contacting the Development office at 708-425-6867
You may opt-out of Park Lawn Association text message correspondence by:
Texting “STOP” to the short code provided on the website for that particular service.
Secure Information Transmission
When you send a donation to Park Lawn using your personal credit card information or Pay Pal account, your account
information is kept confidential via Pay Pal. Your credit card information is never processed through Park Lawn’s website.
Other email that you may send to us may not be secure unless we advise you that security measures will be in place
prior to your transmitting the information. For that reason, we ask that you do not send confidential information such as
Social Security or account numbers to us through an unsecured email.
Web Site Use Information
Similar to other commercial Web sites, our Web site may utilize a standard technology called "cookies" (see explanation
below, "What Are Cookies?") and Web server logs to collect information about how our Web site is used. Information
gathered through cookies and Web server logs may include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at
our Web site, and the Web sites visited just before and just after our web site. This information is collected on an aggregate
basis. None of this information is associated with you as an individual.
Cookies
Cookies are a feature of web browser software that allows web servers to recognize the computer used to access a web site.
Cookies are small pieces of data that are stored by a user's Web browser on the user's hard drive. Cookies can remember
what information a user accesses on one web page to simplify subsequent interactions with that web site by the same user
or to use the information to streamline the user's transactions on related web pages. This makes it easier for a user to move
from web page to web page and to complete commercial transactions over the Internet. Cookies should make your online
experience easier and more personalized.
If you have any questions regarding this notice, please contact us:
Mailing Address: Park Lawn Association, 10833 S Laporte Avenue, Oak Lawn, IL 60453.
Email: [email protected].
Phone: 708-425-3344.
