Friendly Town / Danville Police

08/25/2026

‼️ATTENTION ALL 7th-12th grade students in the Vermilion County area‼️

We are excited to announce that Friendly Town (Lincoln Park-1000 N. Grant) is the site location for the 2026 Junior Citizen’s Police Academy! You do not want to miss this great experience.

Application deadline is September 25, 2026.

The Danville Police Department Junior Citizen Police Academy begins October 1, 2026! This program is a great opportunity for the youth of Danville to go behind the scenes and learn about the important role that law enforcement plays in keeping the community safe. Check out the flyer for more information.

Registration form: https://tinyurl.com/DPDJCPA26

07/31/2026

What a week to finish up our last week at Friendly Town for the summer classes of 2026. Theses kids accomplished so much in the 3 days that we had class this week. The Danville Fire Department came out again and talked fire safety with us and even let us spray some water off the truck (felt good on that hot day). Carle Ambulance came out as well and talked personal safety and showed us their equipment on the ambulance. And we got a lot of driving time in outside as well this week. Again, what a fun week to wrap up the summer.

07/27/2026

What another great week here at Friendly Town. Again, the weather was absolutely beautiful and we spent ALOT of time outside soaking it up. The Danville Fire Department came out again and talked fire safety with us and even let us spray water from the truck. Carle ambulance showed up as well and showed us all their cool stuff in their ambulance and even let some of the kiddos try out their equipement. The kids were amazing again this week and hope they enjoyed their time.

07/18/2026

Another fun week at Friendly Town! Weather was beautiful again and the temperature was WARM! But we didn’t let that stop us from getting outside. The Danville Fire Department came out again and showed us all their equipment and even let us spray water out of one of their hoses. Hope all the kids learned something and most importantly had fun.

07/13/2026

What a week we had! So glad we were able to re-open Friendly Town. The weather again cooperated for us and we were able to get back out and get some time on the cars learning the rules of the road. Our Friends from the Danville Fire Department came back out and taught us a few things on fire safety and they even let us take a turn spraying one of their hoses. Jerry and Drew from Carle Arrow Ambulance came out as well and talked with us about their job duties and some personal safety as well. Thank you to the kids and parents this week for coming out and spending time with us.

07/03/2026

🚨🚨🚨Great news!!!! We have been given the all clear to reopen Friendly Town starting on Monday July 6th, for those have registered for this week. Just a reminder morning classes start at 8:30 and our afternoon classes start at 1:00. Can’t wait to get back out there and see all the kids!

06/26/2026

Due to the damage that we sustained from the storm a few weeks ago, we unfortunately will not be having Friendly Town classes the week of June 29th. Hopefully we will open back up the week of July 6th. Will post updated changes on this page.

06/18/2026

Unfortunately, due to the recent storm damage at Lincoln Park and the work that is being done to get it cleaned up, we are going to have to cancel classes for next week (June 22-25). I will be reaching out to everyone that is signed up for next week classes and attempt to get you rescheduled. If you have any questions please email me at [email protected].

06/14/2026

Week 2 is in the books and man did it heat up this week, but we didn’t let that keep us from getting outside and learning the rules of the road and driving. Once again our friends from the Danville Fire Department came out as well and our friends from Carle ambulance. The kids were amazing again this week and I had so much fun with them. I hope they learned something and that they had fun.

06/07/2026

WOW!!!! What a first week we had at the “NEW and IMPROVED Friendly Town!” Weather was absolutely beautiful! Our friends from the Danville Fire Department came out and talked with us about fire safety and showed us their truck and equipment. Carle ambulance also came out and talked with us about safety and showed us their ambulance. We also able to get outside and and spend a lot of time driving our new cars we have this year. The kids we absolutely amazing this week and I hope they enjoyed their time and learned a few things along the way.