Northbrook Chamber Hosts 25th Annual Auction and Taste

Over 300 civic and business leaders attended the Northbrook Chamber of Commerce annual Auction and Taste, held recently at the Renaissance Chicago North Shore Hotel. At the event, 19 prominent area restaurants served up sample fare for attendees to enjoy. There was also a Silent and Live Auction featuring local legend Ron Bernardi as Auctioneer. The event was sponsored by Allstate. Bob Caldwell, Hallmark Homecare and Julie Lerman, Franklin Law Group served as co-chairs of the event, celebrating its 25^th anniversary. Other important donors included Highland Baking, Sunset Foods, Alphagraphics Northbrook, Washburn Envelope, Basketworks, Northbrook Bank & Trust and UL for services provided. Funds raised from the event help the Chamber provide low and no cost programs for the business community and are used for community service projects such as the annual meal packing event. For more information visit www.northbrookchamber.org.

Photo 1: Renaissance Chicago North Shore Hotel General Manager Stephen Barr (c) greets U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider (l) and Pat Lederer, Northbrook ICDC Chair (r) at the annual Auction and Taste.

Photo 2: Auctioneer Ron Bernardi, Sunset Foods (r) congratulates winning bidder Steve Lewis, Lewis Floor and Home (c) with Chamber President Tensley Garris (l) who led the Live Auction at the Chamber’s event.

Photo 3: Granite City Food & Brewery General Manager Jeff Berlin (l) serves up fare from Granite City to Steven Elisco, Elisco Design Architects, one of 25 volunteers who helped make the Chamber’s Auction and Taste a huge success.

Photo 4: Chefs at P.F. Chang’s restaurant serve up samples of their specialties to Scott McDougall, McDougall Photography.