Encourages recycling
Promotes the idea of reusing waste and maintaining clean neighborhoods

Recreational Activities

A community group that hosts various events aimed at improving the area for residents. These events include clean-up days, seminars and cookouts.

Beard Elementary is one of 100 schools in the Nation, and the only school in Chicago certified as a Nature Explorer Outdoor Classroom. They maintain raised theme gardens such as pizza, salsa, vegetable soup, salad, herb, squashes, and leftover gardens.