On June 20, the League for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association’s annual fundraiser raised over $825,000 for the league’s creative and educational programming. In total, the CSO hopes to receive $5.5 million in corporate donations in 2016. Television, film and Broadway-star Kristin Chenoweth joined the CSO as this year’s special guest with conductor Mary-Mitchell Campbell […]
The Academy for Global Citizenship hosted 500 guests, 28 celebrity chefs and mixologists at Terzo Piano May 19 to raise funds and to help the school celebrate the reveal of conceptual renderings from Studio Gang Architects. The event raised more than $300,000 for the Academy for Global Citizenship and its sustainable future campus project. Participating chefs included Tony […]
The second annual North Shore Reason to Hope fundraising luncheon brought together North Shore residents and the Alzheimer’s Association at the Highland Park Country Club on April 14. The one-hour luncheon included discussion about new medical research and the actions that the association is taking in Illinois, in addition to first-hand accounts from caregivers and […]
On June 22, Blackhawks fans joined Bryan Bickell and his wife, Amanda, at Hugo’s Frog Bar and Fish House to raise funds for the Bryan & Amanda Bickell Foundation. This farewell party and charity benefit featured Bryan and Amanda behind the bar, serving up drinks and chatting with their fans. The Bickell Foundation serves as a pit […]
On Saturday, June 18, A Silver Lining Foundation raised $55,000 at its 14th Annual Tasting Stars event held at the DIRTT Environmental Solutions Showroom in Chicago. This premier champagne tasting event attended by more than 120 people was hosted by Ann and Brent Carstensen, Clare and Dave Petersen, Lynne and Stuart Gunn, Lisa and Michael O’Rourke, […]
More than 5,000 runners and walkers took to the streets of Evanston on Sunday, June 19, to honor the legacy of Ricky Byrdsong, a former Northwestern men’s basketball coach who was murdered by white supremacists in 1999. Every Father’s Day, people throughout Chicagoland run or walk to fight against the racial violence that remains so […]
Educators and community leaders got together and raised almost $200,000 for school supply kits at the Back 2 School Illinois Kickoff Dinner on June 9. The money will help Back 2 School Illinois give school supplies to a record 30,000 students this year. More than 200 guests attended the dinner at Galleria Marchetti to help support […]
On May 4, more than 230 guests attended the sixth annual Kawasaki benefit dinner to help fund research into this inflammatory disease. Kawasaki disease is a pediatric illness that swells blood vessels and can lead to coronary artery damage. The key to prevention: early diagnosis and treatment. This year, guests raised more than $115,000 in […]
The Shedd Aquarium took guests into Dark Waters for its 2016 gala, held June 11. The event raised $1,900,000 for the Shedd’s conservation research initiatives, environmental stewardship programs, rescue and rehabilitation endeavors and education opportunities for kids. The night featured a steampunk-themed performance of the Shedd’s aquatic program featuring belugas, dolphins, penguins and sea lions […]
Lyric Opera of Chicago invited audiences to the Far East with its production of “The King and I” starring Tony Award-nominated actress Kate Baldwin and Broadway star Paolo Montalban as Anna and the King. The Lyric Women’s Board & Guild Board hosted “The King and I” celebration, which Make It Better was the media sponsor of, May […]
