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2. Chicago Cares - Wikipedia

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   Chicago Cares is a nonprofit organization that connects prospective volunteers with volunteer opportunities throughout Chicago. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] It was founded in 1991 by Leslie Bluhm and Mary Prchal. [ 4 ] In addition to connecting volunteers to service programs, Chicago Cares offers a training called Power of Service.

3. William W. Powers State Recreation Area - Wikipedia

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   William W. Powers State Recreation Area is an Illinois state park administered by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources on 580 acres (230 ha) in the Hegewisch community area of the City of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. [1] The area includes 419 acres (170 ha) of water in Wolf Lake that provides about 6 miles (10 km) of ...

4. Lincoln Park - Wikipedia

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   Lincoln Park is a 1,208-acre (489-hectare) park along Lake Michigan on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois.Named after US President Abraham Lincoln, it is the city's largest public park and stretches for seven miles (11 km) from Grand Avenue (500 N), on the south, [1] [2] to near Ardmore Avenue (5800 N) on the north, just north of the DuSable Lake Shore Drive terminus at Hollywood Avenue. [3]

5. Ping Tom Memorial Park - Wikipedia

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   Ping Tom Memorial Park is a 17.24-acre (6.98 ha) public urban park in Chicago 's Chinatown neighborhood, in South Side, Chicago. It is part of the Chicago Park District (CPD). Located on the south bank of the Chicago River, the park is divided into three sections by defunct Santa Fe rail track and 18th Street.

6. Jackson Park (Chicago) - Wikipedia

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   Jackson Park is a 551.5-acre (223.2 ha) urban park on the shore of Lake Michigan on the South Side of Chicago. Straddling the Hyde Park, Woodlawn, and South Shore neighborhoods, the park was designed in 1871 by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux and remodeled in 1893 to serve as the site of the World's Columbian Exposition.

7. Chicago Park District - Wikipedia

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   The Chicago Park District is one of the oldest and the largest park districts in the United States. As of 2016, there are over 600 parks included in the Chicago Park District as well as 27 beaches, 10 boat docking harbors, two botanic conservatories, a zoo, 11 museums, and one stadium. The Chicago Park District also has more than over 230 field ...

8. You can visit national parks for free on Veterans Day. Here’s ...

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   National Park Service volunteers escort WWII veterans to a wreath laying ceremony held by the Friends of the National World War II Memorial and the National Park Service in this file photo from ...

9. Parks in Chicago - Wikipedia

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   The Chicago Park District manages 220 facilities in 570 parks covering more than 7,600 acres (3,100 ha) of land throughout the city. [7] This extensive network of parks also includes nine lakefront harbors over 24 miles (39 km) of lakefront, rendering the Chicago Park District the nation's largest municipal harbor system, along with 31 beaches, 17 historic lagoons, 86 pools, 90 playgrounds, 90 ...