RECREATION COMMISSION
The Mission of the Wayland Recreation Department is to provide programs, facilities, and services designed to enhance individual and community values of physical, social, creative, cultural, and intellectual growth, and development. Our contributions are measured by community participation. Recreation is also responsible for running the beach where great things are happening with the new basketball and volleyball courts.
The Wayland Recreation Department is committed to customer service – creating and maintaining the highest quality of service within a framework of fiscal responsibility that relies on efficient utilization of community resources, citizen involvement, and collaboration within the community.
The Recreation Department works hard to add expanded enrichment programming for our community. We reach far beyond sports including science, technology, arts, theatre, and family events. In addition we have been working on our Field Use Master Plan Study that will define and develop field needs for the town through the year 2020. Also, at the beach we have added ADA Accessible docks, matting, and boat launch. We also added a new sound system to the new beach house.
The annual Touch a Truck event was held in September with over 2500 in attendance. Fundraising is a vital part of this free event, and local business responded generously as sponsors.Recreation staff, along with DPW, Police and Fire, worked diligently to provide this fun and successful event for the community.
Our programming is more varied for preschool to adults than the typical recreation department. Science has been a focus of the department offering many science related courses, i.e., Chemical Magic, Spectacular Hands-On Science, Minecraft Mania, Rocket Science, Jedi Engineering and Engineering Fundamentals with Lego, and more. A sample of our arts programs are Video Game Creation 1 & 2, Wheel-thrown Pottery, Multi-Media Clay, Drama, Comedy & Dance, Young Dancer Pre-Ballet, Drawing and Painting, and Hip Hop Explosion. Non-traditional sports such as Fencing, Archery, Track & Field, Football, Kayaking, Cross Country Skiing, and Sailing are combined with the traditional sports to keep our population active.
Many residents take advantage of our Special Annual Events, such as the Touch a Truck, two Family Science Nights,Fun Days at the Beach, Halloween Parade, Musical Instrument Petting Zoo, Fishing Derby, Spring Egg Hunt, and more.
Check out our program offerings at And while you are at it join our Facebook page: Wayland Recreation Department/Wayland Town Beach.
The Recreation Commissioners for this past year were StasGayshan, Anna Meliones, Asa Foster, Brud Wright and Frank Krasin.
Beach Buddies
I don’t have names for these participants, think we can use?