Messmer, Constable to highlight storytelling event for Arlington Heights charity
Arlington Heights-based Microfinance Alliance Africa Projects Foundation will host "Thanksgiving Storytelling Fest 2022" on Friday, Nov. 18, at Campus Life Center, 150 S. Lageschulte St., in Barrington.
The event will feature storyteller and singer Wayne Messmer; recently retired award-winning Daily Herald columnist Burt Constable; former Daily Herald reporter and High School District 211 Director of Communications Erin Holmes; Daily Herald correspondent Eileen Daday; and Kaisa Janus, whose father, uncle and aunt were among the seven victims of the 1982 Tylenol murders.
The program runs from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The panelists will share fascinating and lively human interest stories that entertain and inspire.
The MAAPF is an all-volunteer organization that works to assist impoverished mothers and babies through clinics in rural Uganda.
Admission to the event is $10. For more information or to register, visit www.maapfoundation.org.