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Lake County YMCA celebrates 100 years
The Event: According to popular mores, the appropriate gift for a 100-year birthday is platinum. It is little wonder then that beloved community centenarian, the YMCA, chose to celebrate its platinum jubilee bash casino style at the Double Tree Hilton in Mundelein. On April 21, …
It’s a photo finish for Barrington Children’s Charities
The Event: On May 5 Barrington Children’s Charities second annual Run for the Roses Derby Party inside the Millrose Restaurant in South Barrington featured a hat parade to rival Britain. Every type of feathery chapeau, bonnet and fascinator was in full bloom — sometimes literally …
‘The Movement’ premieres in Skokie
The Event: Finding that turning point where physical disability is no longer a limitation but instead has become part of one’s character is the message of “The Movement,” a short documentary film narrated by Robert Redford and Warren Miller. It made its Chicago debut April …
Feed My Starving Children raises more than $308,000
The Event: Mosaic was more than just the name of the ensemble entertaining during the Feed My Starving Children gala on April 20; it was an apt description of the nearly 80,000 children in 70 countries that FMSC currently feeds through missionary partnerships with orphanages, …
Generations of support rally for Planned Parenthood
The Event: On the heels of an election year in which the unfathomable term “war on women” entered the national discourse, more than 400 supporters of women’s rights met on April 19 inside the Fairmont Hotel Chicago to celebrate and rally for the national nonprofit …
JUF hosts ‘Jewish Jordan’ in Glencoe
The Event: The theme of dreaming — and achieving — the impossible dream was front and center on April 17 inside the North Shore Congregation Israel in Glencoe, where more than 100 supporters of the Jewish United Fund came out to meet one of Israel’s …
Easter Seals clients get the royal treatment
The Event: Fêted by nearly 400 regally-clad attendees inside the grand ballroom of the Four Seasons Hotel in Chicago, the 34th annual Easter Seals’ benefit gala on April 14 was A Royal Affair to remember. The stately theme was chosen specifically to highlight the high …
Seniors clean up at NSSC Spring Sale
The Event: There was money to be made at the North Shore Senior Center’s second annual Spring Sale March 29 and 30 in Northfield. The two-day event featured a wide array of leftover items from NSSC’s booth at the Winnetka Antiques and Modernism Show and …
Gala works magic for Light Opera Works
The Event: The corner of Broadway and Vine was the place to be for 120 operetta enthusiasts March 31. The iconic Hollywood juncture was just one of the landmarks erected inside the North Shore County Club in Glenview in honor of Light Opera Works’ 32nd …
ALS group celebrates 25 years of caring
The Event: The atmosphere was electric at the 25th annual Les Turner ALS Foundation benefit, which saw an unprecedented 450 guests on March 17 for its Hope through Caring award dinner dance held inside the grand ballroom of the Four Seasons Hotel in Chicago. The …
Celtic Fest rallies support for ACS relays
The Event: Relay for Life of Barrington, part of the American Cancer Society’s family of signature nationwide events, traded in its iconic purple for Irish green in honor of St. Patrick’s Day at McGonigal Pub’s Celtic Fest in Barrington on March 16 and 17. For …
MIC gala kickoff celebrates trifecta of distinguished guests
The Event: The elegant reception held inside the Arts Club of Chicago on Feb. 21 served as a decorative backdrop to moving musical performances by students at the 82nd annual Music Institute of Chicago gala kickoff. Hosted by John D. and Alexandra Nichols, chairman of …
Community rallies around GiGi’s Playhouse
The Event: Festooned with masks and plumage, more than 120 members and guests of the Park Ridge Community Women ushered in Fat Tuesday in true Mardi Gras style on Feb. 24 at the Snuggery Pub in Edison Park by dancing, having their fortunes read and …
Adaptive sports benefit from icy fun at LFC
The Event: To the delight of some 400 rowdy supporters, both the kids’ and adults’ Falcons teams of the Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association hit the ice on Feb. 12 to square off against rival Lake Forest College students at the second annual “The Sleds …
Flipping for flapjacks scholarships at Camp Jorn Pancake Day
The Event: Nearly 500 “muddahs,” “fadduhs” and their happy campers knocked the bottom right out of the notion that “a lot of parents pack up their troubles and send them off to summer camp” at the 48th annual Camp Jorn YMCA Pancake Day fundraiser held …
CASA Lake County tugs at the heartstrings
The Event: Organizers and some 300 guests of CASA Lake County’s eighth annual CASAblanca benefit welcomed Cupid with traditional Valentine’s Day colors on Feb. 4 at the Westin Chicago North Shore in Wheeling. The Black and Red Ball enticed guests to “‘have a heart and …
