Friends of the Green Bay Trail Seek Volunteers to Maintain Foliage

A graduate of Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, Dr. Morris Kharasch is the president of the professional staff at NorthShore University HealthSystem in Evanston, Illinois. Active in his community, Dr. Morris Kharasch supports several local organizations, such as the Friends of the Green Bay Trail.

A volunteer-based nonprofit organization, the Friends of the Green Bay Trail maintain healthy environmental habitats along the path. The Friends do this by removing invasive species of plants and replacing them with native foliage. This pedestrian trail, created in 1965, runs parallel to the Metra Union Pacific North commuter railroad, where it passes through Chicago’s North Shore communities.

Since it relies heavily on volunteers, this organization seeks individuals to work on the trail. Each month on the second Saturday, the organization hosts a trail workday that runs from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and meets in Glencoe, Illinois. Volunteers bring work gloves so they can plant foliage, water plants, remove weeds and invasive species, and sow wildflower seeds. They typically work together in groups ranging from five to 25 people. Off the trail, they nurture seedlings in a greenhouse and attend park district or village meetings.