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Eighth Annual YMCA Giving Gala is Feb. 28

Event provides scholarships to ensure no one is turned away from the Greater Joliet Area YMCA due to inability to pay.

Submitted by the Greater Joliet Area YMCA:

Mark your calendars and plan to join the Greater Joliet Area YMCA for its eighth annual Giving Gala on Saturday, Feb. 28, at the Bolingbrook Golf Club, 2001 Rodéo Drive. Doors will open at 6 p.m.

Festivities will include dinner, silent and live auctions, exciting raffles and live entertainment. Tickets are on sale now for $150 per person or $1,500 for a table of ten. Exciting sponsorship opportunities, ranging from $50 to $10,000, with corresponding benefits are also available.

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Cash raffle tickets for this year’s Giving Gala are also on sale now. Tickets are $25, with three fantastic prizes- $2,500, $1,500 and $500. Winners will be announced on Saturday, February 28, at the Bolingbrook Golf Club. Only 800 tickets will be sold, and the winners need not be present.

Funds raised from this year’s Giving Gala will benefit the YMCA’s scholarship fund, helping to ensure that no one is turned away from the Y due to the inability to pay. For more information on the Giving Gala, please contact the Y at (815) 729-9638.

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