What do you find when you combine an evening of exquisite dining, inspiring conversation and a little shopping sound? The Conservation Foundation’s annual Earth Day Benefit Dinner, that’s what. For 2013, the event will be held from 5:30-9PM Thurs., April 18, at Bobak’s Signature Events in Woodridge, with a chance for nature lovers to ensure that fresh waterways are preserved for wildlife and native landscape in northeastern Illinois.
The Earth Day Benefit Dinner is The Conservation Foundation’s largest fundraiser of the year, and features an unforgettable nature-inspired silent auction, cash raffle, empowering original video. The array of giving opportunities contribute to educational initiatives and preservation of local natural areas and waterways for future generations.
Sponsorships / Silent Auction
The organization is seeking table sponsorships and donations to the silent auction. Tables are sold at the $1,500 (Silver), $2,500 (Gold) and $5,000 (Platinum) level and include a table for eight at the dinner, recognition at the event, in the media and on the organization’s website. Desired silent auction items include trips, outdoor sporting equipment such as kayaks, fishing equipment, etc., restaurant, spa and golf certificates, artwork, native plant material, garden art, and high end electronics. Auction donors will be recognized at the event, on the organization’s website, and can claim a charitable donation for their contribution.
The dinner’s nature-inspired silent auction, one of the best in the area, will feature more than 200 items donated by Foundation members and local businesses and artists, and will also use the innovative BidPal Electronic Auction System. Upon arrival, guests will be handed an electronic device they will use throughout the evening to bid on auction items, play the Wall of Wine and purchase tickets for the cash raffle. The BidPal system eliminates paper bid sheets, allows guests to bid from anywhere in the room, alerts bidders when they have been outbid, and provides an easy mechanism to make general donations to The Conservation Foundation. BidPal also offers ad space for local businesses wishing to get their information in front of a targeted audience in a charitable state of mind. Ad space on the BidPal device is being offered at $200 (table sponsors and silent auction donors receive a reduced price for ad purchases.)
To sponsor a table, donate an auction item or purchase a BidPal ad, contact Chere Hayes at (630) 428-4500, Ext. 17 or email chayes@theconservationfoundation.org.
To attend the Earth Day Benefit Dinner, tickets are $100/person. Guests may register online at www.theconservationfoundation.org, by phone at (630) 428-4500, Ext. 10 or through the mail at 10S404 Knoch Knolls Rd., Naperville, IL 60565.
