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Chicago Park District Opens Registration For Earth Day Cleanup Site Captains
The Park District said site captains are the backbone of citywide Earth Day cleanup efforts with more than 2,000 volunteers last year.
Updated on: February 2, 2026
The Chicago Park District on Sunday opened registration for site captains for citywide Earth Day cleanups this spring.
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The Park District said site captains are the backbone of citywide Earth Day cleanup efforts, which saw 2,000 volunteers clean up more than 170 sites last year.
Site captains are responsible for volunteers working with the site captain will lay mulch around trees, install Fibar on playgrounds, and pick up garbage.
