Five Things to Know Today: Oct. 5

1. Lifestyles Fitness Center Now Accepting Competitor's Membership Cards

From the Bolingbrook Park District Facebook page: 

invites you to bring in your membership card from ANY fitness center in Bolingbrook and use our fitness centers through October 18. We think you'll like us!

2. Open Volleyball for Bolingbrook Seniors

The Bolingbrook Park District's  is hosting an open gym volleyball session for seniors on Wednesday and Friday mornings at 9 a.m.

Pre-registration is not required. Seniors only need to bring their paddles.

For more information, click .

3. Citizens Police Academy to Begin Tomorrow

In efforts to strengthen ties with the community, the  is offering a 10-week citizen's police academy for local residents.

The free class will be held on Thursday nights from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

According to the department's website, the purpose of the class is to "give citizens of the community a working knowledge of the Bolingbrook Police Department."

Applications can be picked up at the Bolingbrook Police Department or by contacting Crime Prevention Officer Brian Ferry at bferry@bolingbrook.com or at 630-226-8681.

Or you can download the application by clicking HERE.

4. 

Sabre Hockey Association is registered for the Responsible Sports program and encouraging individual community members to complete one of the self-paced online courses (Responsible Coaching and Responsible Sport Parenting) and take a 10-question review quiz.

Every completed quiz is worth one point. The organizations that earn the most points at the end of the grant period, in this case Nov. 30, in each of the three divisions will earn one of the 20 grants.

The more people Sabre Hockey gets to complete the courses, the greater its chances of winning.

Complete details on the grants as well as the qualifying self-paced courses are available through the official program website at ResponsibleSports.com. To show your support, visit ResponsibleSports.com/Grant.

5. Bolingbrook Patch Looking for Sports Bloggers of All Kinds

Are you a Bears, Blackhawks, White Sox or Cubs fan?

If so, Bolingbrook Patch is looking for team bloggers to write blog posts.

Anyone may apply. Die-hard fans or casual fans alike can all lend their voice—here’s your chance to share your expertise and opinion.

So if you're a Hawks fan—or know of a Hawks fan—and think you might enjoy writing about the team in your free time, we'd love to have you as a blogger.

Interested? Email Bolingbrook Patch Editor Brian Feldt at brianf@patch.com or call at 630-359-7800.

Patch bloggers are not paid, but they will own the content they produce. So if you are already blogging and want to share with our readers, too, let us know.

Bloggers may blog as much or as little as they like and will only be edited for grammar and style purposes.