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Everything you need to know about Kankakee With Kids.
Kankakee With Kids is a community platform for families in Kankakee County. We bring together local events, youth programs, and other listings so parents always know what's happening and where to sign their kids up.
Families looking for things to do, and the clubs, libraries, park districts, nonprofits, and community groups that run them. If you have a family-friendly event or program, we want it here.
Yes — free to browse and free to post. No paywalls, no ads.
Click "Register" in the top navigation. You'll need an email address and a password. That's it.
Submit community events and programs, manage your organization's listings, track your submissions, and get notified when something is approved or needs changes.
A community contributor is anyone who submits events or programs on behalf of an organization that isn't yet on Kankakee With Kids, or for a community happening they want to share. Contributor submissions go through a manual review before they're published.
Contributors submit on behalf of others or for one-off happenings — their submissions go into a review queue and are typically published within 72 hours. Organizations are verified entities that publish events and programs immediately, with their branding attached to every listing. If you regularly run events or programs, creating an organization is the better path.
Events are one-time or recurring public happenings. Includes farmers markets, performances, parent meetups, and more. They appear on our community calendar. Programs are structured activities you register or sign up for: sports leagues, after-school classes, summer camps, music lessons. Programs appear in the Programs directory with age range and registration info.
From your dashboard, go to My Events and click "Submit Event." Fill in the name, date, time, location, and a short description. Your submission goes into our review queue and our team will look at it within 72 hours. You'll receive an email when it's approved or if changes are needed.
From your dashboard, go to My Programs and click "Submit Program." Fill in the program name, type, age range, seasons it runs, and any registration details. Programs go through the same review process — our team will review within 72 hours.
Family-friendly events and programs in Kankakee County that are open to any family. Includes park district programs, community leagues, camps, classes, and public performances. Activities must be open to participation regardless of school enrollment. General-admission school events like concerts or plays are welcome; school athletic schedules, internal school events, and commercial promotions will be declined.
You'll receive an email explaining why. If you believe it was rejected in error, reach out to us at info@kankakeewithkids.com.
An organization is any club, school, nonprofit, business, or community group based in Kankakee County that regularly runs events or programs open to local families. Creating an organization gives you your branding on every event and program, team management tools, recurring events, and immediate publishing — no review queue, no waiting.
From your dashboard, click "Create an Organization." You'll add your organization's name, logo, and contact info. Once submitted, we'll send a verification link to your organization's email address. After you verify, our team will review and approve your organization — typically within 72 hours.
Email verification confirms that you have access to the organization's official contact address before your request reaches our review team. It keeps the queue clean and speeds up your approval.
Find your organization on the site and click "Claim this Organization." We'll send a verification link to the email address on file for the organization. Once verified, you'll have full admin access.
Our team typically approves new organizations within 72 hours of email verification. You'll receive an email when your organization is approved and live.
From your organization dashboard, go to Members and click "Invite Member." Enter their email address and assign them a role — admin or contributor. They'll receive an invitation by email.
Admins can manage the organization profile, invite or remove members, and update organization settings. Contributors can submit events and programs on behalf of the organization but cannot change organization settings or manage members.
Yes. There's no limit on the number of admins or contributors in an organization.
From your organization dashboard, go to Members, find the member you want to remove, and click Remove. They'll lose access to the organization immediately.
From your organization dashboard, go to Events and click "Add Event." Fill in the details and publish. Because your organization is verified, your event goes live immediately on the community calendar — no review required.
From your organization dashboard, go to Programs and click "Add Program." Fill in the program details including type, age range, and seasons. Because your organization is verified, your program goes live immediately in the Programs directory — no review required.
Yes. Updates to organization events and programs go live immediately. There is no review process for organization edits.
Athletic (sports leagues and teams), Camp (day camps, overnight camps, clinics), Class (ongoing instruction like art, coding, or dance), and Lesson (private or small-group instruction). Kankakee With Kids reserves the right to reassign a program's type to ensure accurate categorization across our listings.
Recurring events let you set up a repeating schedule once — weekly practices, monthly meetings, annual fundraisers — and we'll generate the individual event instances automatically. This is available to organizations only.
Weekly and monthly patterns are supported, including flexible options like "first Monday of every month." Annual events can be set up as well.
Yes. You can edit a single instance — for example if one week's practice moves to a different location — without changing the rest of the series. You can also apply changes to the entire series going forward from any point.
Yes. Individual occurrences can be removed from the series without affecting the rest of the schedule.
We manually review community submissions to make sure everything on Kankakee With Kids is genuinely family-friendly, accurate, and relevant to Kankakee County families. It keeps the platform trustworthy for everyone — no account required to browse.
Everything submitted by an approved organization — events, programs, and updates — goes live immediately with no review. Community contributor submissions always go through manual review first.
Our team reviews community submissions within 72 hours. Organization approvals typically happen within 72 hours of email verification.
You'll receive an email explaining why. Common reasons include content that isn't open to all Kankakee County families, events outside the county, or commercial promotions. If you believe it was rejected in error, reach out to us at info@kankakeewithkids.com.