| First held in 1999, the "Hats Off for Thomas" Gala raises funds to help children with cancer. Our desire is to directly affect the quality and enjoyment of life. The lives of the sick children and their families change so drastically. A moment of happiness, a smile, in the midst of months or years of darkness is priceless.
Thanks to everyone's generosity, 100% of the auction proceeds will benefit Children’s Memorial Hospital, local pediatric cancer patients and their families.
It's All About Kids is a 501(C)3 non-for-profit corporation devoted to helping children with cancer and their families. We are a 100% volunteer organization.
The 2009 Gala, "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" is Over! The celebration of the hope of a "courageous" child, the "love" of a family and the "brains" of the doctors to help these children was a success. The Berkshire Ballet Theatre delighted everyone with an outstanding contemporary dance. The Lawn Chair Dads filled the room with laughter and kept the mood upbeat! Mayor Brian Sager of Woodstock led the live auction. The musical talents of Rick Cartright and his band kept everyone dancing until midnight. This year we are supporting 4 families! One from Algonquin, one from Crystal Lake, one from McHenry and one from Woodstock! These children need our help. Our goal is to eventually be able to help one family per school district in McHenry County. In order to do this, we need your help!
Check out our Special Thanks page and our list of auction items for all the generous donors who help create this fabulous evening! Please let them know their donations are appreciated.
Hat's Off For Thomas Gala-2010 will be celebrating the fact that these children seem to be "Singing in the Rain". They are always in good spirits and are always trying to make there families happy! We celebrate "the sun in their hearts"!!
For information on how you can get involved for next year's event call us at 815-482-1985
A very special thank you to Gipper's Formal Wear of McHenry and MW Formal wear of Crystal Lake for their kind donation of tuxes for all the families we are supporting!!
A special thanks also to Kimberly's Bridal Shop for donating dresses for the moms and daughters of our families!! Genesis Hair Salon in Richmond and Hairdoos Salons in Algonquin and Huntley have also treated the women to hairstyling and manicures!!
SAVE THE DATE:
| When: |
February 23, 2010 6:00pm - 12:00pm |
| Where: |
D'Andrea Banquets
Crystal Lake, IL |
| Tickets: |
$95.00 per person early bird special until January 31, 2010
$100 February 1, 2010 or later |
NATIONAL CITY BANK
May 14, 2009, National City Bank will be having a ribbon cutting to announce the new location in Crystal Lake. During this ceremony, National City Bank will be presenting a check for $1000 to It' All About Kids!! Our sincerest gratitude to National City Bank for their support of McHenry County Pediatric Cancer patients! Thank you for helping us bring a smile to these children!!
SHOP FOR MOM
April 25, 2009, a fundraiser was held at the Country Inn and Suites. Avon, Pampered Chef, Tastefully Simple and Renee's of Ridgefield Flower shop set up booths to shop for mom. Each vendor donated a percentage of their total sales. For more information about these vendors or to say "thanks" contact
AVON-Mary Wright 847-344-2262 www.youravon.com/marywright
PAMPERED CHEF-Anitra Willis 815-923-2083 www.pamperedchef.biz/anitra
TASTEFULLY SIMPLE-Teri Plazak 847-639-7422 tplazak@comcast.net
RENEE'S OF RIDGEFIELD FLOWERSHOP-Renee Blitek 815-459-0180 order on-line at www.reneesofridgefield.com
HATMIXER
A multi-Chamber of Commerce mixer was held on January 13 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm at the Raue Center for the Arts located in downtown Crystal Lake. Everyone was asked to bring a new unused hat as the admission price. Details will be given about this years "Hat's Off For Thomas" Gala along with the ability to purchase your tickets, donate auction items or become a sponsor.
OLIVE BLACK MARTINI BAR FUNDRAISER:
A special thanks to Charlie and his fabulous staff for hosting a fundraiser on October 25, 2008 at 5607 Broadway, Richmond, IL. This is the second year that Olive Black Martini bar has hosted this fund raiser. Doyle's Pub, also of Richmond, donated all the appetizers and deserts! A new donated addition of the fabulous musical talents of Will Kruger entertained us all. It was a fun evening for all!
UNSUNG HERO!!!
David Kielpinski was voted Star105 Unsung Hero of the month of May! David is the vice-president of It's All About Kids. David was nominated and voted for by Star105 listeners via their website, http://www.star105.com/. His volunteer work for us was rewarded with a donation of $500 by Advocate Good Shepard Hospital. He will be presented with his award on Wednesday June 18, 2008 at Advocate Good Shepard Hospital in Barrington. Thank you Dave for all you do for us!!!
June 9, 2008
Snap On Tools of Crystal Lake held a fundraiser put on by the "Great Place to Work Team", which is a combination of 5 business units within the company. Their mission is to create a philanthropic community awareness beyond what the company already does, for example, supporting the United Way and the food pantry. Some of the local charities they support are Home of the Sparrow and Turning Point. For two weeks a raffle was held with such items as tool boxes and race car driver shirts of Snap On sponsored drivers. For this fundraiser, Snap On graciously chose to donate $1441 to It's All About Kids. Our sincerest heartfelt gratitude to Snap On Tools for this generous donation. We truly can't thank them enough!!
Saturday May 10, 2008
The Raue Center's presentation of Three Blonde Mom's, Mary Ellen Hooper, of Tonight Show fame, Helen Keaney, from Style Magazine, and Joanie Fagan, from the Drew Carey Show was a grand performance. A percentage of the proceeds from the 9:00 show was donated to It's All About Kids!! December-2008
Jimmy D's/Lake in the Hills and Suds R Us bar/ Crystal Lake has accepted donations with sunshines and little people cutouts!! Thank you for all your support and efforts in collecting over $700!!
HONORARY BOARD MEMBERS
Senator Pamela Althoff, State Representative Michael Tryon, Crystal Lake Mayor Aaron Shepley
BOARD MEMBERS
Mark Martin, Interior Tropical Gardens David Kielpinski, Nippersink Photography Renee Blitek, Renee's of Ridgefield Flower Shop Mary Wright, Corporate Options Deb Justus, Liberty Outdoor Advertising Todd Wilke, Ozinga Concrete Lori Nusbaum, Walmart Bill Wright
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