Chicago River Day: Captains
**NOTE TO GENERAL PUBLIC: If you get to this page, please be aware that these pages contain administrative information that is geared towards aiding the Site Captains with information they might need for their site. These ,pages are not geared towards the public at large which is why some of the information might be confusing.
WEBSITE INFORMATION PAGE FOR CAPTAINS ONLY
To eleviate the need to put a ton of administrative things on the general Chicago River Day information page, we have created Captain Specific links for you to be able to access all of the information that we will be sending to you in case you need additional copies or extra information.
LIABILITY WAIVERS
Every volunteer must sign a liability waiver. At most sites, this means either the Friends adult or minor waivers. Some sites may also need to have a MWRD adult or waiver signed. A few other sites may have even more than that! Below are the Friends and MWRD waivers. Additional waivers (Evanston, CTA…) will be posted once the language is confirmed.
SUPPLIES AND PICK-UP
All site supplies will be packed on the evening of Wednesday, May 7. Boxes will be available for pick up on Thursday, May 8 and Friday, May 9 at the following locations.
Lake County sites pick-up supplies at the Lake County Stormwater Management Commission, 333-B Peterson, Libertyville. Supplies will NOT be available at SMC before May 8th. Please bear that in mind.For more directions, please contact the LCSMC office at (847) 918-5260.
Forest Preserve District of Cook County sites pick-up supplies at the FPDCC Volunteer Resource Center, 6100 N. Central Ave., Chicago, IL 60647. For directions, contact the FPDCC Volunteer Resource Center at (312) 773 631-1790. Please call if special arrangements are needed.
All other Cook County sites pick-up supplies at Fletcher Chicago, 1000 N. North Branch Street, Chicago (on Goose Island). For directions, contact the Friends’ office at (312) 939-0490. Both office’s are open from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Please call if special arrangements are needed.
SAFETY
As always, each site box will have first aid supplies for any incidental accidents that occur like scrapes and bruises. BEFORE YOU BEGIN ON THE 10th: Please gather your participants together before you begin the clean-up and instruct them on the safety precautions which are printed on the safety sheet you received in your pre-event packet, inside your supply box and listed above. Please make sure to emphasize that this is supposed to be a workday but that we do not want anyone falling into the water or endangering themselves.
TRASH
We have make plans for trash pick-up at all sites. THIS DOES NOT MEAN THEY WILL ALL BE PICKED UP IMMEDIATELY. City of Chicago sites will be collected Monday morning or Sunday if the ward supervisor thinks there is too much garbage sitting. All of the appropriate people/organizations have been contacted about the garbage collection.
SUPPLY RETURN
We need all of the gloves, unused bags,and banners back! You may keep any extra t-shirts or sponsor giveaways.
It is critical that unused supplies are returned so that we can save on expenses for next year. The best place to return the supplies is at the Festival. We will have a tent with tables setup at the festival with volunteers who will collect and help sort out the materials that are being returned. If you are unable to make it to the picnic, please contact the office to make other arrangements.
THE FESTIVAL
River Park from noon - 3 p.m.
5100 N. Francisco
Chicago, IL 60625
EVALUATIONS
PLEASE encourage and remind participants to fill out the evaluation cards included in your supply box. Try to make sure they fill them out before they leave the site. You can turn in evaluations to us when you return your supplies.
Thanks you for helping to make Chicago River Day a success!
Friends adult waiver
Friends minor waiver
MWRD adult waiver
MWRD minor waiver
Friends adult waiver - SPANISH
Friends minor wiaver - SPANISH
Safety Script - SPANISH
Email Newsletter