FUNDRAISERS
*Shop for the Shelter will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday in Anderson Animal Shelter, 1000 S. LaFox St. (Illinois Highway 31), South Elgin. Party vendors will demonstrate and sell their products. A portion of the sales will go to the shelter. Call Kathy Melone at 847-697-2880, ext. 33 or e-mail kmelone@andersonanimalshelter.org.
*Emmy Award-winning actress Michael Learned and actor Robert Maher will perform in “Love Letters” at 7:30 p.m. March 8 in the Blizzard Theatre at the Elgin Community College Visual and Performing Arts Center, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin. Tickets cost $55. The performance is a benefit for Einstein Academy in Elgin. For tickets, call the ECC box office at 847-622-0300 or e-mail artscenter@elgin.edu. For discounts for groups of 20 or more, call Einstein Academy at 847-697-3836.
*The Prospect Heights Lions Club will hold its spring dinner dance at 6:30 p.m. March 8 in Atlantis Banquets, 1273 N. Rand Rd., Prospect Heights. The cost is $45. For reservations, call 847-870-1940 or 847-392-4230.
*The Rotary Club of Rolling Meadows will hold its eighth annual St. Patrick’s Day dinner and auction at 6 p.m. March 8 in the Rolling Meadows Community Center, 3705 Pheasant Lane. Tickets cost $30. Proceeds will benefit community service projects. For tickets, contact any Rolling Meadows Rotarian or call Ed Connelly at Harris Bank, 847-870-2915.
*Elgin Academy will hold its 31st Annual “Extravaganza” fundraiser at 5:30 p.m. March 15 in Boulder Ridge Country Club, 400 Boulder Drive, Lake in the Hills. The theme will be “Our Metamorphosis” and will highlight the opening of the Harold D. Rider Family Media, Science and Fine Arts Center. A silent auction will also be held. Tickets cost $125. Call Laura Anderson at 847-695-0309, ext. 257.
*Three Chicago businesswomen will share their secrets for success from 1 to 4 p.m. March 5 in Rosewood Restaurant, 9421 Higgins Rd. The seminar will feature Carolyn Gable, CEO of a transportation and distribution company, author of “Everything I Know as a CEO I Learned as a Waitress,” and founder of the not-for-profit Expect a Miracle Foundation; Hedy Ratner, founder and co-president of the Women’s Business Development Center; and Judith Wright, educator, lifestyles expert, author and corporate consultant. Tickets cost $45 and all proceeds will benefit The Chicago Metropolitan Battered Women’s Network. To register, call 847-842-9369 or visit www.empowerwoman.com.
*The 19th Annual Rotary Western Charity Auction and dinner sponsored by the Rotary Club of Crystal Lake Dawnbreakers will be held at 5:30 p.m. Saturday 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. For information, visit www.cldawnbreakers.org.
*Clearbrook Guardians annual Spring Casino Night will be held from 3 p.m. March 8 to 1 a.m. March 9 in Clearbrook’s Getz Workshop, 746 S. Vermont Ave., Palatine. Proceeds will benefit children and adults with disabilities. Call 847-385-5305 or visit www.clearbrook.org.
*A Night for Renee, a benefit for Women in Need Growing Stronger (WINGS), will be held Saturday in Casa Royale Banquets, 783 Lee St./Mannheim Rd., Des Plaines. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Victor Pacini, Daniela, Frankie Miglio and the Platinum Brothers Band will perform. 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 cost $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 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. Tickets cost $100. Sponsorships are also available. Tickets must be purchased in advance. Call 847-888-8551 or visit www.pbwi.net.
*The country band Emerson Drive will perform at a benefit concert for McHenry County Public Action to Deliver Shelter (PADS) Friday in the Raue Center for the Arts, 26 Williams St., Crystal Lake. A pre-party will begin at 6:30 p.m. and the show at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $40 to $50. All proceeds will help provide emergency, transitional shelter and supportive services for homeless people. For tickets, call the Raue Center box office at 815-356-9212 or visit www.rauecenter.org.
NON-PROFITS
*The Center for Nonprofit Leadership at McHenry County College will present a seminar on Successful Fundraising: Role of the Board from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. March 8 in Rooms B166-167 at the college, 8900 U.S. Highway 14, Crystal Lake. The seminar is for board members as well as executive directors and staff. The cost is $30 per person, or $22 each for three or more people from the same organization. To register with a credit card, call 815-455-8588. To request that your organization be billed, call 815-455-8697. Visit www.mchenry.edu/CNPL.
VOLUNTEERS
*Turning Point of McHenry County will offer Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence-approved training during March. The 40-hour course is required for all those who have direct contact with domestic violence victims through counseling. Call Roz Zarecky at 815-338-8081.
*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. A workshop for docents to greet visitors on weekends at the Nature Center will be held from 12:30 to 3 p.m. Saturday at Moraine Hills. A required workshop for new bluebird monitors at both Volo Bog and Moraine Hills will be held from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. March 8 at Volo Bog. For information, an application or to register, call Stacy Iwanicki at 815-344-1294 or e-mail dnr.volobog@illinois.gov.
*The Barrington Area Council on Aging is seeking nominees for its 13th annual Barrington Area Senior Citizens Hall of Fame. Seniors must have celebrated their 60th birthday by Dec. 31, 2007. Nomination forms are due March 17. For an application, call 847-381-5030.
