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Want to
#BecomeAChicagoLifeguard
🛟? Apply at & register for the next Lifeguard Swim Test taking place on Sat., May 18 at 9 am.
‼️Lifeguards now earn up to $19hr. & get paid for certification & training.
On behalf of the
@ChicagoParks
, we thank all the moms for their resilience & unconditional support that inspires us to show-up for all of Chicago's families.
#HappyMothersDay
to the mothers & all of the motherly figures in our lives.
📸: Mother's Day Brunch at Mandrake Park
Give your mom 🌹 flowers for Mother's Day, or better yet, bring her to a 💐 garden full of them & an enjoy a wonderful time at the Garfield Park Conservatory Spring Flower Show. Pre- book your free visit at . Catch a glimpse at .
Just in time for Mother's Day, it's the Kilbourn Park annual plant sale! Join us May 11 & 12 from 9am-1pm. All the seedlings🌱 are grown in-house ensuring they're robust & ready to be planted!
👉View the plant list before you go at 🌷🪻.
#InTheParks
Today,
@ChicagoParks
Board of Commissioners approved a 4-Year, $28M labor agreement that will improve wages and benefits for the District’s Workforce. Learn more about the terms in the video ⤵️.
Join us in-person at the
@ChicagoParks
Board of Commissioners meeting at HQ, 4830 S. Western Ave., starting at 11:30 am, or watch online at .
#BoardMeeting
#GoRun
& enjoy Big Marsh Park🌳. These free, timed 1-mile & 5K community walks, runs, strolls thru
@ChicagoParks
sites are held every Saturday with support from
@CARARuns
.
👟Pre-register by Fri. at 2pm at & join us at 9 am on Sat. May 11.
#MayInMotion
Thanks to everyone for joining us at the
#MayInMotion
kick-off on
#WellnessWednesday
! Keep moving in
@ChicagoParks
' Spring fitness classes. Not ready to commit? Try our Bootcamp class for🆓at Armour Sq. Park, 3309 S. Shields Ave., at 6pm.👉Pre-register at .
We want to hear from you about the Washington Park Framework Plan! After several community engagement meetings, we heard that six (6) subareas of the park are ready for improvements & we're seeking your input to inform the final designs.
Take the survey▶️.
Join us in-person or watch the monthly
@ChicagoParks
Board of Commissioners meeting in-person at HQ, 4830 S. Western Ave., starting at 11:30 am online at .
👉More info. at .
#BoardMeeting
LET'S GO‼️ Enter for a chance to win a pair of 2-Day General Admission passes🎟️ to the SOLD-OUT
@SuenosFestival
& help support
@ChicagoParks
' Financial Assistance Fund.
👉Enter NOW at . Raffle closes 5/19 at 11:59 pm CST. *50 winners will be chosen.
Last week for the Spring Flowers Shows at
@gpconservatory
's "What's in a Name?" & Lincoln Park Conservatory's "Sweet Gnome Chicago". 👉 Pre- register at .
Where will you be next Sat., May 11 at 11:30am? The correct answer is at Switch on Summer at
@BuckinghamFntn
.
We're excited to partner with
@ComEd
for the 10th year to bring our beloved Buckingham Fountain ⛲ to life at the annual free event.
#SwitchOnSummer