Lincoln Park Conservancy
Lincoln Park Conservancy News
September 2014  
Welcome our Autumn Restoration Assistant

Kiley Heth
Kiley Heth autumn 2014
Seasonal Restoration Assistant

We are pleased to announce the hire of our autumn restoration assistant for the Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool and North Pond Nature Sanctuary.  Kiley will work alongside our Site Manger at these two park sites Monday through Friday until Thanksgiving.  Although her masters degree is in social work, she has significant experience through her prior work with the Friends of the Forest Preserve and holds an Illinois herbicide license and a certificate in CPR/First Aid.

Kiley will also assist in managing several of our key park programs including the North Pond Gardeners, Lincoln Park Tree Care Corps and our Corporate Workday Program.
 
In her free time, Kiley enjoys cycling, baking, shopping in thrift stores and spending time with her dog, Griffin.  We are happy to welcome Kiley to our team. 
  
  

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You can help support our nonprofit through Amazon.com's new charitable initiative - AmazonSmile.  When you make your purchases through smile.amazon.com 0.5% of your purchase total will be donated to us by the AmazonSmile Foundation!  And you'll enjoy the same wide selection of products, low prices, and convenient shopping features as on Amazon.com.

HERE'S HOW:
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Step 2:  In the pop-up charity box, type in our name "Lincoln Park Conservancy"
Step 3:  Make your purchases

Go ahead, make us smile - it's easy!

 

A Successful National Public Lands Day at the
North Pond Nature Sanctuary

Public Lands 2014 volunteersFifty-seven volunteers joined us on Saturday, September 27th for our 14th Annual National Public Lands Day at North Pond to mulch trees, plant wildflowers plugs, sow wildflower seeds and complete a soil-erosion repair project.  Mother Nature contributed by giving us a warm, sunny day.  Thanks to our North Pond Gardeners and our wonderful volunteer team leaders who supervised the mulching projects:  Lorraine K., Janet S, and Kristin D.
 
 
A special thank you to the groups who partnered with us
to make National Public Lands Day at North Pond a success:
 
Chicago Cares
Chicago-Kent College of Law
DePaul ECO Group
Loyola University
Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
  
2014 Docent Training Results
A Record Recruitment Year Docent Rob Tour

The spring and autumn 2014 docent training reached a new recruitment record of 48 volunteers for 2014.  The program now has 124 active docents who educate the public at the Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool and Lincoln Park Conservatory and Gardens. 
 
The next training session will be held in spring 2015.
 
 

 

The Lincoln Park Docent Program is a joint program of the Chicago Park District and Lincoln Park Conservancy


Adopt a Monument Program
Help Conserve Lincoln Park's Historic Monuments
 
Docent Rob TourWhen the Lincoln Park Conservancy was founded in 1984, some of our first projects centered on conserving the beautiful, historic portrait monuments in Lincoln Park through our Adopt-a-Monument Program. 

Over the years, we raised private funds from corporations and individuals to conserve the Shakespeare Monument, the Eli Bates Fountain sculptures in the Conservatory's Formal Garden, and Lincoln: The Man (aka: Standing Lincoln) near North Avenue and Dearborn.  We also added the 8,200 s.f. formal garden that connects the Lincoln Monument to the neighborhood and main walkway along North Avenue.  

We are now looking for donors to help conserve the John Peter Altgeld Monument located in the park just south of Diversey Parkway and east of Cannon Drive.  The monument is by sculptor Gutzon Borglum and was installed in 1915.  It requires a new concrete foundation and overall conservation.  To learn more about John Peter Altgeld, click here.
 
For more information, please contact:
Elisabeth Dunbar
Deputy Director, Lincoln Park Conservancy
(773) 883-7275 ext. 5
  
Give Back - Book Your Corporate Workday
Now Through Late October 2014 Schneider Electric 2012

Are you a corporation, school, club or group who needs a project for a community day of service?  We're here to help!

We will design a park workday specifically for the needs of your group, from mulching trees to weeding gardens to nature trail restorations.

For more information, please contact:

Aaron Hammond
Natural Areas Site Manager
Lincoln Park Conservancy
(773) 883-7275 ext. 3
  
North Pond Native Plant Gardening - Join Us!
Only one workday left in 2014 - October 11


 Janis Planting
Join us for our final North Pond Gardeners workday of the 2014 season on Saturday, October 11th from 10:00 a.m. until Noon.


Contact Aaron Hammond
Natural Areas Site Manager
Lincoln Park Conservancy
(773) 883-7275 ext. 3
 info@lincolnparkconservancy.org
  
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Sincerely,
The Lincoln Park Conservancy Development Team

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