East Garfield Park Cleanup with Cleanup Club!

POV: When you pass by a vacant lot full of trash just WAITING for you to bring a bag and gloves. Alas, now's the time to do something about it alongside the ! We will focus our efforts around the California & Lake Green Line CTA Station. Afterward, feel free to join us for a celebratory drink and pizza at (1 station away!) And big thanks to Independent Recycling Services for sponsoring our October Clean-Off Competition against Philly, which includes this event!!

Since our inception in 2020, we are proud to tell you that our Cleanup Club volunteers have completed more than 105 cleanups and removed more than 41,000 lbs of trash from our community!

Date: Saturday, October 25th

Time: Cleanup is from 10 AM - 12 PM

Cleanup Location: We will be meeting at SW corner of California & Lake next to the CTA Green Line Station. Look out for our green Cleanup Club sign!

Optional Social Outing: Join us for lunch and drinks at to celebrate our efforts!

Supplies & What To Bring: We will provide grabbers, recycled plastic trash bags, and gloves. We provide recycling buckets, and you are welcome to bring your own if you like. We also encourage bringing your own water and heavy duty pet food / pet litter / soil bags for reuse if you have them handy!

How to Get There: As we are an environmental organization, we strongly encourage taking public transit, walking, or biking to the event if you are not bringing large supplies.

Suggested Donation: Cleanup Club Chicago has 501c3 nonprofit status through the Illinois Environmental Council. If you like our work and want to help us tackle Chicago's litter pollution problem, any donation is greatly appreciated! We humbly suggest a $10 donation per attendee to cover our costs and to support future cleanup events.

To fully register for the event, we will need your first name, last name, email address, and answers to both of our custom questions. If you're bringing a guest, we will need this information for each of them as well. If your registration is incomplete, it may be canceled. Thank you in advance!

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Please note the following cleanup rules:

Safety First: Wear durable, appropriate footwear that you don't mind getting dirty. If you find any items that present a biohazard, such as needles, please leave them, as we don't want anything poking through a bag and injuring someone. We also recommend avoiding broken glass. Do not do anything that you feel uncomfortable with or that puts you in danger.

Kids and Dogs: The minimum age for participation is 8 years old for this cleanup, and anyone under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. You are responsible for you and your child's safety. Additionally, we ask that you do not bring your dogs to cleanups.

Photograph and Video Waiver: Photographs and videos are taken at the cleanups and include participants. They are typically used on social media, but may also be used for marketing or promotional purposes. If you do not wish to have photo/video taken of you, then you are responsible for letting the leaders of each individual cleanup know and we will do our best to avoid taking photos and video with you in it. We cannot guarantee that you will not be in the background of any photos or video. Therefore, all participants must consent that any photographs or video taken of them or their minor, purposefully or inadvertently, can be used on social media and/or for marketing and promotional purposes by the Cleanup Club or any affiliated groups.

Release of Liability and Assumption of Risk: You are completely responsible for your own safety - please pay attention at all times and avoid any areas or items that are hazardous. By participating in any of the Cleanup Club events and/or allowing a minor (under the age of 18) to participate for which you have legal responsibility as a parent or guardian, YOU ARE HEREBY VOLUNTARILY CONSENTING TO SUCH PARTICIPATION, and on behalf of yourself, your heirs, assigns, and next of kin, RELEASING AND HOLDING HARMLESS the Cleanup Club or any affiliated organizations and its administrators, members, agents, employees, associated personnel, other participants, sponsors, advertisers, and, if applicable, owners and lessors of premises used to conduct the event (“RELEASEES”), from any and all claims, demands, losses, and liability arising out of or related to any ILLNESS, INJURY, DISABILITY OR DEATH, THEFT, OR LOSS you may suffer, WHETHER ARISING FROM THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE RELEASEES OR OTHERWISE, to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Cancellation Policy: If for any reason you decide you cannot attend this event after signing up, PLEASE cancel your registration. This allows us to open up spaces for other people, and get a more accurate estimate of how many volunteers will be attending.

Please email us at if you have any further questions.

Please follow our for other cleanup events. We look forward to seeing you there!

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

California Ave & Lake St, 2800 West Lake Street, Chicago, United States