Good deeds, fresh air

The Prairie People want you!
The hot days are over and these keepers of the woods are ready to get back to work.
And they're doing it at New Lenox Sharefest on Saturday.
The Will County Forest Preserve District's volunteers are always looking for new additions. Give it a try this Saturday during Sharefest to learn the joy of cutting brush, buckthorn and other invasive species.
If it rains, you can still do good. You'll switch over to general beatifying instead of brush cutting.
And, yes, you can bring the kids. This is a great chance to show them the value of volunteering and of our open spaces. (You'll need to stick around to supervise them, but you want to be there anyway, right?)
This week's workday is from 9 a.m. till 3 p.m. Saturday at Hickory Creek Barrens, at Schoolhouse Road and U.S. 30.
Dress to work in the woods. This means long pants, socks, sturdy shoes, an outer covering for some sort for your upper body.
Please, please bring some sort of work glove. You'll want them on and there won't be enough spares to go around.
And it would be nice if you would register so there will be tools and water for all. Call Renee at (815) 722-7364 to register. If you're reading this at 8 a.m. Saturday, go anyway. Renee will have info for you.
If you want eat lunch at the preserve, pack something. Otherwise, there's supposed to be a lunch for Sharefest volunteers.
I have to work, unfortunately, so I can't be there, but I have my fingers crossed to be free for future work days.
The weather has been so nice. Ditch the trip to the gym by getting out and about in the woods. You'll breathe fresh air, stretch your legs and do a good thing for every man, woma and child in Will County.
These volunteers keep the woods and parks going as woods and parks, instead of buckthorn-choked thickets. Be one of the good guys.