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Naperville CARES Brings Cuisine for a Cause to Navistar

Naperville
CARES invites the community to a fundraising event featuring tastings from over
20 of the best Naperville area restaurants. The 11th Annual Cuisine
for a Cause, a benefit for Naperville CARES, will be held on Saturday, April 26,
2014 from 6:30-10:30 p.m. at our new location, Navistar Corporate Headquarters.  Event sponsorships range from $300 to $5,000
and include reserved seating.  Individual
tickets are offered for open seating at $90 per person before March 31st or
$100 per person after March 31st.  The ticket
price includes food, drink and entertainment, and can be purchased online at www.napervillecares.org or by calling
the CARES office at (630) 369-0200.  The
event is made possible by a partnership with My Chef Catering and is presented
by Invesco and Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Charitable Foundation.                                       

“Thanks to
our generous sponsors, participating restaurants, wine and beer merchants,
auction donors and guests, our first 10 events have raised over $1 million to
benefit the programs of Naperville CARES,” said Naperville CARES Executive
Director, Janet Derrick. “We want to thank Navistar for agreeing to host what
we fondly call the largest cocktail party in Naperville.  We have always
gotten such positive feedback from our guests that they really enjoy Cuisine
and I am sure they will love our beautiful new venue.”



Cuisine for a Cause will
feature samples of signature dishes from over 20 prominent Naperville area restaurants,
live entertainment, open bar, wine and beer tasting, and auctions.  Keith Jones, of Sayre & Jones Auctioneers,
will again bring his unique style to the event ensuring a fun and lively auction.

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“Cuisine
for a Cause is such a popular annual event - for the past several years we have
sold out with 500 attendees,” said event chairman and My Chef owner Karen
Garlough, “And we have a very loyal following - 80% of our guests are repeat
attendees.  An exciting change this year will be our new venue –
Navistar!  They have a stunning atrium which will be a dramatic backdrop
for our evening of cocktails, signature restaurant foods and entertainment.”



Sponsorship
opportunities are still available at multiple levels ranging from Platinum at
$5,000 to Friend of CARES Sponsorships at $300. 
Anyone interested in participating in Cuisine for a Cause as a sponsor
please contact Janet Derrick at 630-369-0200 or email her at
jderrick@napervillecares.org. Those interested in donating auction items may
call Shannon Bachara at 847-961-8762 or email Cuisineforacause@outlook.com.

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