EARTH DAY PARKS AND PRESERVES CELEBRATION AND CLEAN-UP
SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 2023
"Nurture Nature"
Throughout the pandemic, parks have played critical roles in nurturing our spirits. They refreshed computer-weary eyes with ever-changing natural environments. They provided safe havens for staying active and connected.
For this Earth Day, we are giving back to the parks that have given us so much the last few years.
We are nurturing nature.
For this Earth Day, we are giving back to the parks that have given us so much the last few years.
We are nurturing nature.
site captain Resource page
Site captains: Please click here for a resource page, which includes the handbook, volunteer waiver, and flyer templates.
volunteer registration is now open!
Join thousands of volunteers in parks across Chicago in celebrating Earth Day by cleaning up a park! Gloves and garbage bags will be provided. The parks below all have Site Captains who will coordinate the work day. Please use the links below to sign up to volunteer. Click here for a map and address list of all parks in the city. And thanks to all who have signed up to be Site Captains.
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For over 30 years, Friends of the Parks has coordinated park clean ups across Chicago as part of our annual Earth Day Celebration. However, for the past three years, we have had to organize this city-wide event under unprecedented circumstances due to the pandemic. In 2020, we had a fully virtual Earth Day Celebration. Then in 2021 and 2022, our Earth Day Celebration occurred amidst strict COVID guidelines. As we continue to be vigilant of the ongoing pandemic, current conditions look like they will allow for a more robust Earth Day this year.
In partnership with the Chicago Park District and Forest Preserves of Cook County, we are once again coordinating clean ups around the city on Sat, April 22, 2023. As usual, we are supporting Park Advisory Councils (PACs), park partner organizations and other volunteer groups by providing them with gloves and garbage bags as well as an online event sign-up. In addition, we accepted requests for mulch, woodchips and fibar, which directed to the Park District. |
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Special thank you to our partners and sponsors for their support! Our annual Earth Day Celebration and Clean-up is a team effort and would not have been possible without them.
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