EVANSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION TO CELEBRATE EVANSTON'S 150th ANNIVERSARY AT CELEBRATE!EVANSTON 2013 BENEFIT Oct. 26 Party at Levy Center to Feature Anniversary Cake Design Competition

EVANSTON, IL—The Evanston Community Foundation (ECF) presents its annual benefit Celebrate!Evanston on Saturday, Oct. 26 from 6:30 to 10:00 p.m. at the Levy Center, located at 300 Dodge Avenue in Evanston. This year's event offers a unique twist in honor of the City of Evanston's 150th Anniversary.  Local bakeries and restaurants will submit cake creations for a birthday cake design competition.  The evening also features a sit down dinner and entertainment by Evanston’s finest professional actors.  Proceeds from the event support the full range of grants and programs ECF provides to the community.

"26 years ago, the Evanston Community Foundation was established to support non-profit organizations whose services and programs improve the lives of our community members. The Foundation's commitment to building long-term resources means our 150 year old community's caring, resolve and creativity will be sustained for its next 150 years. That's something to celebrate!” said Celebrate! Evanston 2013 co-chair Julie Captain.

“I'm really excited about the birthday cake competition,” said ECF board member Julie Chernoff.  “We'll have eye-popping, celebratory cakes from local bakeries and restaurants like Hewn, Bistro Bordeaux, Quince, Lucky Platter, Oceanique, Foodstuffs, Tags and Bennison's competing for top honors, which will be voted on by the party guests. It should be fun... and delicious!"

Celebrate!Evanston begins at 6:30 p.m. with cocktails and passed hors d'oeuvres. Guests will also have the opportunity to sign up for parties with uncommon venues and experiences. A sit down dinner will be served at 7:30 p.m.

Entertainment for the evening will feature a heads-or-tails drawing with Evanston trivia as well as a performance by Evanston theatre professionals. The evening concludes with dessert of all the cakes participating in the birthday cake design competition.

Ticket Prices

Celebrate!Evanston tickets begin at $150. Reservations are requested by October 18th. For tickets and information visit www.evanstonforever.org or call 847-492-0990. 

THE EVANSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, celebrating its 26th anniversary in 2013with assets of $17.5 million, helps Evanston thrive now and forever as a vibrant, inclusive, andjust community. It builds, connects, and distributes resources and knowledge through local

organizations for the common good. The Foundation builds endowments for current and futureopportunities, fosters private philanthropy, focuses the impact of collective giving, findssolutions to community challenges, allocates grants, and provides leadership training.  For moreinformation about the Evanston Community Foundation, visit www.evanstonforever.org.

Celebrate!Evanston 2013 Committee

Lisa Altenbernd, co-chair

Julie Captain, co-chair

Julie Chernoff

Diana Gourguechon

Joan Gunzberg

Naomi Lovinger

Kevin Mott

Penelope Sachs