Thanks again for volunteering your time to help your local community and environment.

Campground hosts work from April - October at the Environmental Learning Center in Mokena. Campground hosts assist campers with check-in, tent and equipment setup, and trail and site information. Campground hosts are asked to commit to a minimum of two weekend days for the season. Campgound hosts are provided with a free campsite for the night. If interested in a campground host for next season, please call 815/727-8700 or email the volunteer application available online.

An opening for a gardener at the new Sugar Creek Administration Center, on Laraway Road in Joliet, is currently available.

The administration center, designed to serve as a model of "green architecture," will have extensive landscaping surrounding it in the Sugar Creek Preserve. The gardener will contribute to the outside beauty.

The gardener will perform and assist in the maintenance duties at the preserve. He or she must be in reasonably good physical condition in order to perform light lifting duties.

The work commitment will vary as to the specific needs, but a minimum of six hours per month is required to have an Adopt-a-Preserve sign to be posted at the site. Before a sign is placed, a work commitment of three months' active duty must be performed.

Volunteers will receive District orientation and training to prepare them for their duties.

Additionally, they will receive on-going recognition from their supervisor and other District staff, and are invited to an annual Volunteer Appreciation Banquet in April after the year in which they have voluteered.

For information, contact the volunteer coordinator at 815/727-8700, weekdays.

Come out and join in the fun of a work day in the preserves.
Workdays start promply at 8:00 a.m. and last until noon. Dress for outdoor work. Please register with Renee at 815.722.7364 so we have enough water and tools for all.

November 3 Goodenow Grove Nature Preserve
November 10 Keepataw Preserve
November 17 Braidwood Duns and Savanna Nature Preserve
December 1 Messenger Woods Nature Preserve
December 15 Old Plank Road Trail - 116th Street

Public Programs interpreter aides are needed to assist interpreters who present educational programs for school, scout, and family groups.

Interest or knowledge of nature, birding, or history are some of the areas where interpreter aides can share their expertise.

Positions are available at Plum Creek Nature Center, in Beecher; Isle a la Cache Museum, in Romeoville; the Environmental Learning Center, in Mokena; Lake Renwick Heron Rookery, in Plainfield, and the Sugar Creek Administration Center, in Joliet.

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