Help Raise Funds For Kenyan School At 'Cocktails For A Cause' Event

NAPERVILLE, IL — Residents can learn how to craft cocktails while doing their part to help children in Kenya during the Cocktails for a Cause Virtual Mixology Party. Set for April 8, the event also features a raffle with a chance to win a pasta party, a whiskey tour and more.

Proceeds for the event will help buy supplies for Cheryl’s Children’s Home and School in Nairobi, Kenya. The organization aids Kenyan children by helping to provide food and other basic needs, and is currently constructing a new school and home for children in Nairobi.

Participants will learn to make two cocktails with the guidance of Devin Kidner, who is a mixologist with Hollow Leg in Chicago.

IdaLynn Wenhold, who works as Executive Director of 4:13, Inc., will be on hand to share a presentation about how poverty impacts children in emerging nations. "We are excited and honored to once again work with the Sunrise Rotary to bring hope and healing to the children of Cheryl’s Children’s Home and School in Nairobi, Kenya," Wenhold said in a news release.

She added, “The donations from 'Cocktails for a Cause' will support the education of orphaned children rescued from abuse and abandonment."

Attendees can take part in a raffle for a chance to win the following prizes:

• Pappy Van Winkle 15-Year-Old Family Reserve Bourbon
• Make-your-own pasta party
• Dinner for six
• Private summer tour and whiskey tasting at Whiskey Acres Distillery in DeKalb

“From building a school in Zambia to supporting electrification in Honduras and clean water tanks in Guatemala, Sunrise Rotary believes in the commitment of Rotary International, to use our passion, energy, and intelligence to take action on sustainable projects," Naperville Sunrise Rotary International Committee Deb Newman said.

Newman added, "From literacy and peace to water and health, we are always working to better our world. The children of Cheryl’s Home represent the future and we are proud to support them.”

Click the link to make a donation to Cheryl's Home, take part in the raffle or register for Cocktails for a Cause.