If you’ve never been to the Chicago Auto Show’s First Look for Charity gala, it is definitely a bucket-list event for a Chicago-area resident.
Benefitting 18 local charities, the event boasts the best of the Chicago Auto Show the night before the 10-day show kicks off.
Information from the Chicago Auto Show is listed below.
More than 80% of the ticket price is tax-deductible, plus the proceeds go to all of the following organizations:
100 Club of Chicago
Advocate Health Care
Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago
Catholic Charities of the Chicago Archdiocese
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Joliet
Clearbrook
The Cradle Foundation
Franciscan Community Benefit Services
Franciscan Health Olympia Fields/Chicago Heights
Ray Graham Association for People with Disabilities
JDRF
Susan G. Komen-Chicago
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
March of Dimes
Misericordia
Special Olympics Illinois
Turning Pointe Autism Foundation
Jesse White Tumbling Team
From ChicagoAutoShow.com: You can direct the proceeds of your ticket purchase to any or all of the 18 charitable organizations, and $222 of each $275 ticket is tax-deductible as a charitable donation. Corporate giving packages are also available.
Still want more? Attendees have a chance to win a 2017 Acura TLX or Lexus NX. TLX compliments of Acura and Chicagoland Acura dealers, NX compliments of Lexus and Chicagoland Lexus dealers. Fine food and beverages, provided by more than 20 local restaurants, are complementary.
Additionally, live entertainment will be offered at various manufacturer displays across the show floor. Top off your evening with a stay at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, which adjoins the convention center.
First Look for Charity has secured a limited number of rooms starting at $119. More information on reservations shortly.
Tuxedo attire mandatory. Prize vehicle winners must be present at time of drawings, at 8:30 p.m. Tickets for orders received after Feb. 1, 2017, will be held at Will Call.
Follow us at #FLFC17 – First Look for Charity and the Chicago Auto Show are presented by the Chicago Automobile Trade Association, representing the new-car dealers of Chicagoland and northwest Indiana.
Source: Information – First Look for Charity | Chicago Auto Show