Girls on Gartner Returns May 4
Girls on Gartner Shopportunity event will be held from Noon to 7 PM Wednesday, May 4, at Naperville Plaza, Washington St. and Gartner Rd.
Demos, activities, music and entertainment will be ongoing throughout the plaza.
Shoppers will start at First Community Financial Bank for a swag bag and end at Walkers ChaHouse to drop off punch cards.
Completed punch cards serve at the entry to a raffle for one of three raffle baskets containing items donated from all participating merchants in the Plaza.
Casey’s Fires up the Grill
Casey’s Foods will fire up its grill from 11AM-2PM on Saturdays and Sundays, beginning a season of weekend specials on its patio near the entrance of the independently-owned super market in Naperville Plaza.
Grilling specials this first weekend include Italian sausage with peppers and onions for $5. The popular Meal Deal is $6. Picnic tables provide a place to enjoy lunch.
Throughout Casey’s Foods grilling season that sometimes extends until November, weather permitting, many folks also stop by and pick up specials to go.
For more information about Casey’s Foods, weekly specials and the best butcher counter in the area where they’ve got your number, visit www.caseysfoods.com.
‘Buy a Brick’ Campaign Continues Along the Riverwalk
During the Riverwalk 2000 fundraiser launched in 1997, the Daily Herald sponsored a “Buy a Brick” ad campaign featuring different residents holding the “Your Name Here” brick.
Today, the initiative that gives individuals the opportunity to write a message to be engraved on a brick or a granite stone continues to be a popular gift item and a way to support the Riverwalk Foundation.
Find complete details with photos about this personalized gift in a story featured at www.positivelynaperville.com. Search “Buy a Brick.”
To order a 4 x 8 brick ($150) for the Riverwalk extension or an 8 x 8 brick ($250) for Fredenhagen Park, simply send a check made payable to the Riverwalk Foundation with your 12 character per line, 3-line ($150) or 6-line message ($250) to Jan Erickson, Riverwalk Administrator, City of Naperville, TED Business Group, 400 S. Eagle Street, Naperville, IL 60540. Include your name, address, phone number, e-mail or other contact information.
Or to purchase a brick by credit card, contact Erickson at (630) 305-5984 or ericksonj@naperville.il.us.
German Language Church Service
Church services in the German language will be held at St. John United Church of Christ at 11:30AM on Sun., May. 1.
The service will be led by Dr. Egon Gerdes, and all are welcome to attend. St. John UCC is located at 1190 Olesen Dr. German services are held on the first Sunday of every month and will continue on June 5 . For more info call (630) 355-5208.
North Central College Celebrates Cornerstone Day on May 20
North Central College will host its annual Cornerstone Day Picnic from 11AM to 1:30PM Friday, May 20, at Jefferson Plaza, located on the lawn east of Brainard Street at Jefferson Avenue.
The free of charge event is open to the entire community, featuring sample cuisine provided by Chartwells—the College’s food service provider—and Naperville restaurants.
Entertainment will be performed by North Central College students. In the event of rain, the picnic will be held in the Wentz Concert Hall lobby at the Fine Arts Center, 171 E. Chicago Ave.
Cornerstone Day commemorates the College’s 1870 move to Naperville and the laying of the cornerstone for Old Main.
