When she was a child, Pet Smith’s mother took her on many walks through the Deer Grove Forest Preserve in Palatine. “She loved the area,” says Smith, remembering her late mother Vietta Mickus, who lived in Palatine all of her life. “It was her back yard. She knew it like the back of her hand.” A homemaker […]
Chicago Teens Enjoy their First Camping Experience
Mujeres Latinas en Accion’s Proyecto Juventud teen youth program participated in its first program-wide overnight camping trip at Camp Sullivan in Oak Forest this summer. Supported by Forest Preserve Foundation grants, 49 teens and their mentors experienced the joys (and hardships) of camping, many for their first time – 78 percent of the teens had […]