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20th ANNUAL MAYOR’S COMMUNITY CHARITY BALL NOVEMBER 13

Reservations Available at Village Hall, Through 22 Sponsoring Organizations

Reservations are now available for the 2010 Mayor’s Community Charity Ball, to be held Saturday, Nov. 13 at Alta Villa Banquets, 430 N. Addison Road. This black-tie optional event is hosted by Mayor Larry Hartwig.

Dinner tickets will be $75 per person; approximately half of this will be donated to the sponsoring organization of your choice.

Tickets sold on behalf of the Village of Addison will be donated to two causes of the mayor’s choice – this year, these funds will go to support the Community Switchboard, and to Addison Center for the Arts, which will use the funds to help furnish their new facility at Addison Trail High School.

Last year, nearly $61,000 was donated, all of it to local charities and service organizations. It is hoped that this year’s event will be even more successful.

The sponsoring orgnizations are: Addison Community Switchboard, Addison Center for the arts, Addison Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Addison Rec Club, Addison Trail Theatre Boosters, Americans of Italian Descent, Concord Lutheran School, District 4 Educational Foundation, Elmhurst Memorial Hospital Foundation Friends of the Addison Public Library, Helping Hands Sertoma Club, Kiwanis Club of Addison, Knights of Columbus, Medinah Shriners, Northeast DuPage Special Recreation Association (NEDSRA), Parks & Recreation Foundation, Rotary Club of Addison, Serenity House Counseling Services, Sister Cities of Addison, Student Participation Center and Women’s Club of Addison.

Tickets may also be purchased for the Cash Raffle, awarding $1,500, $1,000 and $500 – winners need not be present.

The 20th Annual Mayor’s Community Charity Ball will begin with cocktails at 6 p.m., and dinner at 7 p.m. The Addison Trail Chamber Strings will provide dinner music. After dinner, guests are invited to dance to the Elmhurst College Jazz Band.

During the course of the evening, guests may also begin a bit of early Christmas shopping, as more than 300 items will be available in the Silent Auction. As this portion of the event has become more popular over the years, participants this year will have the opportunity to pre-register their credit card at the beginning of the evening to allow them to skip the payment line once the auction closes.

To purchase dinner or raffle tickets, or to get more information, please contact Doree Krage, Assistant Community Relations Director, at 693-7550 or e-mail dkrage@addison-il.org.

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