SKOKIE ROCKS

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Awarded 2024

Skokie Fine Arts
Commission Program Award!

ALL ARE INVITED!

SAT. JUNE 27, 2026

(11 am - 2 pm)

Join us on the lawn at the

Niles Township Government Building

5255 Lincoln Ave, Skokie, IL

Paint a Rock and Add it to our

New KINDNESS GARDEN!

FREE outdoor fun for everyone!

VOLUNTEERS AND SPONSORS NEEDED!

CONTACT INFO@ANATOMICALLYCORRECT.ORG

This event is being held in complement to the
Niles
Township Government's
PEOPLE'S PRAIRIE GARDEN GRAND OPENING!

DOWNLOAD, PRINT AND COLOR OUR
#SkokieRocks coloring
page
for a chance to win a prize at our June 27th event!

Skokie
Rocks is an ongoing community-wide arts outreach
program where families and
persons of all ages and abilities are invited to
design, paint, hide and seek painted river
rocks.  The
project is intended to build bridges between
different cultures and communities and help those who speak
different languages to connect and communicate
through art. With the help of social media
and available language translation apps, participants can
comment on the painted rock in their native
language. Translation apps allow persons who speak different languages
to communicate with each other and read comments
on the Skokie Rocks social media page.

This community-wide, diverse
arts project offers more than a simple craft
project; it is in direct complement to Skokie's
slogan "Skokie Welcomes Everyone"!

Rock painters are asked to label the
underneath side of their rocks with #SKOKIE
ROCKS or skokierocks.org before painting and hiding them in
in our NEW SKOKIE ROCKS KINDNESS GARDEN on the
lawn of the NILES TOWNSHIP GOVERNMENT BUILDING
in Skokie; or in Skokie’s parks and playgrounds.  For a list of public parks in
Skokie:
https://www.skokieparks.org/

Rock Finders are
invited to take photos of their hidden and found rocks and
post/share/comment/tag them on their social media with the
hashtag #skokierocks.

To view images of the found
rocks on social media, search online
#skokierocks or join our Skokie Rocks Facebook
page for updates at

https://www.facebook.com/groups/337581650006202

Skokie Rocks is an ongoing
community art project allowing for individuals of different
communities and languages to connect and
communicate through social media images and
online language translation apps.

This program is partially supported a grant
Niles Township Government and from the Illinois Arts
Council through federal funds provided by the
National Endowment for the Arts.}}

SKOKIE ROCKS 2024!

^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{A little like a game of hide and seek, Skokie Rocks invites you to
hide a painted rock – a secret place, but not too hard to find.

The rocks are
there to brighten your day!   Hiding it is only half the fun.   Finding a rock
that someone else hid completes the cycle.
Once you find a rock, take a photo
and post it on Skokie Rocks Facebook page to share with
your neighbors and friends.

^{^{^{^{Don’t forget to label underneath your rock:
www.SkokieRocks.org
^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{or #skokierocks}}}}}}}}}}}
ROCK HUNTERS:   Submit a photo of
your found rock on the Skokie Rocks Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/337581650006202

After posting the found rock, you can re-hide it for
someone else to find or decide keep it. The choice is yours!}}}}}}}}}

^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{Hide and Seek Painted Rocks in your choice
of Skokie Parks!

For a list of public parks in
Skokie: https://www.skokieparks.org/}}}}}}}}

^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{Can you find these "Hallo-Week Rocks"?
Hidden October 25, 2020 (Hint: Along McCormick Ave. in
Skokie)}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}

Found at Devonshire Park and posted to our Facebook
page - July 2020}}}}}}

Skokie's Mayor Van Dusen was super excited to find this
painted rock in front of Village Hall!

Found Devonshire Park - July 2020}}}}

SKOKIE ROCKS! Emily Oaks Nature Center, Skokie, IL - ^{^{July 14, 2019}}

Special Thanks to Girl Scouts of America volunteers and Blick Art Materials for donating supplies!

Special thanks to our Skokie Rocks/Brush with Nature volunteers & the Girl Scout volunteers Michelle Harris, Eliza and Caitlin

^{^{^{^{^{^{Girl Scouts of America Volunteers Michelle and Eliza!}}}}

^{^{^{^{Girl Scouts of America - Caitlin - helps youth paint their
rocks}}}}}}

^{^{^{^{^{^{Rock Painter volunteer assisting with rock painting

^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{Girl Scouts of America volunteer - Caitlin - helps youth
paint their rocks}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}

Rock Painter Student Volunteer

^{^{^{^{Rock Painter Student Volunteer helps youth paint their
rocks}}}}

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^{SKOKIE ROCKS!
EMILY OAKS NATURE CENTER,
SKOKIE, IL - JULY 8, 2018}

Special thanks to our Skokie Rocks/Brush with Nature volunteers & the Girl Scout volunteers Michelle Harris, Eliza and Caitlin

Skokie Rocks 2018!

Skokie Rocks 2018!

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contact:

Anatomically Correct

info@anatomicallycorrect.org}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}



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