{"id":18488,"date":"2020-09-19T22:06:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-20T03:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rnrachicago.org\/?page_id=18488"},"modified":"2020-09-19T22:06:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-20T03:06:00","slug":"pitch-in-for-the-parks-2020","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/?page_id=18488","title":{"rendered":"Pitch in for the Parks 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Thank you to all of our neighbors who came out to clean Ward Park in August, September and October!<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>This summer, the Chicago Parks Foundation, in partnership with the Chicago Park District and local communities, led a citywide volunteer\u00a0initiative to help keep our parks clean.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past few months, park budgets have been stretched and there are fewer seasonal employees. \u00a0Communities provided the volunteers and the Chicago\u00a0Parks Foundation \u00a0provided clean-up supplies and safety guidelines to help support our park\u2019s ongoing maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>Protective gloves, trash bags and tools were provided. \u00a0Volunteers worked in groups of ten or less and physical distancing guidelines were enforced. \u00a0Face masks\/coverings were worn at all times. \u00a0Children under 18 years of age had to be accompanied by a responsible adult.\u00a0\u00a0Registration was required.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17921 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/rnrachicago.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Pitch-in-for-the-Parks.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"192\" \/><\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18483\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18483\" style=\"width: 680px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18483 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/rnrachicago.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_1126-1024x859.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"570\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18483\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thank you to Mary Lassila, RNRA Chair of Parks, for organizing and managing the cleanups! Great job!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18485 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/rnrachicago.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_1127.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"564\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18484\" src=\"https:\/\/rnrachicago.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_1129.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"578\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18482 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/rnrachicago.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_1128-756x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"921\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18486 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/rnrachicago.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_1520-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"907\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18481 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/rnrachicago.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_1522-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"907\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18480 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/rnrachicago.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_1523-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"907\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18492 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/rnrachicago.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mary-IMG_1548.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18493 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/rnrachicago.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mary-IMG_1522.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18494 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/rnrachicago.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mary-IMG_1520.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18495 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/rnrachicago.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mary-IMG_1518.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18496 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/rnrachicago.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMary-MG_1517.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18497 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/rnrachicago.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mary-IMG_1515.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18876 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/rnrachicago.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/10-17-Group-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"510\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18877 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/rnrachicago.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/10-20-Verilife-Group-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"510\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18878 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/rnrachicago.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/10-20-Family-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"510\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18879 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/rnrachicago.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/10-20-Jan-and-Friends-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"510\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you to all of our neighbors who came out to clean Ward Park in August, September and October! This summer, the Chicago Parks Foundation, in partnership with the Chicago Park District and local communities, led a citywide volunteer\u00a0initiative to help keep our parks clean. Over the past few months, park budgets have been stretched [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18488","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18488\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}