Fideliter Club Charity Ball to be Nov. 17

The Fideliter Club of Elgin, a nonprofit organization, will hold its 119th annual Charity Ball on Nov. 17 at the Eagle Brook Country Club in Geneva.

The theme is "The Little Black Dress." The black-tie event will begin with cocktails at 6:30 p.m. and dinner at 7:30 p.m., followed by dancing to the music of the Park Avenue Orchestra.

The cost is $125 per person. For reservations and information, call Coral Reinert at (847) 742-4330.

"Our annual charity ball serves as the Fideliter Club's major fundraising project to benefit many area nonprofit service agencies who serve children," said Mickey Brown, first vice president and this year's ball chair.

Julie Lichtenberg, president, notes that the club and charity ball is steeped in a rich history of helping others. The club was founded in 1888 as a social club, but then rapidly evolved into a philanthropic organization. Through the proceeds of the ball, the club has donated a total of $25,000 this year.

The club provides donations to the milk fund at the Elgin Child and Family Resource Center and the developmental and bilingual preschool programs in Elgin Area School District U-46. The profits of the annual charitable ball are also used to assist other local nonprofit agencies in the Elgin area. The profits of the annual charitable ball are also used to assist other local nonprofit agencies in the Elgin area, including Elgin Boys and Girls Club, Girl Scouts-Sybaquay Council, Larkin Center, Fox Valley Volunteer Hospice, Centro de Informacion, Elgin Day Care Center, Senior Services, Little Angels, PADS, Easter Seals DuPage and Fox Valley Region, Community Crisis Center, Literacy Connection, Well Child Center, YWCA, and Glenwood School for Boys.

The club today includes 34 women from the greater Elgin area, including Algonquin, Hampshire, Huntley, St. Charles and West Dundee.