Halloween house tour benefits children's hospital
Three Aurora friends have turned their passion for Halloween into a fundraising event to benefit the Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago.
Rachel Zaccardi and Kathyrn Strater, owners of decorativeStyle, along with Gayle Winn, owner of Gayle Winn Designs, organized "Fall into the Season," a Halloween house tour and marketplace running 2 to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23.
The tour will showcase eight homes decorated for fall while the marketplace will feature local businesses offering handmade jewelry, skin care and makeup, home decor, lifestyle products and gourmet food.
The event begins at 2 p.m. at the Oakhurst Recreational Clubhouse, 300 S. Oakhurst Drive, Aurora. House tours are offered from 3 to 8 p.m., can be done in any order and are intended for participants to come and go at any pace. Tour tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door. Marketplace admission is free. All ticket proceeds will go to the Ann and Robert Lurie Children's Hospital Foundation.
To purchase tickets, go to foundation.luriechildrens.org/goto/decorativeStyle.
If you go
What: Halloween home tour and marketplace
When: 2 to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23
Where: Oakhurst Recreational Clubhouse, 300 S. Oakhurst Drive, Aurora
Tickets: $10 in advance, $15 at door for house tour; free admission to marketplace
Info: foundation.luriechildrens.org/goto/decorativeStyle