The suburbs celebrate Arbor Day
In Illinois Arbor Day is always the last Friday in April, and kids were out all over the suburbs today, planting trees.
In Des Plaines, the ceremony was at the Early Learning Center, where Mayor Marty Moylan read a proclamation and then everybody got busy planting a tree.
In Hoffman Estates, the ceremony was held Friday morning at Arbor Day Park at the corner of Downing Drive and Sumac Trail.
And in Wheeling, third-graders at Walt Whitman School helped plant a tree on the school grounds.
Third-graders sing as Walt Whitman School marks Arbor Day on Friday in Wheeling.
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Frank C. Whiteley School third-graders, from left, Michaela Vall, Ashley Scesniak and Kailey Mleko help Mayor Bill McLeod at Arbor Day Park in Hoffman Estates.
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Hayden Kim shovels some dirt on a freshly planted tree at Arbor Day Park in Hoffman Estates.
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Kindergartners Kyla Healy and Brayan Perez-Sanchez shovel some dirt as they celebrate Arbor Day at the Early Learning Center in Des Plaines.
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