🌱 Patch AM: How a Deerfield childhood helped launch a World Cup marketing leader

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Deerfield childhood helped launch a World Cup marketing leader
• What Lundbeck's headquarters move means for Deerfield's corporate footprint

Also on today's calendar: We Do Estate Sales gorgeous Everything Highland Park Moving Sale and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Riddle: David's parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what's the name of the third son? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high of 67 and low of 51 degrees.
• Sunday: Nice with periods of sun, temps: high: 70, low: 54.
• Monday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 72 and low of 53 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• None Of This Was Meant For Me: How Noelle LeVeaux Turned Representation Into A Career (localprofile.com) — A successful World Cup marketing executive traces her journey back to growing up as one of the first Black children in Deerfield, where her parents moved for better schools despite the town's fraught integration history. She describes an idyllic childhood in a mostly Jewish neighborhood, then details her winding career through finance, Dallas civic marketing, and a public battle with cancer that reshaped her sense of purpose and advocacy.
   

• Danish Biopharma Firm to Relocate U.S. Headquarters to Boston Area (connectcre.com) — A major Danish drugmaker is shifting its U.S. headquarters from Deerfield to the Boston area over the next year, a move that could affect local jobs and corporate presence here. The company says the relocation will deepen its ties to Boston's biotech ecosystem and support its brain‑health drug pipeline and AI‑driven innovation plans.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Deerfield

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday September 26
• We Do Estate Sales gorgeous Everything Highland Park Moving Sale →
  905 Villas Ct, Highland Park
  9:30 am
Sunday September 27
• Daring To Hope →
  Holy Cross Catholic Church, 724 Elder Ln, Deerfield
  7:00 pm
Thursday October 1
• An Evening of Insight Promised at the GPF Foundation's Ninth Annual Event →
  Northmoor Country Club, 820 Edgewood Rd, Highland Park
  6:00 pm
Friday October 16
• Paul Farahvar at Hey Nonny →
  Hey Nonny Live Music + Local Kitchen, 10 S Vail Ave, Arlington Heights
  7:30 pm

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Other local events

Saturday September 26
• Lake County Fall Boat Show →
  Lake County Fairgrounds, 1060 E Peterson Rd, Grayslake
  10:00 am
Sunday September 27
• Yoga & Mimosas →
  Patty Turner Center, 375 Elm Street, Deerfield
  9:30 am
• 2nd Annual Car Show →
  Zion Lutheran Church, 10 Deerfield Rd, Deerfield
  12:00 pm
• Community Car Show →
  10 Deerfield Rd, Deerfield
  12:00 pm
Monday September 28
• Cross Country Meet (Home)
  Alan B Shepard Middle School Deerfield, IL 60015
  4:30 pm
• Appearance Review Commission (ARC) →
  Deerfield, IL Calendar, 850 Waukegan Road Robert D. Franz Council Chambers, Deerfield
  7:30 pm
Tuesday September 29
• Member Club Lectures – Hollywood on the Prairie →
  Patty Turner Center, 375 Elm Street, Deerfield
  8:45 am
Tuesday October 6
• Learn When & How to Prune Woody Trees & Shrubs at Nbk Garden Club's 10/6 Mtg →
  Northbrook United Methodist Church, 1190 Western Ave, Northbrook, IL, 60062
  10:00 am

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🪧 Patch Classifieds

• Rummage Sale - First Presbyterian Church Lake Forest
  1st Presbyterian Rummage Sale  -  Saturday, Sept 26 8am-3pm700 N Sheridan Rd  Lake ForestWoman, Mens and Kids Clothing, Winter Sports, Boots and... (More info)

💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• North Suburban YMCA Launches First-Ever Card Show on October 25th —North Suburban YMCA Read on Patch

• sweetgreen posted a job opening for Deerfield - Core Team Member in Deerfield. Apply here.
• Domino's Pizza posted a job opening for Customer Service Rep(09183) in Deerfield. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Deerfield here.

🗞 Nearby News

Highland Park

• Local Supermarket Hosting Food Drive For Farmington Food Pantry (patch.com)
• This Week in American History: 1995 – O.J. Simpson Acquitted of Murder (hhjonline.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: David (Thank you Thomas F. for sending it in!)
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