What better way to celebrate the earth than to get out on the water with your Friends?

Join us to help restore this unique prairie and woodland ecosystem back to health!

Tens of thousands of volunteers at some 70 locations across the area...join us!

Friends of the Chicago River's McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum opens for the season on May 11 with free admission all weekend. The museum, in a bridgehouse on the corner of Wacker and Michigan, features five floors of info about the history of the river and its future.

Get out and enjoy the Chicago River with us, and do some good. Friends of the Chicago River’s Litter Free Chicago River project is offering a fun way for the public to get involved by paddling with us in our new program, Canoe and Cleanups.  We provide the canoes, the equipment, and the know-how. You provide the can-do spirit. Only $10!

Our annual gala fundraiser, Big Fish Ball, is scheduled for June 11, 2019 at the Westin Chicago River North.