CASA Lake County fundraising gala
CASA Lake County will hold its annual fundraising gala, “CASAblanca 8: Black and Red Ball,” at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, at the Westin Chicago North Shore in Wheeling.
The evening will feature dinner, silent and live auctions, and dancing to the Roy Vombrack quartet.
“CASAblanca 8” will honor Kristi Savacool, co-chief Executive Officer of Aon Hewitt, with the 2012 Terri Zenner Award for Outstanding Service to Children and the Community.
Aon Hewitt was CASA Lake County’s first corporate sponsor and has provided generous financial support to CASA since 2001.
The gala chair is Mary T. Szela, senior vice president, Global Strategic Marketing and Services at Abbott Laboratories, which is the presenting sponsor for the event.
The event sponsor is Aon Hewitt. CDW is the ambassador sponsor, and Lundbeck and Takeda are steward sponsors.
Corey McPherrin, co-anchor of Good Day Chicago on WFLD-TV, Fox News, will be the master of ceremonies.
Proceeds from “CASAblanca 8” support Court Appointed Special Advocates of Lake County, a nonprofit organization that recruits, trains and supervises community volunteers to advocate for the health, safety and best interests of abused and neglected children who are in the Lake County Juvenile Court system. The volunteers also serve as fact finders for the judges.
For more information about CASA or to purchase tickets online, visit www.casalakecounty.com or call (847) 383-6260, ext. 217. Tickets are $300 each.
The previous seven “CASAblanca” events have raised more than $800,000 to support CASA Lake County’s advocacy services on behalf of abused and neglected children.