Spaghetti Dinner Update! That's a lot of spaghetti....

We raised $1406 at the ACT Spaghetti Dinner for A Better Life for Kids!  What an amazing effort on the part of the District 73.5 community!  Thank you for making a difference in the lives of the children of Ghana!  Here's a video that was made by an ACT member to show what a difference you are making.

And here are some more pictures from that night!  

Spaghetti Dinner

Last night we had an amazing turnout at the Spaghetti Dinner benefiting A Better Life for Kids!  Thanks to all that came to eat, bought raffle tickets, volunteered or donated raffle prizes; this event would not be possible without you!  I am always amazed at the generosity of people, and I can't wait to let you know on Monday what our grand total was for the night!  For now, here's some pictures from the evening!

Thanks to Lynn Sidman for the beautiful display!

ACT members ready to sell items!

Ticket sales!

Thanks to Mr. Lee and Ms. Ross for serving pasta!

The raffle table was huge this year!

Thanks to the Chicago Fire, the Domingo Family, Laura Friedlander, Jayson Homes and the Crain Family for their generous donations!

Thanks to Jen Ciok, Rachael Lamka, and The Bar Method for their generous donations!

Thanks to Mrs. Steger for making this beautiful quilt of t-shirts!

Thanks to Mrs. Battle for the amazing desserts and to GNC for the gift basket!

Thanks to Ms. Nizynski, Ms, Amato and Shelli Coppoolse from Sony Pictures Animation for their generous donations!

Raffle Ticket sales and a generous donation from Strange Cargo!

Thanks to Ms. Sidman, Ms. Eysenback and Ms. Lee for volunteering!

Thanks for coming Ms. Simon and for bringing your family!

Love when former ACT members come back from Niles North!

Patrick Nyarko of the Chicago Fire Soccer Team!  Thanks to this student for introducing us!

Patrick and his many fans!

Signing autographs!

He signed shirts, soccer balls, shoes, and anything else people brought him!

Mrs. Ciok's family came too!

Thanks to the Middleton teachers for their support!

More McCracken teachers came too!

And then it was off to see the Wizard!

What a great night!  Thanks to everyone!

Spaghetti Dinner is Friday!

Thanks to Mike Isaacs for helping to spread the word about our upcoming event!

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Exciting Update for the Spaghetti Dinner on 11/15!

The excitement is mounting for Friday's Spaghetti Dinner!  We continue to get raffle prizes donated and we have an exciting guest to announce!

First of all, thanks to GNC in Mount Prospect, Carol and Neil Crane, Kerigan Steger and Laura Friedlander for their generous donations!  GNC donated a gift basket of supplements and energy drinks, Kerigan donated a beautiful McCracken t-shirt quilt, the Crains donated a beautiful picnic basket, and Laura donated an amazing family photography session with a free 8x10 valued at $150!

Secondly, Patrick Nyarko of the Chicago Fire Soccer Team is coming to the dinner!  As a supporter of A Better Life for Kids and A.C.T., he has donated or had donated on his behalf over $2000 to this worthy cause!  We are excited to see him on Friday!

Hope you can make it!  See the flyer in the post below for more information!  

Invitation and Great Raffle Prizes!

Support from Patrick Nyarko of the Chicago Fire!

This week was a great one for A.C.T.!  First of all, we received this really cool jersey in the mail signed by the players of the Chicago Fire to raffle off at the Spaghetti Dinner on November 15th!  Then, today, I came home to a personal check from Patrick Nyarko for A Better Life for Kids! 

 

 

 

2013-2014 School Year!

A.C.T is very excited for another year! We have some big events already on the calendar including:

1. November 15th will be the Spaghetti Dinner. This will precede opening night of Wizard of Oz! Get your tickets early for a discount! 
2. February 12th will be Hearts for Ghana in conjunction with Red Hand Day.
3. February 27th will be Leap for Ghana
4. April ? will be Dance Marathon for Rustic Falls
5. May 27th will be the 5th Annual Change for Change Walk-a-thon

We will also be working on days to educate and inform people about what is happening around the world. Look for more information regarding:

November 20th- Children’s Rights Day

December 10th- Human Rights Day

February 12th- Red Hand Day

April 16th- One Day Without Shoes

April 17th- Vow of Silence

We are also excited to be working with Patrick Nyarko of the Chicago Fire again!