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Fundraiser means happy tails for Orphans
The Event: Tails of nearly 600 stray and abandoned animals of Lake and northern Cook counties wagged a little higher on April 22 when more than 190 animal lovers attended the 13th annual Orphans of the Storm benefit at Marriott’s Lincolnshire Resort. For the past …
Gorton gala celebrates a community treasure
The Event: For the fourth year in a row, luxury roadsters like Maseratis to Aston Martins inside Lake Forest Sportscars in Lake Bluff took a backseat to even more elegant sights when more than 250 benefactors and guests gathered to support the Gorton Community Center …
Restaurant stars shine for St. Jude kids
The Event: There was not a dry eye amongst the 940 attendees to the 19th annual St. Jude Four Stars of Chicago Restaurant Extravaganza when honorary chairman Andy Daniels and daughter Emily retold the story of Emily’s successful battle with cancer.
NBC 5 anchor Allison …
GLASA athletes in the game for life
The Event: Once “from GLASA with Love” was chosen as the premise, a secret agent theme seemed to lend itself naturally to the Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association (GLASA) annual benefit. More than 230 guests attended the star-studded gala at the Knauz Classic Car Showroom …
Foundation writes the book on fundraising
The Event: ‘A Night for the Books’ was an apropos choice of theme for the 5th annual Maine Township High School District 207 Educational Foundation benefit dinner held at the Rosewood in Rosemont on April 4.
Some of the 163 attendees included Maine Township High …
Giordano Dance Chicago is golden
The Event: Giordano Dance Chicago celebrated 50 years of enriching the lives of Chicagoans and the world through dance and performance art on March 23. The company marked its half-century with the world premier of a new work, “La Belleza de Cuba,” performed by their …
