Willow House Celebrates 18 Years of Providing Hope and Healing to Chicagoland's Children and Families

Willow House invites you to a celebration of hope on Saturday, April 30, 2016 at 6:30 pm. This year’s Gala will be held at Briarwood Country Club, 355 Deerfield Rd, Deerfield, IL. The event will feature gourmet cuisine, live music, a combined $3,500 cash prize raffle, live and silent auctions, celebration beverages, and a special award ceremony, honoring Scott Bauer & The Lauri S. Bauer Foundation with the 2016 Ambassador of Hope Award.

The Lauri S. Bauer Foundation is the first ever foundation in the Chicago area whose expressed mission is to support grieving children and families. Willow House is proud to share this mission with Scott and the Foundation and to have been a recipient of their generosity over the past four years.

Willow House provides unique peer support programs and services for children, teens and families who are grieving the death of their mom, dad and spouse or brother, sister and child. If a community is struck by a tragedy or a school has experienced a death, Willow House immediately calls to provide support to the school and community, guiding them through the process of responding to the student and family needs. Through donations, as well as corporate and foundation support, Willow House services are provided at no cost to families, making the success of fundraising efforts that much more important.

“We are proud to have directly supported thousands of grieving children and families over the past 18 years and the many more served through our School and Community Outreach Programs,” said Stefanie Norris, Founder and Executive Director. “Willow House services are invaluable and calls for our support grow each year.”

Willow House is very proud and grateful to have local individual and corporate sponsorship support from:

Antares Capital - Platinum Sponsor

Compass Health Center - Gold Sponsor

First Merit Bank - Gold Sponsor

Kavita & Anoop Vermani - Silver Sponsor

Heritage Flooring - Silver Sponsor

Tickets to the gala are $125 each, available online or at the door.

Raffle tickets to win the $2,000 grand prize are available online. Ticketholders need not be present to win.

For tickets and more information, visit www.willowhouse.org or call (847) 236-9300.

“The most valuable thing I learned from Willow House group is that I am not alone and there is hope.” - Willow House teen

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