News & Noteworthy @sweepster 6 m a f t @vu s r o t a - n e m - h e @ @kuhnskrew Find Your Wild got even WILDER in 2024! Thank you to the over 1,000 participants who joined our award-winning challenge this summer! After just one month, we surpassed last year's total number of participants. We enjoyed all of your submissions and hope you had as much fun earning points and prizes as we did following along with your adventures! Thank you to our library partners! This year, eleven local libraries helped participants 昀椀nd even more ways to experience the outdoors. Thank you to Algonquin Area Public Library District, Cary Area Public Library, Crystal Lake Public Library, Fox River Grove Memorial Library, Harvard Diggins Library, Huntley Area Public Library, Johnsburg Public Library, Marengo-Union Library District, Nippersink Public Library District, River East Public Library and Woodstock Public Library. Thank you to our prize sponsors! This year's baskets were sponsored in part by: Avant Cycle Café; Breaking Bread Catering & Deli; Dave's Bait, Tackle and Taxidermy; Glacial Gear; McHenry County Audubon; McHenry County Conservation Foundation; Play It Again Sports (Crystal Lake); Red Bu昀昀alo Nursery; and The Running Depot. There is still time to play! The challenge continues through Labor Day Weekend! Learn more at MCCD.me/FindYourWild. Landscapes | FALL 2024 3