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Forest Preserves of Cook County

Name: Earth Day
Start: 2024-04-20T09:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-04-20T11:00:00-05:00
Location: Busse Lake Boating Center

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Earth Day

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a group of volunteers standing around the trash they collected from the forest preserves

Celebrate Earth Day by doing your part in helping clean up litter in the Preserves. Supplies available to check-out. Grove 25.

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Date:: Sat, April 20
Time:: 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Event Categories:: Featured, Northwest Cook County, Volunteer
Event Tags:: Earth Day

Location

Busse Lake Boating Center

E Higgins Rd/Rte 72, east of I-290/Hwy 53

Cook County, IL 60007 (view web map)

(near Elk Grove Village)

Organizer

: CEP (North/Northwest Zone)
Phone: 773-758-8899
Email: experience.nature@cookcountyil.gov

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Nearly all Forest Preserves events are free; some require registration and/or a low fee. Residents may qualify for free admission opportunities at our partners: Brookfield Zoo Chicago and the Chicago Botanic Garden.

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Printed copies of our quarterly Events Guide are available at our Nature Centers and General Headquarters. They may also be available at your local city hall or library. Know a location that should have our Events Guide? Contact us.

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Event Accessibility

The Forest Preserves is committed to providing equal, integrated participation for individuals with disabilities. Please contact the Nature Center hosting your event or program 72 hours in advance to request reasonable accommodations or inquire about site accessibility.

Please contact Experience.Nature@cookcountyil.gov or 708-771-1573 about accommodations for specific camping and outdoor recreation activities.

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