Meet COFCO INTERNATIONAL LTD. who joined us for a Green Teams clean-up on June 10th at Garfield Park!
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Our LOOK WHO’S PITCHING IN story series will introduce you to the volunteers who are making the 2021 season of Pitch In for the Parks + Green Teams citywide park clean-ups possible! In our first installment, meet ZENO GROUP who joined us for a Green Teams clean-up on June 4th at Humboldt Park.
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A Story of Lifelong Friendship, Celebrated in Lincoln Park - In 2019, the family and friends of Susan Levine asked the Chicago Parks Foundation to help locate a place to create a special garden to honor her memory and love of flowers. In this blog, Marylyn Carleo Grabosky shares the beautiful story of her friendship with Sue and the creation of Sue’s Garden.
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Our friend, Dr. George Nicolopoulos of the Spine & Sports Center of Chicago, leads our Winter Wellness online series to help keep us safe and active this season. As we transition from winter to spring, check out his top five tips for preventing injury!
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Our friends at Haas Park Advisory Council have organized a virtual food drive in cooperation with the Greater Chicago Food Depository, raising funds to support 6,000+ meals for the Chicago area to date and still going strong.
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“Colorful Chicago” - the newest edition of the Colorful Cities coloring book series - launches this weekend, bringing us a little closer to some of the favorite local spots we’ve been missing. A portion of proceeds from every Colorful Cities book supports its respective parks foundation - and in Chicago, that’s us!
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Our friends at Moosejaw are getting creative with their outdoors gear, outfitting it to serve as protective equipment for frontline workers around the country during COVID-19.
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Our friends at Boxed Water have donated hundreds of cases of their sustainably packaged water to local hospitals and health care facilities to keep health care heroes hydrated during COVID-19.
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Our 2020 Team ChiParks Bank of America Chicago Marathon runners share why they run for the parks. This week we hear from Edgewater resident Alicia Leja about her second year as a member of Team ChiParks!
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