Cook County residents united to help clean up Rolling Knolls Forest Preserve as part of Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service celebrations.
The sub-freezing temperatures did not stop some dedicated and bundled up Cook County residents from cleaning up one of the many county Forest Preserves Saturday.
"Today and every day, you can choose to make a difference," said Toni Preckwinkle, president of Cook County Board of Commissioners. "Around the pond here, we have invasive species such as buckthorn and honeysuckle and some box elder," said Tom Stewart, president of Elgin Chapter of Izaak Walton League. "They become so thick that sun doesn't even penetrate to the ground."
"That's why I'm kind of out of breath a little bit," he said while keeping busy. "For people to actually come out here and do that on a cold day and get off their couches and come out -- a little bit of discomfort and a little bit of effort to make the community and the lake here better for people to use -- that's great."
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