Maine Township Senior Expo Adds Antique Show Feature for 2017

Announcing a brand new feature!

Mark your calendars now for Maine Township's Swing into Spring Friday, April 28

It may still say winter on the calendar but Maine Township's Swing
into Spring senior expo scheduled for Friday, April 28, at Golf Mill
Shopping Center in Niles will be here before you know it. Designed to
link seniors who need services with vendors who provide them, the free
event will run from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The wide variety of events and
activities include state and regional agency information booths, product
demonstrations, raffles, giveaways, and contests as well as
entertainment.

New this year is On the Road: How Valuable Are Your Valuables Show
brought to you by Paxem, Inc. between 10:15 and noon. If you would like
to find out what your treasures are worth, you may bring one item for
valuation between 10:15 and noon. Please call 847-297-2510, ext. 252, to
reserve your spot. Reservations will be taken on a first come, first
served basis. According to Jennifer Prell, who operates Paxem, neither
Maine Township MaineStreamers nor Paxem, Inc. are liable for any
damages, theft, loss or disappointment. "All items are priced “fair
market value” for resale purposes only and not as official appraisals,"
she added.

Kicking off the fun, the popular Early Bird Bingo from 9 to 10 a.m.,
which is free of charge, will be hosted and sponsored by Maine Township
Supervisor Carol A. Teschky. Free caricatures by Mark Schultz, whose
quirky illustrations give people another way to see themselves, will be
drawn on a first come first served basis between 10:30 a.m. and 12:30
p.m. Known as The Man of Many Voices, John Trucali, who has been named
by reviewers as "The Italian Tom Jones," performs from 1 to 2 p.m.
"We
are again very pleased that our MaineStreamers senior expo continues to
be so popular and grows so steadily," said Teschky, who added that she
expects this 11th annual expo to be another one for the record books.
"About 10 years ago, we would see maybe 1,000 visitors, and then more
recently the crowd was rapidly approaching the 2,000 mark." An estimated
1,900 people visited the event in 2016 during the expo's five-hour run.

Sponsored by Maine Township, Advocate Lutheran Hospital, Paxem, and
Suburban Resource Guide for Seniors, Swing into Spring 2017 is expected
to feature an expanded variety of vendors to help better serve the
residents who attend, according to Teschky. A limited number of exhibit
tables and sponsorships are still available. Potential exhibitors and
sponsors are invited to contact the Expo Sales Office at 847-720-4495 or
visit www.mainetownship.com/seniorexpo.

For more information about Maine Township and its MaineStreamers
department, call 847-297-2510 or visit the Maine Township website at www.mainetownship.com.