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OOFD Newsletter: 2019 Season

2/28/2019

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2019 Bike Camping Registration Open!

Welcome to OOFD 2019! Goodness was last year a blast, and this year is going to be even better. In 2018, we led 19 overnight bike camping adventures that engaged over 250 people.  Not bad considering just two years before we led 5 rides for a total of about 45 riders. 2019 saw the Family Program roll with 4 awesome camping weekends and the Youth Program was launched and led number of rides including a some bike camping trips to nearby state parks. Not to mention the 100+ person bike camping festival at Starved Rock. Thanks to everyone who was a part of 2018.

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2019 Family Bike Camping Adventures

2/26/2019

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Summer is coming and so are the family bike camping adventures from Out Our Front Door!
If you love biking and camping but aren’t sure how to combine the two, we offer a supportive communal experience with accessible bike camping rides designed by fellow parents. Our goal is to help you and your kids go from riding in the neighborhood to riding in nature; we provide the organization, logistics, ride support, food, and community of family cyclists to make your bike camping adventure fun, worry-free, and successful.

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Volunteer for the Outdoors

12/23/2017

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Free Event: Chicago Volunteer Expo. Sunday, February 18, 2018 | 10 AM - 4 PM | Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum: 2430 N Cannon Dr, Chicago, Illinois 60614 | view map

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Boost Night | The Life History and Future of The Out Our Front Door Organization

10/3/2017

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Delta Boost Grant -The Out Our Front Door Organization
The 6th ANNUAL BOOST FUNDING NIGHT
Tue, November 14, 2017| 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM CST
​​LOCATION The Chop Shop in Wicker Park
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2033 West North Avenue Chicago, IL 60647 View Map

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A New Youth Environmental Education Program 

The Out Our Front Door Organization has been selected as a finalist for the Delta Emerging Leaders BOOST Grant.
Join us as we present our new youth program, who we are, and where we are going on stage in front of a live audience against 4 other finalists for a chance to seed our early organizational growth on Tuesday November 14th at Chop Shop in Wicker Park! ​Housed in a 100-year-old former auto body shop, the Chop Shop is Chicago’s only sustainable butcher + deli + restaurant + bar with a 6,000 square foot event space and concert venue.

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Part 2. Where The Wild Things Grow: Logan Square to Forest Glen

10/2/2017

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Chicago Bike Tours with the Out Out Our Front Door Organization
Sunday October 8th 2017 9:00 am: Logan Square Monument to Forest Glen Wild Ride.
TO SAVE THE DATE: Find us on our Facebook event page @OutOurFrontDoor
​​Back from the underground to satisfy your woodland soul. Featuring: The Serbians of Sunnyday Tap, Plain and Simple Bike Rides and The House of OOFD.

For Play Study & Health: A Bike Ride from Logan Square to the North Branch Trail's Forest Glen Woods Preserve and back for a hands on experience that will literally last a lifetime.

If you ever wondered what the Chicago woods inhabit then you are cordially invited to this wild ride. Come for the camaraderie and leave with community.

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Bike Your Park Day Chicago

9/27/2017

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Explore Your State, National, or Local Park By Bike.
Saturday September 30th 2017
​The Out Our Front Door Organization is inviting the public to join a Bike Your Park Day ride on September 30, 2017 – a national event that encourages people to explore nearby parks and public lands by bicycle on the same day.

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Breaking Continents Above The Sky: Chicago Nature and Beyond

9/13/2017

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Chicago Bike Tours. History Nature and Adventure with Great Lakes Audubon
Great Marshes and Great Migrations:
Protecting and Restoring Critical Bird Habitat in the Calumet Region
By Audubon Great Lakes Conservation Science Associate​ Stephanie Beilke
​Wednesday  September 20th 
5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
At HI Hostel Chicago
24 East Congress Parkway
Chicago, Illinois 60605

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Re-Cap: Family Bike Camping Adventure

8/29/2017

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Into The Pin Oaks | Clayton Smith Woods

8/28/2017

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Sunday Sept. 24th 9:00 am Logan Square to Clayton Smith Woods Wild Ride
​A Rise & Shine Morning Bike Ride featuring ecological restoration, native plant talk, stewardship, and Rabbits Bar. From Logan Square to the North Branch Trail's Clayton Smith Woods Preserve.

If you ever wondered what Chicago nature embodies then you are cordially invited. No experience needed. Come to know these grand pin oaks & their understory via a hands on experience that literally grows for a life time. Come for the camaraderie, leave with community. 

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The Nature Sanctuary Ride

8/28/2017

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Saturday September 9th 8:15 am to 2 pm | From the Plant Chicago to Burnham Nature Sanctuary Bike Ride
​A good morning inoculation with mesic rich prairies, wild sours, and ecological restoration as we bike from Plant Chicago to the Burnham Nature Sanctuary.

We will join the Burnham team to restore this hidden slice of oak savanna and mesic prairie with rich in native flora by bike! Some will collect, others will sow seed, all will come to know this beautiful 100 acre site.

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