GOTTA DO IT
May 11
Mother's Day breakfast buffet: 8 to 11:30 a.m. May 11, Knights of Columbus No. 382, 100 S. 129th Infantry Drive, Joliet. Cost $6 adults, $3 ages 5-12, free ages 4 and younger. Call (815) 725-0746.
Mother's Day pancake breakfast: 8 a.m. to noon May 11, St. Mary Magdalene School, 201 S. Briggs St., Joliet. Tickets cost $6.50 adults, $5.50 seniors and ages 3-12, free 2 years and younger. Carryouts available. There will be a raffle and bake sale.
Pancake breakfast: 8 a.m. to noon May 11 Cantigny VFW Post 367 on Horseshoe Drive in Joliet. Call (815) 722-5398.
May 12
Spaghetti dinner benefit: 5, 6 and 7 p.m. seatings on May 12 at Troy Middle School cafeteria, 5800 W. Theodore St. in Joliet, to benefit Coral Rogers. Meal provided by Olive Garden. Cost is $7 for adults, $4 for seniors and $3 for children in middle school and younger. Food is free for ages 2 and younger. R.S.V.P. requested by calling (815) 230-9926 or e-mailing vburic@troy30c.org ahead of time.
May 14
Beef tips and noodles dinner: 4 to 7 p.m. May 14, Cantigny VFW Post 367, 826 Horseshoe Drive in Joliet. Dinner includes salad, beef tips and noodles, vegetable and rolls. Tickets are $7 in advance or $8 at the door. Carryouts available. Call (815) 722-5398.
May 15-17
Garage sale: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 15-16 and 9 a.m. to noon May 17, St. John United Church of Christ, Christian Community Center, 11046 Second St., Mokena. Sponsored by the women's association. Call (708) 479-5123.
May 16-17
Lockport rummage/bike sale: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 16-17, St. John's Episcopal Church, 11th and Washington streets.
May 17
Gardener's flea market: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 17, hosted by the Joliet Park District and the Joliet Area Garden Club at the Barber and Oberwortman Horticultural Center located at 225 N. Gougar Road in Joliet. Featuring 20 vendors, lunch and no admission fees. Live plants, garden props and antiques. Call (815) 741-7278, ext. 5.
Spring Children's Concert and vendor fair: Noon May 17 at the Billie Limacher Bicentennial Park, 201 W. Jefferson St. at Bluff Street in Joliet. Hosted by Joliet Montessori School. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children; those 3 and younger are free. Entertainment is provided by singers from Chicago's Old Towne School of Folk Music. Call (815) 741-4180.
Book signing: 2 to 3 p.m. May 16, Barnes and Noble Bolingbrook, 631 E. Boughton Road. Lew Freedman, award-winning journalist and Bolingbrook resident, and Billy Pierce, former Chicago White Sox pitcher, will sign copies of their new book "Then Ozzie Said to Harold ... The Best Chicago White Sox Stories Ever told." Call (630) 783-8821.
Pasta and Presley fundraiser event: 4 p.m. May 17 doors open and 5 p.m. pasta served at Alfas, 1609 W. Jefferson St. in Joliet. A Joliet Relay for Life fundraising event, sponsored by the Rock and Roll Team. All-you-can-eat pasta, salad, bread and nonalcoholic beverages. Includes Elvis Presley tribute by JD Elvis from 6 to 9 p.m. Tickets are $20 per person. Raffles, door prizes and cash bar. Call (815) 725-0106.
May 18
Pancake breakfast: 8 a.m. to noon May 18, St. Anne Catholic Church, 1800 Dearborn St., Crest Hill. Cost $5 adults, $3 ages 6-10, free ages 5 and younger.
Champions for Children Walk: 9:30 a.m. May 18, downtown courthouse lawn in Joliet. Benefiting Will County Child Advocacy Center. Registration cost $10. Register by calling (815) 774-4565 or visit willcountychildadvocacy.com.
Park Lawn's 11th annual Sprint tour and charity motorcycle run: 9 a.m. May 18 registration; 10 a.m. first bikes out; 11 a.m. last bikes out, rain or shine at Papa T's 4660 W. 147th St. Midlothian. Cost $15 rider/$10 passenger includes raffles, door prizes, bike show, run pins to first 500 bikers, entertainment, food. Nonrun participants are invited to the post-run party at CD&Me, 23320 S. LaGrange Road in Frankfort at 2:30 p.m. A $10 entry fee donated to Park Lawn. Call (815) 357-1100 or (815) 741-0137.
May 21
Card party and buffet luncheon: 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 21, sponsored by Joliet Area Community Hospice Guild at the Cantigny Post No. 367 VFW, 826 Horseshoe Drive in Joliet. Afternoon includes a buffet lunch, bridge, pinochle, canasta or euchre card play. Tickets $12. Call (815) 740-4104.
May 23 deadline
Spring fling craft fair: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 7, Lemont Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is seeking vendors: artists, antique dealers and crafters. This is an event open for all to visit and enjoy. There will be plenty to see and do for families and friends. $20 per 10X10 space and two chairs, $5 for electricity, $5 per table. For more information call Vicki M. at (630) 243-0400. RSVP by May 23.
May 24
Stuff and fluff workshop fundraiser: 3 to 5 p.m. May 24, All Nations Church of God in Christ Sunshine Band, 503 S. Water St. in Joliet. Activities include creating your own Teddy bear, food, games and a special keepsake picture of you and the bear. For deadlines and price information, call Christina Bias at (8150 744-6577 or e-mail Christina_Bias@yahoo.com
May 25
Outdoor flea market: 6:45 a.m. May 25 check-in time for vendors; 8 a.m. buyers admitted, at Mokena Main Park, 10925 LaPorte Road in Mokena. Concessions will be available. Pre-registration fee of $15 for a 15x15 space; day of the event, $20. Vendors should bring table and chairs. Call (708) 390-2401.
May 30 Deadline
Canal days parade: 6:30 p.m. June 20, 2008 Old Canal Days Parade in Lockport. The deadline for participants to register is May 30. To register or for more information, call Amy Rauen at (815) 838-1183, ext. 208.
May 31
Native plant sale: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 31 at Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie headquarters located on Route 53 approximately 12 miles south of Joliet and 2 miles north of Wilmington. A wide variety of native forbs (wildflowers), grasses, and shrubs will be offered for sale at this annual Midewin Alliance fundraiser and plant sale. This is also the pick-up date for pre-orders. For more information, contact Jerry Heinrich at (815) 476-6171 or g.heinrich@sbcglobal.net
May 31 through Aug. 30
Manhattan farmers market: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays, May 31 through Aug. 30 at First and State streets (U.S. 52), across from the First Bank of Manhattan. Sponsored by Manhattan Park District and Manhattan Chamber of Commerce. Call (815) 478-3324 or visit www.manhattan-il.com.
June 1
Steelmen 5K run: Noon June 1, Chicagoland Speedway. Benefiting Will County Child Advocacy Center. Register by calling (815) 774-6926 or visit www.active.com
Fundraiser: Noon to 4 p.m. June 1, Camp Manitoqua, 8122 W. Sauk Trail in Frankfort. "Sunday Fun Day ... A Play Day for Kids" The Frankfort Area Jayces present a fun and entertaining fundraiser for the Frankfort Children's Museum. Cost just one weeks allowance and a few chores. To make a donation or contribute in another way, call Tim at (708) 381-9300.
June 1 Deadline
Veryl Lichtenwalter memorial dinner: 7 p.m. June 7, Knights of Columbus Hall in Joliet, 100 S. 129th Infantry Drive. Featuring dinner, two-hour open bar, silent auction and entertainment. To help raise funds for diabetes research and education. Tickets cost $50 per person or $90 per couple. Cost is $10 after 8:30 p.m. for band only. June 1 deadline. Call (815) 302-7873 or visit www.diabetesmemorialdinner.com
June 7
5K Walking for Health Care and Hope: 9:30 check-in and 10 a.m. walk at Joliet Junior College, 1215 Houbolt Road, Main entrance in Joliet. Signs to direct to start line. Cost $20 per person and includes T-shirt if registered before May 23 (adult sizes only); late registration is $25; maximum family fee of $40 includes two adults and all children younger than age 15. Pledges are welcome. Collect before walk and compete pledge sheet. Anyone 15 or older and children accompanied by an adult. To benefit Will-Grundy Medical Clinic. Call (815) 726-3377.
June 15
Father's Day picnic: Noon June 15 food sale begins, Croatian Club, 1503 Clement St., Joliet. Croatian music by Bravo Band begins at 1:30 p.m.; Too Loud Polka Band at 6 p.m. Call (815) 723-3154.
June 22
This Olde housewalk: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 22 sponsored by Cathedral Area Preservation. Tour five historic homes and the newly remodeled USF Motherhouse. Cost $15 in advance and $18 at the door. Porch lunches available by reservation for $12 each. Call (815) 723-7603 for ticket and lunch reservations.
June 28
Old campground festival: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 28; rain date is noon to 5 p.m. June 29 at the campgrounds, just off U.S. 30 in New Lenox. Call (815) 485-8271, ext. 52.
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