In This Issue

- Message from your Chair

- ’23-’24 Membership Kick-Off Meeting

- Sneak Peek at Rest of ’23-’24 Meeting Season

Message from your Chair

Greeting Dear Friends!

IWWSG’s memorable 75th Anniversary Meeting Year is now in our rearview mirror! A big thank-you is extended to all of our participants and supporters! However, not to worry -- our 76th meeting year is about to start!! Your Steering Committee has been working diligently, with plans for our ’23-’24 Kick-Off Meeting finalized and registration now open (see registration info below). We are planning a very active, interesting and FUN 76th Year, with some great new venues, for IWWSG – even if you haven’t participated recently, we cordially invite you, especially our SIU’s, to again be part of our Group. We need and appreciate your paid memberships (’23-’24 membership fees are now due), attendance at meetings/events, and other support. You really are helping to keep IWWSG alive and well! Thank you!!

Hope to see you soon!

Best Regards,

Barb Scapardine
’23-’24 Chair – IWWSG

’23-’24 Membership Kick-Off Meeting

Please join us for Networking, Appetizers, Drinks, & Dinner, and Celebrate the 350th Anniversary of Joliet and Marquette's Voyage of Discovery by Listening to Dick Lanyon Describe the Lasting Legacy of the Chicago Portage!

Wednesday, September 20
05:00 PM - 08:30 PM Central
La Parra Restaurant & Bar
6710 Cermak Road
Berwyn, IL 60402

Local author and historian Richard Lanyon will take us on a journey through the development of a waterway route that includes the Chicago Portage, and connects the Chicago River’s South Branch with the Des Plaines River in Joliet.

Click Here to Register

Sneak Peek at Rest of IWWSG’s ’23-’24 Meeting Season

October 18, 2023: Deborah Stone (Chief Sustainability Officer Cook County Department of Environment & Sustainability)

Cook County American Rescue Plan Projects, including the BRITE Program

@ Chicago Yacht Club