2008 Workday Schedule
Friends of the Chicago Portage volunteer workdays will usually be conducted on
the last Saturday of every month (except in December) from 9AM to Noon
in Portage Woods Forest Preserve (4800 S. Harlem). Volunteers should dress
appropriately for the weather and wear workclothes, workgloves and heavy boots or
workshoes. Meet at the statue in Portage Woods Forest Preserve
(4800 S. Harlem Ave. Lyons, IL). Call Gary Mechanic at 773-590-0710 for
more information and to check on weather cancellations.
2008 Workdays
All workdays are from 9am to Noon
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Saturday, February 23,
Saturday, March 29,
Saturday, April 26,
Saturday, May 31,
Saturday, June 28,
Saturday, July 26,
Saturday, August 30,
Saturday, September 27,
Saturday, October 25,
Saturday, November 29,
Saturday, December 20 , Bonfire Party! (Note - not the last Sat.)
Friends' volunteers work like beavers weeding the woods
School and other groups are invited to visit the site to help with restoration activities or for tours and interpretive programs. Weekday group ecological restoration workdays will be conducted by Forest Preserve District staff on the last Friday of every month from 10AM to Noon. Contact the Forest Preserve District staff at the Little Red Schoolhouse 708-839-6897 to arrange weekday workdays or visits.