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Fundraisers
*The 19th annual Rotary Western Charity Auction sponsored by the Rotary Club of Crystal Lake Dawnbreakers will be held at 5:30 p.m. March 1 in the Holiday Inn Crystal Lake, Illinois Highway 31 and Three Oaks Road. Tickets cost $75. Tickets are available at Home State Bank, 611 S. Main St., Crystal Lake or call 815-459-2000. Visit www.cldawnbreakers.org.
*A Scrabble tournament to benefit the Adult & Child Rehab Center of McHenry County will begin March 3 at Read Between the Lynes book store, 129 Van Buren St., Woodstock. Entry forms and a non-refundable $5 fee are due Sunday.
*A Night for Renee, a benefit for Women in Need Growing Stronger, will be held March 1 in Casa Royale Banquets, 783 Lee St., Des Plaines. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The event will benefit WINGS’ Safe House, in memory of Pacini’s sister Renee, a mother of two who was killed by her husband. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door. Call Cherae Robinson at 847-908-0910, ext. 215 or visit www.wingsprogram.com.
*Denise Brown, sister of murder victim Nicole Brown Simpson, will speak at Project: Inspire, a dinner benefit for Turning Point of McHenry County sponsored by the Professional Business Women of Illinois, at 7:30 p.m. March 7 in the Crystal Lake Holiday Inn, Illinois Highway 31 and Three Oaks Road. Carolyn Cox, a McHenry County resident who survived a brutal attack by her husband, will also speak. Tickets, which must be purchased in advance, cost $100. Call 847-888-8551 or visit www.pbwi.net.
*The eighth annual charity fashion show, luncheon and silent auction sponsored by Mothers & More of McHenry County and the Youth Service Bureau will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 8 in Boulder Ridge Country Club, 400 Boulder Drive, Lake in the Hills. The theme will be “Rockin’ 50s.” Tickets are $35 if reservations and payment are postmarked by Feb. 27. Send reservations and checks payable to Mothers & More, 1361 Fair Oaks, Crystal Lake, IL 60014. Include names of guests. For information, visit www.mchenrymothers.org/fashionshow.htm.
*The country band Emerson Drive will perform at a benefit concert for McHenry County Public Action to Deliver Shelter on Feb. 29 in the Raue Center for the Arts, 26 Williams St., Crystal Lake. Tickets are $40 to $50. For tickets, call 815-356-9212 or visit www.rauecenter.org.
Volunteers
*Volunteers are needed for McHenry County Conservation District’s Festival of the Sugar Maples from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 1 to 2 and 8 to 9 at Coral Woods Conservation Area. A required training session will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at Coral Woods, 7400 Somerset Drive, Marengo. Call the MCCD volunteer coordinator at 815-338-6223, ext. 229.
*The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is looking for adult volunteers for Volo Bog State Natural Area in Ingleside and Moraine Hills State Park near McHenry. Call Stacy Iwanicki at 815-344-1294 or e-mail dnr.volobog@illinois.gov.
