Allerton Park bereft of volunteers as UI explores options for its future
By Amy F. Reiter
Saturday March 22, 2008
Robert K. O'Daniell
UI student Seung Kim feeds some wood into a chipper on Wednesday at Allerton Park near Monticello in 2006.
MONTICELLO – The pathways and gardens of Allerton Park lie quietly now, quiet and very wet.
On a normal spring break, they'd still be a bit hushed, but students would be scattered through the park, filling patches of it with their noise and busyness. They would be volunteers, trading their work for room and board while the University of Illinois is on break. They would spend days planting, clearing gardens, moving supplies – pretty much anything necessary in the large park with endless upkeep.
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