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If you have an event happening in the counties of the Blackhawk Waterways of NW Illinois (Carroll, Lee, Ogle, Whiteside), fill out the form below completely and we’ll add it to our calendar.

Don’t forget the Who, What, Why, When, and Where when you fill out this form.

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Make sure it is at least 1920px wide by 1080px high. Please use a photo that are wider than taller (ie: landscape orientation).
Upload file size limit is 6MB per photo.

The better the photo you upload the better your event will look!

If you have any questions please free to call us at 800-678-2108 or email us at

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Start/End:	Event Start Date YYYY-MM-DD Event Start Time HH:MM to Event End Time HH:MM Event End Date YYYY-MM-DD
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Add Video or Meeting Link:	Video or Meeting Link URL Video Preview Facebook Live No connected Facebook Pages found. You must connect a Facebook App to your site before you can add Facebook Live videos to events. Set up Facebook Live Set up Google integration Set up Microsoft integration Set up Webex integration YouTube Live YouTube Channel ID: Autoplay Video Autoplay is being deprecated by most browsers and is prevented in Chrome and Safari, it maybe removed in all the browsers soon. Autoplay Video Include live chat Include live chat Mute Video Best used with autoplay. Mute Video Modest Branding Hides the YouTube logo in the control bar. Modest Branding Restrict Related Videos Restricts related videos to only come from your channel. Restrict Related Videos Hide Controls Hides the video control bar. Hide Controls Set up Zoom integration
Display:	Embed Video Linked Button Label Meeting link with details
Show when:	Event is published Event starts Link and/or embed will appear on the page 15 minutes before the event start time.
Show to:	Everyone Logged in users
Virtual Event Label:	Show on event page Show on calendar views Virtual events will be indexed on Google as online events.

County::	Carroll County Lee County Ogle County Whiteside County
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