The Oakland Recreation Commission 

Welomes you to the home of 

Oakland Recreation 

Please use this interactive website to visit the various sports,  follow our meeting schedule, learn about our recreation program, volunteer to help and much much more.

To visit any page, please click on a sport in the list below or other information on the side banner just to the left.

"No Child will be prevented from participating in any Oakland Recreation Program due to hardship."

See Commissioner of individual sport for assistance.

Next Meetings:

Recreation Commission - Monday February 22nd 8:00pm in the Danny D'elia Buliding   

Sports Association of Oakland - Tuesday February 9th 8:30 in the Danny D'elia Building 

Rutgers Coaches Certfication Course - TBA  click here all the information

Mandatory Baseball Coaches Clinic - Wednesday February 10th 7:00pm - 8:00pm: go to the baseball page for all the details

Up Coming Sign-ups:

Click here for offical Oakland Recreation sports refund policy

Soccer - Starts March 1st - please visit the soccer page for all the info 

Baseball/Softball/T-Ball:  For late sign-up info please visit the baseball and softball pages.

Summer Camp Job Applications:  All info posted lower on this page DEADLINE Feb 5th

Directions to the recreation complex on bottom of the page

Policies and Information can be found on the Information and Forms page (click on this side banner)

Left to Right: James Berrian, JoAnn Cribier, Chairman Steve Wagoner, Treasurer Neil Malmud, Bob Scalabrini, Chris Maragulia, Mike Miner, Vice-Chairman Mike Guadagnino 

Each of the 8 Recreation Commissioners are volunteers.  For more information on each commissioner please click here to visit the commissioners page.

The annual Oakland Recreation Baseball and Softball Parade/Party will be held on Saturday April 24th.  Festivities begin promptly at 9:00am.

All T-ball through 3rd/4th grade baseball and softball teams are to particpate.  Each team to make their own creative team banner.

More info to be annouced as we get closer!

Summer Camp is now accepting job applications for the 2010 season.  Job applications are posted on the downloads page of the summer camp site and for pick up at the following locations:  

• Indian Hills High School Guidance Office
• Valley Middle School Guidance Office
• Borough Hall  

Job applications will be made available through February 4, 2010.  Deadline to return the 2010 Season Job Application will be February 5, 2010

What lessons do we wish our children to learn from recreation sports?

What lessons are parents teaching their children by the example they set in stands or on the sidelines?

Please click on the headline to watch this video which was forwarded to us by Councilman Don Burns.

Our new Tennis Courts came in On-Time, On-Budget and are a great new investment to the Oakland infrastructure and to the Potash Recreation Complex. Oakland recieved $269,000 in Bergen County Grants, a $40,000 private grant from the Brotherton Foundation and a $30,000 contribution from the Recreation Commission. These grants & contributions totaling $339,000.00 were a huge asset helping to ease the burdon on Oakland taxpayers!

Oakland Says Thank You!!!

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Continuing the effort that was begun 3 1/2 years ago to modernize the recreation complex, the Oakland Recreation Commission would like to upgrade and modernize our playgrounds.  Almost 10 years ago the main playground was condemed.  Thanks to the Oakland Sports Association, they donated all the funds necessary to put up a new playground.  We have listened to the parents of Oakland and would like to improve all aspects of our playgrounds.

The Recreation Commission would like to remove the dirty tire pieces and upgrade with clean safe ADA compliant solid rubber flooring.  We would also like to see the two playgrounds brought closer together and upgrade the equipment.

THIS IS WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR.......

We would like to form a new fundraising group.  In the same way we have formed groups to  raise funds for each of the 4 scoreboards, the yearly 12u travel baseball team's Cooperstown Trip, the annual Christmas basketball tournament, the donations to re-furbish the 6 baseball fields, the sprinkler system, the new golf netting, the safety cages and safety netting - all with no taxpayer dollars - the commission is asking for the same enthusiasm in an effort to raise funds to replace the playground.

If you are interested in giving us a hand, or taking the lead, please contact Rec Commission Chairman Steve Wagoner (Wagoners@optonline.net)  or Rec Commission Vice-Chairman Mike Guadagnino (CoachGuad@aol.com).