Greater Chatham Initiative

Join us April 18th for our Volunteer Spring Clean & Green event! 🌳🌳🌳
Greater Chatham Initiative is looking for volunteers to work with residents to spruce up the Chatham Park Village Co-op grounds to support our initiative to plant trees to prevent local flooding across the Greater Chatham area. Sign up to volunteer at the registration link or by visiting our website’s events section.

Meal and refreshments will be provided and this is a great opportunity for local residents needing volunteer hours. AM & PM shifts are available.

Volunteer Information:
🗓️ Date: April 18
📍 Location: Chatham Park Village Cooperative
📍Meeting Address: 8335 S. Langley Ave
⏰ Time: 9am-5pm (4 hour shifts available from 9am-1pm and 1pm-5pm)

🍂 Volunteer Job Description:
- Raking dead leaves across the site and bagging them.
- Collecting fallen tree branches/sticks.
- Using a push broom to clear walkways of any additional debris.
- Collect and return all tools to the drop-site.

Join us Saturday! We’re following up January’s Tree and Flood Prevention Community Conversation with a 2nd workshop dedicated to Urban Tree Health Assessment & Monitoring, Tree Care Maintenance, Downspout Disconnection Strategies, and Water Reuse Strategy.

Greater Chatham Initiative has worked with professor Miquel Gonzalez-Meler within UIC’s Dept. of Biological Scoenxe and Stable Isotope Lab to research Chatham’s trees, their health and relation to local flood habits. Their team will continue to follow up this Saturday with more information food residents.

RSVP at the link in bio or scan the QR code.
Light refreshments will be served.
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