YOUR Park, YOUR Day, Celebrate in any way!

Our Pitch In for the Parks season of citywide park clean-ups runs June through October each year. We kick it all off with a special event called It's Your Park Day.

It’s Your Park Day is a community clean-up day across dozens of Chicago parks! Most groups will spend their event doing a trash pick-up. Events hosted by Park Advisory Councils (PACs) may include additional activities like tree mulching, playground woodchip replenishment, and more. Free, fun, family-friendly.

Questions?
Triana Callam
Community Programs Manager
volunteer@chicagoparksfoundation.org
(773) 505-9477

Volunteer at a participating IYPD park! Family-friendly. Click the park name to register to volunteer there on Saturday, May 31st.

Each park has its own start/end time and additional details on the registration page. Activities may include trash pickup, tree mulching, playground woodchip replenishment, and more.

This park list will continue to grow in advance of May 31st:

Armour Square Park
Armstrong Park
Berger Park
Broncho Billy Park
Buena Circle & Challenger Parks
Buttercup Park
Columbus Park
Cornell Park
Douglass Park
Eckhart Park
Eugene Field Park
Franklin Park
Garfield Park*
Gompers Park
Goudy Park
Hayes Park
Humboldt Park
Independence Park
Indian Boundary Park
Jackson Park
Kelvyn Park
Kolmar Park
Lake Shore & Seneca Parks
Leone Beach Park
Maggie Cosme Park
Mamie Till-Mobley Park
McKinley Dog Park
Midway Plaisance
Moran Park
Mozart Park
Mt. Greenwood Park
Nichols Park
Oz Park
Palmer Square Park
Palmisano & McGuane Parks
Park #566
Park #599
Portage Park
Prairie Park
Printers Row Park
Rainbow Beach Park
River Park
Shedd Park
Skinner Park
Spruce Park
Ward Park
Washington Square Park
Weisman Park
West Ridge Nature Park
Wicker Park

*Garfield Park - The Bank of America Chicago Distance Series is hosting a special “Plogging” event on It’s Your Park Day as part of their weekend of West Side Wellness Events for the Chicago 13.1. Learn more and register here.

WHAT HAPPENS AFTER IYPD?

We keep pitching in - and we hope you'll join us!

IYPD kicks off our Pitch In for the Parks (PIFTP) program running June through October. Just like IYPD, we provide hosting PIFTP groups with complimentary supplies to independently host trash pick-ups - but PIFTP events can be at the park, date(s), and time(s) of your choice June-October. Or organize a Green Teams volunteer event for your corporate group at a park in need!