Thursday, September 29, 2011

CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN HARVEST BALL 2011

 Harvest Ball Co-Chair Kimberly Burt, Riley O'Neil, Peyton Merrill
Annie Barlow and Julie Selakovitch -Auction Co-chairs
Guests sipped on Moët champagne

The Guild of the Chicago Botanic Garden held its Thirteenth Annual Harvest Ball recently on the beautiful, early fall grounds of the Chicago Botanic Garden. Over 500 guests attended the black tie garden party, raising $450,000 for the Learning Center, which provides educational programs for teachers and youth from pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade.
Events co-chairs were  Kimberly Burt of Chicago, Peyton Merrill of Winnetka and Riley O’Neil of Chicago
The live auction, held over dinner, featured items such as an intimate cocktail reception for twenty that cames with a $10,000 gift certificate from GRAFF, five-night stay for two at the Four Seasons Resort, Nevis, West Indies; a weekend stay and tickets to the 2012 Kentucky Derby; and a family vacation to A Bar A Ranch in Wyoming.
Calihan Catering provided dinner and flowers were designed by Botanicals
More pictures

Maggie and Vito Mariani and Roni and Matt Dziedzic
Zack and Shayna Schulz & Jon and Sophia Siskel(President and CEO of Chicago Botanic Garden)
Flip Block and Gloria Masterson
Gurpreet and Amrit Singh(He's a partner at PwC)
Caroline Burns,Elizabeth Queen, Jennifer and Patrick Keenan
Colleen Carroll, Geoff Hoffman, Erin Burke
Jacque Nygaard, Britt and Allison Trukenbrod (He is Managing Dir. at William Blair)

 Peyton and Topher Merrill

Tim Huizenga and Ania Jablonowski



Lynne Jordan and The Shivers had guests dancing





photos: Robert Kusel for Chicago Botanic garden

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