City of Shaker Heights' Community Life department handles local recreational activities for residents. It also provides mobile free meal dispersement (Meals on Wheels), podiatry care and arthritis exercise programs for seniors and oversees camps, scholarships and teen outreach programs.
For generations Shaker Heights residents have been enjoying the amenities at Thornton Park year-round. It features an outdoor swimming and tot pool, a sprayground, basket, volleyball and tennis courts, sledding hills, a fitness trail, skate park and an indoor ice rink, which is home to the Shaker Figure Skating Club, the Shaker Heights High School hockey team and Shaker Youth Hockey Association. Individual and group swimming and skating lessons are also offered.