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    • 2012 Annual Meeting and Luncheon
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News

  • 2012 Seed Grant Applications due Friday, January 27

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  • Michael P. Kelly, Chicago Park District Superintendent to Speak at FOTP 37th Annual Meeting
  • Friends of the Parks Launches Top 10 Winter Acivity Guide to the Parks
  • Police Gun Range Proposal is unsuitable for MWRD land at 134th Street
  • Friends of the Park to Honor Ernie Wong at 2012 Parks Ball

Events

  • January 23, PAC Networking Meeting
  • February 2, FOTP 37th Annual Meeting
  • February 9, CPD Board of Commissioners Meetings
  • February 23 Walter Netsch Lecture Series
  • February 25, Park Advocacy Conference
Calendar

Programs

  • The Last Four Miles Plan offers recreational, economic and ecological benefits to Chicago 
  • Environmental Education teaches kids in outdoor classrooms
  • Volunteers in Parks- Get involved as a volunteer to improve your park or preserve through FOTP’s Volunteers in Parks Program
  • Partnerships and Advocacy in Neighborhood Parks
  • Tree Planting Initiative

How to help

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