{"id":13550,"date":"2019-05-12T12:27:14","date_gmt":"2019-05-12T17:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rnrachicago.org\/?p=13550"},"modified":"2019-05-12T12:27:14","modified_gmt":"2019-05-12T17:27:14","slug":"ward-park-river-day-clean-up-40th-annual-chicago-river-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/?p=13550","title":{"rendered":"Ward Park River Day Clean-up  &#8211; 40th Annual Chicago River Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13551 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/rnrachicago.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Chicago-River-Day-Group-5-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"510\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Representatives of <a href=\"https:\/\/rotarychicagocosmo.clubexpress.com\/content.aspx?sl=1227569153\">Rotary Club of Chicago Cosmopolitan<\/a>, River North Residents Association and <a href=\"https:\/\/wateriders.com\">Wateriders<\/a> joined together on Saturday, May 11 in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagoparkdistrict.com\/parks-facilities\/ward-montgomery-park\">A. Montgomery Ward Park<\/a> for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagoriver.org\/about-us\/celebrating-40-77a4bc5d-9c39-41bb-b6a9-039591e0c2ac\">Friends of the Chicago\u00a0River<\/a> 40th Annual Chicago River Day Clean-up. \u00a0Volunteers worked together to help maintain both the river and our wonderful riverfront park as invaluable resources where residents can play, relax and enjoy nature.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13564\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13564\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13564\" src=\"https:\/\/rnrachicago.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/River-Bed-1-Before-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13564\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Riverbank before Chicago River Day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13563\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13563\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13563 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/rnrachicago.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Chicago-River-Day-2019-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13563\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Riverbank after cleanup by Charlie from Wateriders<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13562\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13562\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13562\" src=\"https:\/\/rnrachicago.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Chicago-River-Day-2019-3-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13562\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charlie from Wateriders<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13557\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13557\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13557 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/rnrachicago.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Sgt-Chris-Schenk-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13557\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Always glad to see Sergeant Chris Schenk from the 18th District!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Representatives of Rotary Club of Chicago Cosmopolitan, River North Residents Association and Wateriders joined together on Saturday, May 11 in A. 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