About Volunteer Opportunity at The Grove National Historic Landmark, A facility of the Glenview Park District
Country Christmas and Dessert with Santa Volunteer Opportunity
We have an amazing volunteer opportunity! Country Christmas and Dessert with Santa is one of our most popular events and we would love to have you share in the delight. We have lots of opportunities available, please feel free to sign up for more than one slot on Sunday, Nov. 25, if that works with your schedule. Click here for more information.
If you have any questions please let us know.
Happy Holidays!
Elizabeth Cline, Volunteer Coordinator
The Grove National Historic Landmark
224-521-2098
The Grove is 145 acres of ecologically diverse prairie grove land preserved and maintained by the Glenview Park District. The Grove was the home of visionary horticulturist and educator, Dr. John Kennicott, who brought his family from New Orleans to settle on this land in 1836. It was here that Dr. John’s son, Robert Kennicott, developed his love of nature that led to such accomplishments as exhibiting his plant and animal specimen collections at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., founding the Chicago Academy of Sciences, and exploring Russian America that led to the purchase of Alaska. Because of its rich history, The Grove was designated a National Historic Landmark by the U.S. Department of the Interior in 1976. It is on the National Registry of Historic Places. The Grove is a partner with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Chicago Wilderness.