Earth Day Parks & Preserves Clean Up
On Saturday, April 21st, over four thousand Chicagoan’s took part in Friends of the Parks 23rd Annual Parks & Preserves Clean Up at over 100 sites. This annual event is part of a city/county-wide effort to clean and green Chicago’s neighborhood parks and open spaces. Volunteers planted seventy-five trees and mulched thousands more throughout Chicago. In addition, garden beds were planted, 10 playgrounds were rejuvenated with FIBAR (soft wood chips) and tons of debris was removed from city parks, beaches and forest preserves.
This event was planned and organized by Friends of the Parks, the Chicago Park District, the Forest Preserve District of Cook County including several other partners; American Indian Center, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Wilderness, Friends of the Forest Preserves, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Northeastern Illinois University, One Good Deed Chicago, Openlands TreeKeeper’s, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
To see a complete list of our sponsors, please visit www.earthdaychicago.com.
This years event was presented by:
