The History of Westchester
Sunday, May 24 at 2 pm – the porch of the Prairie House
Patricia Reaves will share research on Westchester’s History
Tea and light refreshments will be served.
Category Archives: Uncategorized
Living Landscape: A Native Garden Conference
Living Landscape: A Native Garden Conference
Sunday, May 17 from 12 noon to 5 pm
Featuring noted author Doug Tallamy
Dominican University – 7900 Division Street, River Forest
Save The Prairie Society will have a table at the conference.
See West Cook Wild Ones on line for registration ( $25 )
Thank you from STPS!
Prairie Fest was once again an amazingly fun, educational, and entertaining time!
Photos courtesy of Lawrence Godson
STPS would like to thank everyone that helped made Prairie Fest 2014 possible, including:
The Shell gas station owner and crew at York Road and Ogden Avenue in Hinsdale for their most generous donation and help.
Jack Doyle for arranging the two Civil War reencactors, the dulcimer players, and
for contacting the generous owner of the Shell gas station.
Paul Gangi of Westchester Minutemen Press ( 1939 LaGrange Road, Westchester ).
for his professional advice.
West Town Wine & Spirits (1925 S LaGrange Rd, Westchester ) for their generous donation.
The owner of Palmer Florest ( 1926 S LaGrange Road, Westchester ) for her generous donation.
Geri Rennhack for single-handedly manning the antique treasure sales.
Doc Grayson for his awesome ability to analyze our handwriting. Visit Doc’s informative
website: HandwritingSecretsRevealed.com .
Mr. Carm whose presentation on hypnosis gave us insights into how our brain works.
Visit WWW.MID-AMERICACONFERENCE.COM
The Nazareth Academy students for helping with set-up, sign making, and legwork.
Fidencio Marbella for help with the heavy lifting of setup.
The Triton Alumni Choir for their beautiful singing and their great choice of music.
The two well versed and authentically dressed Civil War reenactors who
stayed the entire day and shared their extensive knowledge of Civil War battle
engagement with an appreciative audience – Joe Kotek ( Union Soldier ) and
Joe Ziccarelli ( Confederate Soldier ).
All the wonderfully talented vendors who shared their crafts and art
with us.
Shop with Amazon Smile and Support STPS
We have exciting news if you are a Amazon.com customer and want an easy way to contribute to the efforts of Save the Prairie Society. STPS is now a part of Amazon Smile, a program started by Amazon to give back to your favorite charity. Simply follow this link or the banner on the side or below this post, and Amazon will have you select Save the Prairie Society as your charity of choice . 0.5% of your purchase will be donated to STPS when shopping through Amazon Smile. It is as simple as that! No need to pay extra or donate separately; Amazon automatically donates a percentage of your purchase to Save the Prairie Society.
Please consider shopping at Amazon through our banner or links if you would like to help us continue our work in restoring nature, preserving history, and educating the public. Our operations are made possible through your generous support. Thank you!
