The 5th Annual Girls Night Out for the Kids:
A HUGE Success!
The 5th annual Girls Night Out for the Kids was held at Alhambra Palace on August 19th, with over 350 influential women in Chicago coming out for a night of food, fun, and pampering to show their support for the CCAC. Guests were delighted to have handsome greeters escort them from their cars and upstairs to the spa area, where women could make appointments for mini-makeovers, tarot card readings, massages, and much more!
After their spa treatments, guests were then treated to dinner and drinks and were allowed to survey the many different silent auction packages, including trips to Costa Rica, Aspen, Sonoma Valley and Florida. Guests were also entered into drawings for several door prizes that included charm bracelets from Simply Charming, gym memberships, and original gemstone necklaces by designer Victoria Lautman. There was also a chance to win a Mercedes Benz convertible for a weekend and Rebecca Concepcion was the lucky winner!
The fun continued throughout the evening with a bachelor auction featuring several of Chicago’s most eligible bachelors. Girls Night Out raised over $119,000 to benefit the programs and services of the CCAC and we would like to thank the following sponsors for helping to make Girls Night Out so successful:
We also would like to thank our Chairs and Hosts:
Honorary Co-Chairs:
The Honorable Lisa Madigan, Illinois Attorney General
The Honorable Toni Preckwinkle, Alderman, 4th Ward
Chair Committee:
Shelly Boersma, Vice President of Midwest Operations, U.S. Cellular
Deborah Brown, Director of Station Relations, NBC-5
Merri Dee, President, Illinois Association of Retired Persons
Cheryle Jackson, Vice President, Government Affairs and Corporate Development, AAR Corp.
Victoria Lautman, Writer and Broadcast Journalist
Barbara A. Lumpkin, Deputy Chief Executive Officer for External Affairs and Partnerships, Chicago Public Schools
Sheila McGinn Dorman, Chief Operating Officer, Northern Trust Securities, Inc.
Mary Mitchell, Columnist, Chicago Sun-Times
Monica Pedersen, Host, HGTV
Anne Pramaggiore, President and Chief Operating Officer, Com Ed
Wynona Redmond, Director of Public Affairs & Government Relations, Dominick’s
Judy Rice, Senior Vice President, Head of Community Affairs and Economic Development, Harris Bank
Mary Richardson-Lowry, President of the Board of Education of the City of Chicago; Partner, Mayer Brown LLP
Elizabeth Weber, Partner, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Host Committee:
Naomi Levine, Owner, Tipsy Cake
Kim Svoboda, Senior Director of Customer Service Operations, U.S. Cellular
