Reserve your spot for ‘The Derby Whodunit’

The 24th annual Hearts for Homeless Families presents “The Derby Whodunit,”a murder mystery at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 4, at the Sanfilippo Estate Carousel Building, in Barrington Hills. Proceeds benefit the Catholic Charities New Hope Apartments, a transitional housing program.

“The Derby Whodunit” will be performed by the TesserAct Theatre Ensemble and emceed by WGN’s Garry Meier. In the background, an 1890 European salon carousel; an 1881 Grant Locomotive; a Joseph Mayer cast iron street clock, and American and European fairground and dance hall organs add to the intrigue.

As the bugler cries “First Call to Post” hug the rail with Derby favorites such as fried green tomatoes, mint juleps, pecan pie, and cornbread. Ladies, trot to the finish line donning your most outlandish Derby Haberdashery for a chance to win the “Hat-i-tude Contest.”

Sponsorships available. Reservations, which include valet parking, murder mystery, hors d’oeuvres, open bar, elegant dinner and auctions emceed by award-winning WGN radio host Garry Meier are $175 per person. Visit www.catholiccharities.net/hearts or call (847) 376-2118.

Catholic Charities Northwest Region office is at 1717 Rand Road in Des Plaines. The office serves the communities of Barrington, Bartlett, Hanover Park, Dundee, Palatine, Inverness, Rolling Meadows, Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove, Prospect Heights, Wheeling, Mount Prospect, Des Plaines, Harwood Heights, Schiller Park, Franklin Park, Elgin, Elk Grove Village, Schaumburg, Hoffman Estates, Streamwood.

For information about the Northwest Region office, call (847) 376-2100.

For information about Catholic Charities programs or services other than the one described above, contact Ed Flavin, director of communications, (312) 655-7019, or eflavin@catholiccharities.net.

Helping people in need for 95 years, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago is one of the largest private, nonprofit social service agencies in the Midwest, annually assisting more than one million persons in Cook and Lake counties, without regard to religious, ethnic or economic background. Catholic Charities fulfills the church’s role in the mission of charity by providing compassionate, competent, professional services that strengthen and support individuals, families and communities.

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