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2008 Benefit Sponsors
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Annual Benefit Links
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THE GRAND RAFFLE
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To purchase Raffle tickets or for more information, please call 847.784.6000
Grand Raffle Ticket Information
1 entry: $25
2 entries: $50
3 entries: $75
5 entries: $100
10 entries: $200
15 entries: $300
Entries will be computer generated for the Grand Raffle and entered in the drawing on September 7, 2008. Winners need not be present to win.
Prizes
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JUST IN TIME
Ready for the Digital Transition happening on February 17, 2009? No need for a digital-to-analog converter box for this TV. A 19-inch Toshiba Flat Screen HD LCD TV/DVD. WOW! Now you’re ready. |
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Mountain View Sunsets
Spend a week enjoying the spectacular sunsets and mountain ranges of Tucson. Relax by the pool only 50 feet from the door of this 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath home. Tucson is listed as one of the Top 30 towns by Outdoor magazine, as one of the Top 10 in Cooking Light, and Top 100 in Fortune. Fine Print: Includes $500 cash to offset the cost of travel. Subject to availability and mutually agreeable dates during December 2008 or January thru February 2009. Expires March 2009. |
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Landmark Chicago Weekend
Luxuriate for the entire weekend at the historic Palmer House, recently renovated at a cost of $150,000,000. Fine dining at Lockwood Restaurant is included! Fine Print: Two-night stay, Friday and Saturday. $150 Gift Certificate at Lockwood Restaurant. Taxes and gratuities not included. Subject to availability. Expires October 2009. |
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Take Me Out to the Ball Game
You and 20 friends can really “root, root, root for the home team” in the White Sox Diamond Suite Sky Box at U.S. Cellular Field. Includes better food fare than “popcorn, peanuts and Cracker Jack.” Plus five parking passes. Fine Print: Limit: 22 people. Subject to availability. For use during 2009 season on a to-be-determined date. |
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Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Make “Date Night” something truly spectacular with one-night at the Peninsula Hotel, rated Four Stars and Five Diamonds plus, according to Conde Nast Traveler, it has the number one urban hotel spa. Don’t want to leave? You will for the award winning brunch for two with over 75 selections of cuisine at the Four Seasons Chicago. Fine Print: Peninsula gift certificate expires September 2009. Four Seasons certificate excludes holiday or special occasion brunches; tax and gratuity are included; reservations are required. Both hotel and brunch are subject to availability. |
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Florida Getaway
Enjoy beachfront living on Anna Maria Island, Florida; watch sunsets from the porch; savor morning coffee on the sandy beach at your front door. Entertain yourself by watching the dolphins swim and listening to the waves crash. North of Longboat Key on the Gulf of Mexico at the mouth of Tampa Bay. This 3 bedroom, 2 bath cottage can sleep eight (with a pull-out sofa). We’ll even help you get there with travel dollars! Fine Print: Includes $500 cash to offset cost of travel. One week. Saturday to Saturday. October 2008 through October 2009, except February through April, holidays and Spring Break. Subject to availability. Refundable security/damage deposit required. |
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Behind the News. Behind the Scenes.
Look behind the sound bites and see how the nightly newscast really comes together with a tour of ABC 7. Watch the live 5 PM newscast in the studio. Your tour director will be Mark Giangreco, Sports Director for ABC 7. Fine Print: Limit of 6 people for studio tour. Arrive and check-in at front desk at 4:30 PM. Winner will make arrangements directly and tour is subject to mutually agreeable date. |
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HighBrow Chicago Night Life
An exclusive tour of Public Broadcasting Station WTTW 11 and special viewing, in a private viewing room complete with wine and cheese, of the live broadcast of Chicago Tonight. Then discuss “Tonight’s events” over dinner at Monastero’s Ristorante and Banquets. Fine Print: Subject to availability. Limit of 4 people. Includes $150 gift certificate for Monastero’s. |
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Chicago Tourist
Really impress that out-of-town visitor with an overnight stay at the Fairmont and dinner at Aria, rated “extraordinary“ by Zagat’s Survey. Or impress yourself and a special someone with all this indulgence! Fine Print: Room reservations required within 60 days of stay; certificate is for one night. Includes three $50 gift certificates for Aria Restaurant. Reservations are required and subject to availability. Expires August 31, 2009. |
Grand Prize Donors
ABC 7
Anonymous (3)
Aria Restaurant
Bennett Brothers, Inc.
Shirley & Roland Calhoun
Fairmont Chicago
Four Seasons Hotel Chicago
The Golder Family
Illinois Sports Facilities Authority
Lockwood Restaurant
Monastero’s Ristorante and Banquets
Palmer House Hilton
Peninsula Chicago
WTTW 11
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