Chicago Children's Charities

A big thanks to everyone who helped make Derby Party 2012 a huge success! Here are the Smitlebooth photos from Saturday.

In addition to Mexico’s Independence Day, the 138th annual run for the roses is coming on Saturday, May 5th. Save the date to support CCC in their celebration of the Kentucky Derby at Zella’s.

Tickets will go on sale soon.

We are happy to welcome 12 new members to our board this year to continue supporting the amazing local Chicago charities:

- Jill Brown
- Nina Cordier
- Ed Freidheim
- Katherine Geraghty
- Alison Gramenos
- Clancy Hilkene
- Maggie Hyde
- Abby Mahony
- Peter McKelvy
- Laina Meyers
- Nicole Speake
- Lauren Staley

To kick off the new roster, the board celebrated on March 1st over a shared meal at Chicago Q. Thank you to our Membership Chairs Read Powel & Kate O’Leary for putting on a wonderful affair, and to the staff at Q for their delicious barbeque!

CCC celebrated its largest fundraiser of the year, Holly Ball, on December 17th at the Racquet Club Chicago to a sold out crowd of over 350 guests. Our friends at Maywood Fine Arts provided a special performance to bring the holiday cheer. Thank you to all of our food, beverage, and entertainment sponsors, and our Holly Ball and Silent Auction chairs (Wentworth McGovern, Brad Schwalm, Janna Porrevecchio & Kits’ Ritter) who made the night unforgettable.

On Saturday, October 8th, CCC Board Members visited Maywood Fine Arts for their annual “Patch the Pumpkin” fall fundraiser to raise donations for their rebuild. Volunteers played games with the children and watched as the children sang and performed all day.