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Member and Volunteer Celebration

January 30, 2025 6:00pm

Join us to celebrate the many members, volunteers and partners who’ve done amazing work together to restore and protect the Chicago-Calumet River system this year.

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Chicago River Day

May 10, 2025 9:00am

Registration opens Spring 2025 for Chicago River Day.

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Friends of the Chicago River is the only organization solely dedicated to the Chicago River system.

Since 1979, Friends has been working to improve the health of the Chicago River system for the benefit of people and wildlife and by doing so, has laid the foundation for the river to be a beautiful, continuous, easily accessible corridor of open space in the Chicago region.

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Chicago, IL 60601

Help Friends continue to improve the Chicago River.

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