Friday, February 26, 2010

A little help from your
friends...

Sunday, February 28, 2010 • 5pm - 10:30pm

Esquire Lounge, downtown Champaign

50% of sales from the North bar will be donated by the Esquire!!

So many generous donations for the auction so far! Here's a sampling:
2 rounds of golf w/cart from Stone Creek
2 tickets to a performance at Krannert Center
2 Ebertfest passes
Private dinners and parties
Private shopping party for 10 from Circles (includes $100 gift cert, wine & cheese!)
4 tickets to Illini vs WI (courtesy of Illini Media)
ipod shuffle from the Apple Store
Bob Dylan print (Phil Strang)

and many gift certificates and gift baskets and cool items from:
Bacaro
Bentley’s
Black Dog
Boltini
Bunny’s
Café Kopi
Carmon’s
Carrie’s
Crane Alley
Eastland Suites
Evolve
Farren’s
Fryerfly Lighting
Great Impasta
Guido’s
H2O Salon
Ippatsu
Iron Post
Jane Addams
Jupiter’s
Kane & Company
McGown Photography
Mike n Molly’s
Office II
Papadel’s
Pure Romance (Marcey Goldstein)
Seaboat
Sunsinger
...and so much more!

Music Schedule:

6:00 Mike Coulter as emcee
6:15 - 7:00 Dawna Nelson & The Impalas
7:15 - 7:45 Kayla Brown
8:00 - 8:45 Dawna Nelson & The Impalas
9:00 - 10:00 Duke of Uke

For more information on the event, please see the previous post.

If you can't make it to the benefit, but would like to make a donation, please contact Nicole at nicolephilyaw@gmail.com or donate thru paypal using the button on the right of the page.

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Announcing...

A little help from your
friends...

Sunday, February 28, 2010 • 5pm - 10:30pm

Esquire Lounge, downtown Champaign

Please join us in an effort to raise awareness of Diabetes and help a friend.

Mike Allston, beloved Esquire Lounge chef, recently lost his leg below the knee due to Diabetes.

Money and items donated will help Mikey with medical bills and living costs while he's not able to work.

Sunday the 28th, there will be food, music, silent auction, and a raffle. AND LOADS OF GOOD PEOPLE AND FUN.

Scheduled so far:

6:00 Mike Coulter as emcee
6:15 - 7:00 Dawna Nelson & The Impalas
7:15 - 7:45 Kayla Brown
8:00 - 8:45 Dawna Nelson & The Impalas
9:00 - 10:00 Duke of Uke

If you can't make it to the benefit, but would like to make a donation, please contact Nicole at nicolephilyaw@gmail.com or donate thru paypal using the button on the right of the page.