Help support the Woods with a Donation

• The Capital Fund
• Jim Marzuki Memorial Fund
• Friends General Purpose Fund
• Thorn Creek Woods Nature Preserve Commission
• Purchase a “Prairie Chapel” fine art art print by Marikay Peter Witlock
• Join the Friends of Thorn Creek Woods
• Purchase Thorn Creek Woods T-Shirts

Please Donate Needed Items (as of 8-15-19)

• Birdseed (mix—no corn)
• Suet cakes
• Stamps you saved for Audubon
• 1” x 2 5/8” address  labels- ink jet or laser
• Hoes and loppers
• Large plastic boxes about 1.5 ft x 3 ft
• 6” x 9” envelopes
• Night scopes

Become a Volunteer

• Helpers for Nature Center Open Hours on Friday & Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. Closed Saturday. It is vital to have volunteers to greet visitors and to do many housekeeping and office tasks – all to keep the nature center operating.
• Trail Watchers are our eyes & ears on the trails.  Use the blue Trail Watchers forms or email nature center with concerns.
• Trail & boardwalk building projects on our Workdays and for groups like the Boy Scouts.
• Volunteers to bake or make soup for our events.
• Assist at programs and help lead nature hikes.
• Help with our fundraising!

Call (708) 747-6320 or email us to volunteer.

• The Friends of Thorn Creek Woods is an Illinois 501(c)3 non-profit organization and the Thorn Creek Woods Nature Preserve Management Commission is a government entity.