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Palatine Township Senior Center holding Caring Hearts Gala

Palatine Township Senior Center holding Caring Hearts Gala

Lights! Camera! Action!

Come dressed in your evening gowns and suits and ties for A Night at The Oscars: A Red Carpet Affair, the 14th annual Caring Hearts Gala benefiting the Palatine Township Senior Center.

The event will be from 6 to 11:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, at Cotillion Banquets, 360 Creekside Drive, Palatine. Tickets are $125.

The paparazzi will be taking pictures of the distinguished guests as they arrive on the red carpet. You can arrive in style: Be the winner of our Limo Ride Raffle. Tickets are $10 for a chance at a ride to the gala for up to eight people, provided by O'Hare-Midway Limousine Service.

Party Photo Booths will offer complimentary, elegant full-length 4-by-6 photos as you arrive and the traditional photo booth shots after 9 p.m., sponsored by Lavelle Law Ltd.

See who will win the Palatine Township Senior Citizens Council Oscar awards and enjoy live entertainment from the Original Rockin' Fenderskirts, who will keep you dancing all night long.

Meet guest of honor Rem Stokes, author and former PTSCC board chair, and hear about the work that the senior center is doing.

The black-tie optional event includes open bar, hors d'oeuvres, dinner, live band, dancing, live and silent auction items, and raffles.

Live auction items include White Sox "Gold Coast Club Tickets," Mario Tricoci Girls Night Out package, golf foursomes, live taping of WTTW's Chicago Tonight, iHome Wireless Audio System and Cubs tickets. Among more than 120 silent auctions items is a Chicago Bears football helmet signed by Mike Ditka.

For invitation or raffle ticket information, visit www.ptscc.org. For information, contact Julie Selof at (847) 991-1112 or jselof@ptscc.org.

The event benefits PTSCC programs and services that support older adults and their families by encouraging independence, well-being and connection to the community.

Recreation, education, health and wellness, noon dining, home-delivered meals, adult day care and social services programs are available to persons 50 and older and their families who live in Palatine Township and the surrounding communities in the Northwest suburbs. Services are available in English, Spanish and Russian at seven satellite locations.

This Chicago Bears helmet signed by Mike Ditka is in the silent auction at the Palatine Township Senior Citizens Council fundraising gala on Saturday, Feb. 15. courtesy of Palatine Senior Citizens Council
Rem Stokes