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FEATURE   07.07.09 3:39 PM
Chicago's Top Benefits 2009
Ellen DeGeneres and a Make-a-Wish recipient
Ellen DeGeneres and a Make-a-Wish recipient
Photo: Make-A-Wish Foundation of Illinois
1. Green Tie Ball
Held in support of Chicago Gateway Green’s mission of beautifying area roadways, this ball draws the largest crowd of the season. Around 3,000 guests take part in charitable gaming, live entertainment, and tastings from dozens of area restaurants. Last year’s event raked in $500,000.

2. After School Matters Gala
The 2008 gala made a splash with its unconventional venue: an under-construction runway at O’Hare airport. Some 2,400 guests browsed a youth art auction and raised $3.5 million for after-school programs. The 2009 fund-raiser for Maggie Daley’s pet charity will take place in September.

3. Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s Chance of a Lifetime Gala
The most extensive silent auction in Chicago (500 lots, with everything from restaurant packages to trips) is the focus of this 2,000-guest event, which in 2008 raised $2.6 million and featured singer Steve Winwood. The 2009 incarnation is set for December 12.

4. Chicago Urban League Golden Fellowship Dinner
Major players in the city’s political, corporate, and social circles attend this annual event, where past guests have included Barack Obama and Johnson Publishing Company’s Linda Johnson Rice. In 2008, the evening drew 2,000 guests and raised $1.9 million for the civil-rights organization. This year’s dinner is set for November 7.

5. American Cancer Society Discovery Ball
Charlie Trotter designed the cocktails for the 2008 ball, which raised $2.1 million and featured acrobats and a performance by jazz icon Herbie Hancock. This year’s event took place at the Civic Opera House on April 25; some 1,000 guests attended.

6. Children’s Memorial Hospital Children’s Ball
In 2008, the 50th anniversary ball for 1,200 was held at the Hilton Chicago. The Medical Research Institute Council’s 2009 event on December 12 will build on the momentum of excitement generated by a new hospital building currently under construction in Streeterville. MORE >>

RELATED TOPICS Chicago's Top 100 Events, Chicago Gateway Green, Maggie Daley, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Steve Winwood, Chicago Urban League, American Cancer Society, Herbie Hancock, Children's Memorial Hospital, Lincoln Park Zoo, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Ellen DeGeneres, Breast Cancer Network of Strength, Shedd Aquarium, Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana, Museum of Science and Insutry
EVENT REPORT   05.21.08 3:01 PM
Aerialists and a Rousing Silent Auction Mark American Cancer Society's Discovery Ball
Charlie Trotter's live-auction prize
Charlie Trotter's live-auction prize
Photo: Lee Hoagland
The theme of Saturday's Discovery Ball, a black-tie fund-raiser for the American Cancer Society held at McCormick Place West, was inspired by its name. "The real driver for some of the creativity behind this event was the word discovery," said Lee Kite, the society's director of distinguished events. Considering, according to Kite, "Chicago is an innovative city that enfolds so many of its own discoveries," she planned an evening that would celebrate some acclaimed aspects of local culture—especially its culinary and musical accomplishments.

At the cocktail reception that kicked off the gala, young musicians from the Thelonius Monk Institute of Jazz played beside a silent auction that comprised nearly 400 lots. At bars set up throughout the venue's prereception space (which also housed part of the silent auction), bartenders shook up specialty drinks that iconic local chef Charlie Trotter created especially for the occasion. Cocktails came with jazzy names like the Rhapsody in Groove, which was a blend of gin, vodka, ginger ale, bitter lemon soda, fresh lemon juice, and a sugar-dusted lemon slice. MORE >>

RELATED TOPICS McCormick Place West, American Cancer Society, Herbie Hancock, Charlie Trotter
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