DuPage Society

• The Burr Ridge/Hinsdale/Oak Brook Lions Club will host "A Vine in Time," a holiday wine tasting benefit, from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Katherine Legge Memorial Lodge, 5901 S. County Line Road, Hinsdale. The event will include a sampling of both domestic and imported wines, hors d'oeuvres, wine auction and more. Proceeds benefit Campaign SightFirst, a blindness prevention program. Tickets cost $25 in advance, $30 at the door. For details, call Elaine Fisher at (630) 571-5466, ext. 578, or e-mail elaine.fisher@lionsclubs.org.

• Get a sneak peek at the new Sweet Tomatoes Restaurant from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 5 to 7:30 p.m. Friday and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at 2820 Highland Ave., Lombard. During those hours, meals cost $5 per person and proceeds will be donated to the Lombard-Villa Park Food Pantry. The restaurant's grand opening will be Monday. For details about the food pantry, call (630) 627-2508 or visit www.northernilfoodbank.org. For information about Sweet Tomatoes, visit www.sweettomatoes.com.

• The Spirit of Women, a private shopping event and trunk show, will be from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Embrace Boutique and Bistro, 29 E. First St., Hinsdale. Women who have created their own lines of jewelry, makeup and clothing will be on hand to sell their products. Tickets cost $75 in advance and $90 at the door, which includes appetizers, wine and a gift bag. Proceeds will benefit the Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation. For details, call (630) 325-1996 or visit www.embraceyourstyle.com.

• AYUDH Chicago, the youth arm of the Amma Center of Chicago, will host a devotional music concert, "Bhakti Dhara" from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday at Westmont High School, 909 N. Oakwood Drive, Westmont. Tickets cost $15 to $50 for adults, $10 for students with a photo ID and free for children 9 and younger. Proceeds will benefit Healthcare Charities, Inc., a nonprofit organization that provides humanitarian relief around the world. For details, call Suresh Babu at (847) 987-6676, Vellore Menon at (847) 445-1778 or visit www.ammachicago.org.

• Volunteers are needed for Lend-A-Hand Day from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Lincoln Marsh Natural Area, Harrison and Pierce avenues, Wheaton. Tasks include removal of exotic and invasive plants, trail maintenance, planting, seeding, trash removal and more. All ages are welcome, but children 15 and younger must be accompanied by an adult. Registration is required. For details, call Terra Johnson at (630) 871-2810 or e-mail terraj@wheatonparks.org.

• Ecumenical Support Service for the Elderly will hold its annual pancake breakfast fundraiser from 7:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 515 S. Wheaton Ave., Wheaton. The event also will include a raffle and silent auction. ESSE is a nonprofit agency that provides adult day-care services in Wheaton and Glen Ellyn. For tickets, call (630) 260-3773.

• Help clean up Hidden Lake Forest Preserve from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at the preserve, Route 53 and Butterfield Road, Glen Ellyn. Reservations are required. For details, call (630) 933-7681.

• The 2007 Warrenville Youth and Family Services annual banquet will be at 5 p.m. Sunday at Holiday Inn Select, 1801 N. Naper Blvd., Naperville. Proceeds will benefit WYFS, a division of Outreach Community Services that provides counseling, Latino outreach, mentoring and other community service programs. Reservations are required. For details, call Bill Gosling or Linda Miller at (630) 682-1910 or visit www.outreachcommunityministries.org.

• The Auxiliary of the Robert Crown Center will host the 2007 American Girl Fashion Show Sunday at Doubletree Hotel Chicago-Oak Brook, 1909 Spring Road, Oak Brook. There will be two seatings: a brunch show at 11 a.m. and a lunch show at 2:30 p.m. Tickets cost $40. Reservations are required. Proceeds will benefit Robert Crown Center, which provides health education programs for children, parents and teachers. For details or tickets, call (630) 325-1773.

• CASA of DuPage County will hold a volunteer information sessions at 1 p.m. Nov. 13 at the CASA office, 505 N. County Farm Road, third floor, suite C, Wheaton. Registration is required. Court Appointed Special Advocates work to represent the best interests of abused and neglected children during court proceedings. All volunteers must take a 35-hour training course that starts in January. There is a particular need for male, black, Latino and bilingual volunteers. For details, visit www.dupagecasa.org, call Melissa Auer at (630) 221-0889, ext. 306, or e-mail melissa@dupagecasa.org.

• Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare's Board of Governors' 57th Annual Fall Benefit Dinner will be at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 14 at Drury Lane, 100 Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace. The keynote speaker will be award-winning journalist, producer and author Bill Kurtis. Tickets cost $125. Tables of 10 are available. For details, call (630) 782-7829 or visit www.emhc.org.

• The fifth annual Lung Cancer Walk and Rally will be Nov. 17 at Benet Academy, 2200 Maple Ave., Lisle. The event includes breakfast at 8:30 a.m. and the walk at 10 a.m. There also will be an wall where walkers can post notes or photos to honor loved ones. After the walk, the rally will include speakers, entertainment, children's activities and more. For details, call Renee Kosiarek at (630) 357-2276, e-mail rkosiarek@broadviewinc.net or visit www.walkforlungcancer.org.

• The DuPage Symphony Orchestra will perform a benefit concert, "Chamber Music Sampler" at 3 p.m. Nov. 18 at North Central College's Koten Chapel, 329 E. School St., Naperville. A string ensemble, a woodwind sextet and a brass quintet will perform a variety of music, from Baroque to contemporary. An informal reception with the director and musicians follows the concert. Tickets cost $100 each and proceeds benefit the DuPage Symphony Orchestra. For details, call (630) 778-1003 or visit www.dupagesymphony.org.

• The Glendale Heights Christmas Sharing program starts Nov. 26. A tree decorated with gift tags will be set up on the first floor of village hall, 300 Civic Center Plaza. Each tag will have a wish list made by needy families registered for the program. Unwrapped gifts must be returned with the gift tag by Dec. 7. For details, call Debbie McKenzie at (630) 909-5459.

• Gavin Coyle will perform his annual Christmas Concert at 4 p.m. Dec. 16 at Wheaton Warrenville South High School, 1920 S. Wiesbrook Road, Wheaton. Coyle's concert will include seasonal music from both the United States and his native Ireland. Tickets cost $20 in advance, $25 at the door. Proceeds benefit The People's Resource Center, a nonprofit organization that provides food, clothing, emergency assistance and education to needy residents of DuPage County. For details, call (630) 942-4000 or visit www.peoplesrc.org.

• VFW Post 2801 in Villa Park is seeking donations to make its washrooms accessible to handicapped veterans. For information about the project, call the post at (630) 834-8191.

• Bridge Communities, a not-for-profit agency that helps homeless families in DuPage County find permanent housing, is seeking donations of used cars. In most cases, cars donated to Bridge Communities are given to the families it serves, to help them move toward self-sufficiency. The agency, which is based in Glen Ellyn, aims to provide transitional housing to homeless families in DuPage County through partnerships with faith- and community-based organizations. During the past 18 years, Bridge Communities has helped more than 1,500 people cross the bridge from homelessness to permanent housing and self-sufficiency. For details, call Mark Milligan at (630) 545-0610, ext. 10, or visit www.bridgecommunities.org.

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