Children's Home & Aid to host 98th annual September gala
The Woman's Board of Children's Home & Aid will host its 98th annual September gala to raise funds for Children's Home & Aid's early childhood education programs. Marguerite "Mitzi" Freidehim will present Elizabeth H. Connelly, head of healthcare, higher education, and not-for-profit banking at JPMorgan Chase, with the Pauline K. Palmer Award for her dedication and devotion to underserved children and families in Illinois. In 2017, the September Gala raised over $738,000 to support Children's Home & Aid's child care and education centers in Chicago's Englewood community, and Schaumburg and Carpentersville, Illinois
The September Gala brings together hundreds of Chicago business and community leaders, including Children's Home & Aid President & CEO Nancy Ronquillo and members of the Woman's Board. The September Gala is open to members of the public and offers media availability. Tickets are available online at childrenshomeandaid.org/gala.
It will be at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7, at the Union League Club of Chicago, 65 Jackson Blvd.
About the Woman's Board of Children's Home & Aid
The Woman's Board was founded in 1920 by caring women dedicated to improving the lives of abused and neglected children. Since 1920, the Woman's Board annual September Gala has raised millions of dollars to support the agency's life-saving work.
About Children's Home & Aid
Children's Home & Aid is a leading child and family service agency in Illinois. The organization helps children recover their health, their hope, and their faith in the people around them. We link children to a network of opportunity and care, to extended family, teachers, mentors, and the resources of the neighborhood and community. For more than 135 years, the organization has gone wherever children and families need them, and work where that work has been proven to be most effective: at home, in the classroom, in the neighborhood, in the course of daily life. The organization has offices located across Illinois and serves more than 40,000 children and families in over 60 counties each year. For more information, visit childrenshomeandaid.org.