Holiday spirit - and community spirit - on parade
Glenview's Holiday in the Park & Parade will take place from 4-6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 26.
The parade will run from Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, 1775 Grove St., west down Glenview Road, and will end at Jackman Park, 1930 Prairie St.
At Jackman Park, Santa and his helpers will greet children with a gift. People can enjoy hot cocoa, treats, carolers, a hayride, and a children's train ride.
This is the 26th Holiday in the Park & Parade, which is presented by the Glenview Chamber of Commerce and supported by sponsors Berkshire Hathaway, Busey Bank, Northern Seasonal Services and NorthShore Glenbrook Hospital.
"The big highlight of the parade is the community spirit," Meghan Kearney, Glenview Chamber executive director, said in a news release.
Sponsorship opportunities remain; visit www.glenviewchamber.com and seek the item with the photo of Santa.
Veterans Day
The Village of Glenview will observe Veterans Day, signifying the end of World War I on Nov. 11, 1918, at 11 a.m. Friday.
The village will honor veterans' service and sacrifice with a ceremony at the Veterans Memorial at Glenview Road and River Drive.
Sponsored by Joseph M. Sesterhenn American Legion Post 166, the observance will include speeches, a rifle salute and taps played by members of the Glenbrook South High School band.
Winter clothing drive
Glenbrook South High School's Titans Helping Titans group will hold its annual winter clothing drive the week of Monday, Nov. 14.
The group will accept donations of new or gently used winter jackets, hats, scarves, gloves and boots of all styles and sizes, for children and adults.
Donations will be accepted in the main entrance lobby at Glenbrook South, 4000 W. Lake Ave., through Nov. 18.
The 2021 winter clothing drive distributed more than 1,650 items to 116 families. Titans Helping Titans also was able to donate clothing to Family Focus, Onward House, and Trinity Services.
Congratulations
The Illinois Association of Park Districts presented two awards to the Glenview Park District on Oct. 14 at its Best of the Best Awards Gala in Wheeling.
The park district earned an IAPD "Best Friend of Illinois Parks" business award, in the small business category, for its partnership with Glenview Bank & Trust. The bank signed a four-year partnership in April that will help the Glenview Park District present community events, concerts, running races and the Firecracker Classic Golf Tournament and 3v3 Soccer tourney.
Glenview resident Martha Demko received one of the five Outstanding Citizen Volunteer awards the IAPD presented to people statewide.
Demko, 100, is the chair for charity in the Park District's East Wing Glenview Senior Center, 24000 Chestnut Ave. A 22-year volunteer, her specialty is creating stuffed teddy bears for children at local hospitals. She shops for the flannel and cuts and sews the bears by hand.
After the Fourth of July shooting in Highland Park, she and her team sent 50 teddy bears to the town. In January 2020 Demko and her team sent 636 bears to hospitals in Glenview and Skokie, and to the Round Lake Beach Police Department.
Youth Services and U2
Youth Services of Glenview/Northbrook will present a fundraising concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, 9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie.
A family-friendly concert, the popular Chicago band Tributosaurus will dig into its deep repertoire to play songs by U2 and REM at this concert.
General admission tickets are $50, with tickets for children 17 and under $35. A "premium" ticket ($100) and several levels of sponsorships also are available for the event to benefit Youth Services, which turned 50 years old this year.
To register for tickets and view sponsorship opportunities, visit www.ysgn.org/concert.
Great institutions
Family Service Center, 191 Waukegan Road, Northfield, will present its 2023 Heart of the Family award to the Debra Gelfand Children's Foundation at FSC's Chrysalis Luncheon Nov. 16 at the Valley Lo Club in Glenview.
Founded in 1991, the Debra Gelfand Children's Foundation is a nonprofit that works to support families in Glenview School District 34 who are experiencing hardship. Debra Gelfand, who had six children go through District 34 schools, did the same before she died in 1990.
Acting on a promise to continue her work, Gelfand's best friend, Barbara Silver, started the foundation and continues as its president with one of Debra's sons, Zach, as vice president. Barbara Silver's husband, Howard, serves as treasurer.
Family Service Center, also a nonprofit organization, provides affordable mental health services and support to people in Glenview, Kenilworth, Northbrook, and Wilmette.