Montrose Beach Cleanup and Dunes Restoration
Saturday, September 20 - 9:00 am to 12:00 Noon
This event is part of the annual Great Lakes Cleanup.

	Join fellow Sierrans for this very important cleanup while enjoying time at one of the nicest beaches in Chicago. In conjunction with volunteers from the Chicago Park District, we will be helping with restoration of Montrose Beach Dunes habitat.
Did you know? Montrose Beach Dunes is honored by the IL Department of Natural Resources as an area worth preserving and restoring. As a result, it was recently awarded a grant as a rare natural area. READ MORE ...

Volunteers may come any time from 9:00 am to noon to sweep
Meet at the Montrose Beach House (the large white building located on the far east side of the beach). It's a great way to get outdoors, enjoy the lakefront, and do something to help the lake. If you can, please bring rubber or plastic gloves, garbage bags, a pen, and some friends! We will also have supplies on hand. Volunteers roll up their sleeves and pick up all the trash from the beach and water's edge, cataloging the rubbish as they go as part of a survey of the lake's flotsam and jetsam. Some unbelievable items wash up on the beach and enough old clothes, sandals and barrettes are collected to outfit a family of five! Come for as little or as long as you can. You don't have to get wet unless you want to and you won't get very dirty.

Day-of on-site organizer volunteers especially needed
Please arrive at 8:00am and/or stay to 1:00pm to facilitate the setting up and tearing down of the tents, tables and loading of the equipment as well as helping with the massive sign-in during the first hour of the event and helping volunteers with supplies, marking their data sheets throughout the 10:00-Noon event.

Questions?  Call Cory Jones at 773-463-4072 or email cory.jones@illinois.sierraclub.org

Directions to Montrose Beach House:
Take Montrose Ave. east of Lakeshore Drive into the park. Follow the park road and take the first right at the bait shop. After about 200 yards, look left/north and you should see the beach house and the walkway leading to it. You can park free anywhere along W. Montrose Harbor Drive or ride your bike directly to the Beach House. Note: Cars are not permitted on the walkway.  CTA buses serve Montrose from Marine Drive. The Beach House is a 10-minute walk into the park.
 
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(B) points to the location of the Montrose Beach House and meeting area.