Westside Roots and Shoots

The Roots and Shoots club engages children of all ages to explore the world around them. The club focuses on care of animals, the environment and our human community through various environmental service projects and activities. Recent projects have included food drives, Cook County Forest Preserve "Work Days", hiking and amphibian monitoring. If this sounds like something you would enjoy please join us. For more information on the parent organization please visit the Roots and Shoots website @ www.rootsandshoots.org.  Suggested Age:        7 and up                                 *Parent participation required for children under 10 years old.  When:                     September - May                                1st and 3rd Friday of every month                                1:00pm - 3:00pm (may vary based on field trips) What:                      First Friday's are a restoration workday where we cut and burn brush, pull                                garlic mustard, collect seed and otherwise have a great time.                                Third Friday's are used as a field trip or project day. In the spring, we do                                  amphibian monitoring. Where:                   Theodore Stone Preserve                               The preserve is bordered by 67th, South LaGrange Road and East Avenue in                                Hodgkins, IL. It is just north of Whispering Willow Park and east of Lake Ida.                    Membership Fee:    $3.00 per year.                                *Additional fee's for activities, field trips and events may apply.

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The Critters are Crawling

posted Mar 20, 2011 12:52 PM by K Coombes   [ updated May 14, 2011 6:31 PM ]

Spring is almost here and with it comes new life throughout the forest. This week we found tadpoles in the river by the old elm tree. Check out what we found IN the old Elm tree - FUNGUS!!!!! The kids were really excited about this and decided they could make mushroom soup out of this big boy. Fortunately I talked them out of the soup and now we will record any changes we notice in our friend as the weather warms.

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