Discover Newsletter May June 2016

Smart Parties
Tuesday, May 17 6:30 – 8 pm
Elgin Room
Registration required.
Find out how your party can be fun and
safe. Outdoor decorating tips, tasty food
ideas and lawn game how-to’s will be
served up, along with information on social
hosting presented by the Elgin Police
Department.Co-sponsored by the Coalition For
A Safe And Healthy Elgin.
Memorial Day Program at Bluff City
Cemetery
Monday, May 30 11 am
945 Bluff City Blvd., Elgin
The program will pay tribute to the 75th
anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor
with a keynote address by Lieutenant
Adrienne Benton, staff chaplain from Great
Lakes Naval Training Station. Local WWII
veterans will be recognized. For information,
visit www.elginmemorialday.org.
Sponsored by the Elgin Patriotic Memorial
Association in cooperation with the
City of Elgin.
The City in a Garden:
A History of Chicago’s Parks
Friday, June 24 9:30 – 11 am
Meadows Community Rooms
Registration required.
“The City in a Garden,” developed in
association with the Chicago Park
District, is the first official history of
Chicago’s parks, and it reveals why they
are second-to-none in America and
abroad. Julia Bachrach is currently the
Planning Supervisor for the Department
of Planning and Development of the
Chicago Park System.
In partnership with
Elgin Garden Club.
Listen Learn and Lead
Toastmasters Club
Second and Fourth Thursdays
Noon – 1 pm
South Elgin Room
No registration.
Become the speaker and leader you want to be.
Adaptive Reuse in Historic Preservation
Thursday, May 19 7 – 8:30 pm
Elgin Room
Registration required.
Architectural Historian Rebecca Hunter will discuss
how buildings can be adapted and show examples
of successfully repurposed historical structures. Hear
the latest updates on the future of the
Elgin Tower Building.
Three Ways to Register:
• Online at gailborden.info/register
• Call 847-429-4597
• In person at Registration Desk
May is Preservation Month
Downtown Commercial
Historic District Walking Tour
Monday, May 9 6:30 – 8 pm
Kicks off from city parking lot at
S. Grove and Prairie St. Tour this
National Register Historic District
during a 90-minute walk. Sponsored by
the Downtown Neighborhood
Association, this tour will be led by local
historian Jerry Turnquist.
Elgin Alive
Remarkable Women of Elgin’s Past
Tuesday, May 17 7 – 8:45 pm
Meadows Community Rooms A&B
Jerry Turnquist of the Elgin History
Museum will take a look at some
notable women who have passed
through the city, contributions of
women during World War II and some of
the women who have set local records.
Sponsors: ECN, Elgin History Museum, League
of Women Voters, City of Elgin, GBPL.
Tales &Travel Memories Kits
What’s a Green Building?
Thursday, May 12 7 – 8:30 pm
Elgin Room
Registration required.
Learn about four Green Building
designs in Elgin: Rakow Branch of the
Gail Borden Public Library, Advocate
Sherman Hospital, Health and Life
Sciences Building of Elgin
Community College, and Harold
D. Rider Center of Elgin Academy.
Co-sponsored by Fox Valley Citizens for
Peace and Justice, Elgin Green Groups, 350.
Org, Schweitzer Environmental Center,
Friends of the Fox River, and Valley of the
Fox Sierra Club.
Introducing ‘Tales & Travel’ Memories Kits for our community’s dementia
population, a collection of highly illustrated nonfiction books and
supplemental materials associated with particular countries. Come check
these kits out at either of our locations. For more information, please
contact Tracey Degnan, Life Enrichment Liaison, at tdegnan@gailborden.info.
This project has been funded in whole or in part with Federal
funds from the Department of Health and Human Services,
National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine,
under Contract No. HHSN-276-2011-00005C with
the University of Illinois at Chicago.
www.gailborden.info
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