This Earth Day, something new is blooming in Humboldt Park. 🌸 MaNaBu Movement and The Walt Disney Birthplace are teaming up — in collaboration with @chicagoparks the Humboldt Park Earth Day Committee, and @buildchicago — to bring wonder, care, and community to one of Chicago’s most iconic green spaces. 🌳 On April 26, more than 500 volunteers will green and clean the park’s pathways. 🧤🧹 And along the lagoon, a quiet adventure begins… ✨ The StoryWalk ✨ A nature-based journey for kids ages 5–8, brought to life under the creative direction of producer John Heinsen — and guided by butterflies, imagination, and the spirit of a young boy named Walt. 🦋 It’s 1906. Walt has wandered off with a book about the Earth… The children follow his trail — with three curious friends at their side: Ma, Na, and Bu. They look. 👀 They wonder. 💭 They lead. 🧒🏽🌍 Because Earth Day isn’t just about what we clean — It’s about what we grow. And even the smallest hands can help shape the world. 🌱 📍 Humboldt Park Boathouse 📅 Saturday, April 26 9am-11:30am 🔗 manabu.org #EarthDayChicago #MaNaBuMovement #StoryWalk2025 #WaltDisneyBirthplace #HumboldtPark #YouthLeadership #chicagoevents (fb)

✨️MaNaBu Movement & The Walt Disney Birthplace Bring StoryWalk to Chicago’s 40th Earth Day Celebration 🌏 Forty years ago, Chicago started something simple: neighbors cleaning up parks. One bag, one tree, one block at a time. Today, that small act has become a citywide tradition—thousands of hands, hundreds of parks, and a deep sense of pride in the places we share. 🌳💚 This year, as the city marks 40 years of Earth Day cleanups, MaNaBu Movement is proud to bring something new to the story—in partnership with the Walt Disney Birthplace, and in collaboration with the Chicago Park District and the Humboldt Park Earth Day Committee. Because what better place to plant big ideas than Humboldt Park? 📍On Saturday, April 26, more than 500 volunteers will gather to green, clean, and care for this iconic space. There will be mulch and music, laughter and labor. And right in the middle of it all, there will be something a little different… A quiet story unfolding along the lagoon. A walk led not by adults, but by imagination. ✨️We call it the StoryWalk—an interactive journey for children ages 5–8 that blends nature, curiosity, and the spirit of a young boy named Walt… a 5-year-old dreamer in 1906 who wandered into the park with a book about the Earth. 📖 The kids will follow his footsteps. They’ll meet Ma, Na, and Bu. They’ll look up, look around, and learn to see like the butterfly in the book. 🦋 And along the way, they’ll discover something bigger: That they don’t have to wait to lead. That their questions matter. That even small hands can help shape the world. 👐 This Earth Day isn’t just about what we clean. It’s about what we grow. We hope you’ll join us. 📍 Humboldt Park Boathouse 📅 Saturday, April 26, 2025 🔗 www.manabu.org #EarthDayChicago #MaNaBuMovement #WaltDisneyBirthplace #YouthLeadership #StoryWalk2025 #CommunityPower #HumboldtPark #ChicagoEvents #EnvironmentalEducation @followers (fb)