"First Steps" class

Register for First Steps

**UPDATE**  October 2020 - We are starting to schedule small enrollment classes in some areas with limited COVID numbers. Please register if you are interested so we have a way to contact you once other areas resume their classes. We also have a video version of the class (click on the button above), but it really is no substitute for the hands-on, interactive class. 

Currently, we have instructors lined up in the following areas and will host a class depending on sufficient interest.  Locations marked with an * have sufficient enrollment for this fall.  If there is not enough interest in the city you list, we will provide you the location and dates of the next closest class.

• Carlinville

• Carterville**

• Champaign-Urbana**

• Chicago-area*

• Clinton*

• Crystal Lake

• Decatur*

• Dixon**

• Edwardsville

• Franklin Park

• Galesburg

• Kankakee

• Joliet*

• LaSalle** 

• Macomb*

• Marion** 

• Mt. Vernon** 

• Oregon (combined with Dixon)*

• Ottawa (moved to LaSalle)

• Paris 

• Paxton**

• Peoria**

• Quincy

• Rock Island**

• Rockford**

• Schaumburg**

• Schiller Park

• Springfield**

• Strasburg**

• Sycamore

• Toledo 

• Waukegan 

• Wheaton**

• Woodstock

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* - This location has sufficient interest to have a class, but it's not scheduled yet.

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** - One class has been completed and will have another if there is sufficient interest.

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Please submit registration below and ask the class leader to contact you in the comments.  

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Submit your information in form below to be contacted with information when the next class starts in your preferred location.  Due to the overwhelming response, please remember that these classes may not be until 2021.