Volunteers are continuing efforts to restore a nearly 100-year-old grotto in a Geneva forest preseve.
The path to the Geneva Grotto winds from a parking lot in back of the Kane County Government Center in Geneva in the Gunnar Anderson Forest Preserve.
While the grotto is decidedly Catholic in origin -- as the Knights are from St. Peter in Geneva and Holy Cross in Batavia -- it is open to anyone who wants to see it, to come to it, to meditate, pray or leave votives and prayer cards on the altar. West Chicago resident Christine Alimenti said she is no longer a practicing Catholic, but began to volunteer for the grotto's restoration after seeing it on Facebook.
Alimenti, 59, said she never volunteered for anything before but has logged 130 hours at the grotto so far this year. The bricks are $100 or $125 -- with clip art. The bricks will mark the walkway to make it easier for people to walk and stand in front of the grotto, she said.
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