Annual Garden Party benefit helps support hospice efforts
Tickets for the "Garden Party," Fox Valley Volunteer Hospice's signature fundraising event, will go on sale at 8 a.m. Wednesday, April 15, at the office, 200 Whitfield Drive in Geneva. A limited number of tickets will be sold, and this popular event typically sells out within a week. "Garden Party" will be held on Friday, May 29, at the Q Center in St. Charles. Doors open at 10 a.m. with the program and luncheon beginning at noon.
An annual event, "Garden Party" raises about one-quarter of the annual operating budget. Contributing to the event are a dedicated committee of 40, friends and associates, scores of area businesses and professionals, and over 800 guests who attend.
"Garden Party" highlights are the expansive "baskets," which aren't baskets at all, but groupings of items, gift certificates, and services, all focused on a theme. There will be 18 basket packages in all, including the popular "Fantasy Getaway," "Cold Cash," "Diamonds are Forever," and "Teen-Tastic," as well as new basket packages like "A Week in the Wisconsin Wilderness" and "Going Green." In addition, guests will find an expansive silent auction, offering everything from jewelry to furniture; from a massage to a wine tasting for 10; from lodging in exciting places to Oprah tickets.
In addition to the baskets and silent auction, guests will have an opportunity to win tickets to the Cubs/White Sox Crosstown Classic on June 17, including close-in seats between home plate and the visitors' dug out. See www.fvvh.org for information.
Entertainment will be provided by An Octave Above, an a cappella group that performs everything from doo-wop to pop.
Fox Valley Volunteer Hospice is a nonprofit organization offering support for those with life-threatening illnesses and the bereaved in Kane and Kendall counties and parts of DuPage, Cook and McHenry counties. All of its services are offered free of charge.
"Garden Party" tickets may be purchased in-person or via phone starting April 15. For more information, visit www.fvvh.org, or call (630) 232-2233.