Community Briefs

The Indian Boundary YMCA will hold "Celebration at the Y" from 6 to 10 p.m. Nov. 14 at 711 59th St., Downers Grove.

This inaugural event's theme will be "Experience the Magic," providing an opportunity for the community to experience firsthand the Y's programs, services and facility. The event includes live and silent auctions, facility tours, food from local restaurants, a jazz combo from local high schools, mimes and a magician.

Tickets are $100.

Additionally, IBY will recognize three of its long-standing financial advocates -- The Ronald L. McDaniel Foundation, Bank of America and Fort Dearborn Life Insurance Company.

This special new event offers a unique venue for the community to show its support of IBY's community service mission to turn no one away for inability to pay. The Y's "Strong Kids" Fund provided more than $800,000 in membership and program scholarships in 2008 and has already delivered almost $400,000 this year.

Sponsorship opportunities are available.

Call 630-929-2408 or visit www.indianboundaryymca.org.

The Downers Grove Area Chamber of Commerce & Industry presents "Through Passion, Enhance Impact," a general membership luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Nov. 11 at DoubleTree Guest Suites & Conference Center, 2111 Butterfield Road, Downers Grove. Guest speaker will be Trudi Temple, woman business owner and founder of Market Day. Because the event falls on Veterans Day, a holiday for our schools, the chamber is inviting any teacher or student interested in meeting Temple to the event. Community Bank of Downers Grove has agreed to cover the cost for lunch for any teacher or student interested in attending.

Registration is requested. Call 630-968-4050, or visit www.downersgrove.org.

Max & Erma's restaurant at 2020 W. 75th St., Woodridge, is hosting a fundraiser to benefit SEASPAR from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Nov. 12.

Diners can present a ticket to have 20 percent of sales go toward SEASPAR's Booster Club. Tickets are available at www.seaspar.org or at the SEASPAR office at 4500 Belmont Road in Downers Grove.

The SEASPAR Booster Club is made up of families and friends of SEASPAR who work together to raise funds for SEASPAR athletic programs. It provides such things as uniforms, equipment, lodging at state competitions and the annual sports banquet for athletes.

Call 630-960-7600.

SEASPAR provides year-round recreation services for individuals with disabilities and is an extension of the park districts of Clarendon Hills, Darien, Downers Grove, LaGrange, LaGrange Park, Lisle, Westmont, and Woodridge, and the villages of Brookfield, Indian Head Park and Western Springs.

The Downers Grove Park District is offering a daytime trip to see "Hairspray" Nov. 18 at the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire and a visit to the Holiday Folk Fair's All Nations Theatre and Music Pavilion in West Allis, Wis., on Nov. 21.

Detailed information such as costs, meals and departure and return times can be found by calling 630-963-1300 or visiting www.dgparks.org.

Registration is under way at the Lincoln Center Registration Office, 935 Maple Ave., or the Recreation and Fitness Center, 4500 Belmont Road.

Downers Grove North High School will present its sixth annual "Honoring All Who Served" program to honor veterans for their service at 8:55 a.m. Nov. 10. Sixty-five veterans who have served in the military during World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam War, Cold War and in Iraq and Afghanistan will be in attendance. The day-long program is highlighted by an all-school assembly that will include videotaped interviews with three World War II veterans who attended Downers Grove North; performances by the North Wind Ensemble, the A Capella Choir and singer and social studies teacher Bob Graham; and speakers from branches of the armed forces. Members of the Alexander Bradley Burns Post 80 will post colors and Downers Grove police Sgt. Greg Polnik will play taps.

The public is invited. Call 630-795-8400.

Ray Graham Associations 35th annual Butterfly Ball raised a record $119,100 which will help support programs and services for people with disabilities throughout DuPage County. More than 300 people attended the event, which was held Sept. 26.

For more than 57 years, The Ray Graham Association has offered a broad array of services and support, including early intervention, residential, day programs and supported employment services to thousands of children and adults with developmental disabilities throughout the western suburbs.

The Downers Grove Park District Museum is seeking donations of historic photographs, paintings, clothing and other objects that are directly related to Downers Grove and its history.

The museum's mission is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret materials that explain and document the history of Downers Grove and its relationship to local, state, regional and national history.

The Park District Museum follows established museum standards and procedures and requires appropriate documentation when acquiring donations. The museum staff is prohibited from providing appraisals of monetary value.

Visit www.dgparks.org or call 630-963-1309. The office is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday with public tours from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday through Friday.

The Panther Junior Football Association collected nonperishable food items for the Immanuel Food Pantry, 5211 Carpenter St., Downers Grove at its recent Homecoming/Parent Appreciation weekend events. The pantry distributes about 30 bags of food each month.

Achieve long-term benefits in a high-energy and inspiring environment at the Downers Grove Park District Fitness Center's new aerobic exercise class, ZUMBA. Classes will take place from 10 to 10:55 a.m. Mondays and Fridays at the Recreation Center, 4500 Belmont Road, Downers Grove. ZUMBA is a Latin inspired fitness class that uses fast and slow rhythms along with international zest to tone and sculpt your body with an effective fat-burning aerobic workout. To participate, purchase a one-time visit, 10-visit, 20-visit or 30-visit FitCard from the Recreation Center or at www.dgparks.org.

Call 630-963-1300.

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