Tuesday evening was spent at Rockit Bar & Grill as the setting for the official Kick-off Party for Dancing with Celebrities before the main event March 12th. Patrons and guests were treating to "Pink Drinks" and dining discounts for donations, and we had an awesome raffle ticket sales all benefiting Susan G. Komen.
I got the opportunity to "work the room" with Matt Rodewald of NBC 5 and his dance partner Amy for ticket sales, and was really excited about that since Matt and I worked together once before at Six Flags for the V Factory performance and music competition event. I met Amy at our last committee meeting at Arthur Murray as she was one of the first people to sit down and greet me...she was also ready to sell me on dance lessons! She has an awesome personality, so I may have to say that I have a bit of a bias toward their win...but really, guys, I love you all for your dedication so everyone is a winner to me! :)
Also on hand to introduce the event: Mr. D.C. Crenshaw, host of Game Time Dine, Mai Martinez of CBS 2, and DWCC alum Ginger Zee of NBC. I am so impressed with these people, not only for their gift of time and hard work raising funds for breast cancer, but that they are so genuinely personable, relatable, and REAL! They made everyone feel special, they were thankful to everyone for their attendance and support, and never acted like the celebrities they are, for this event or in real life. I applaud each one of them for their character.
We had a terrific turnout and had fabulous raffle prizes won...but there's still more to be won!!! There are even more, even bigger prizes at the actual event to be held March 12th! Just $10.00 a ticket, or $50.00 for 6, puts entries in the running for some great things, and all proceeds go to Susan G. Komen! You do not have to be present to win!!!
My thanks to Rockit Bar for their generous donation of the room for the event, to Hum Spirits for donating the "Pink Drinks" to our guests (I heard they were really good!), again to our dancing celebrities for taking the time out to be there last night, to Cara Belvin of SGK and the rest of the committee for your hard work, and to Jill DeMarlo owner of Arthur Murray Dance Center Chicago and the founder of Chicago's Dancing with Celebrities for her continuous efforts for SGK. Congratulations to a fifth year running...may it be the best yet, and even more to come! And of course to all our supporters...your time and financial support all goes to saving lives!!!
Pictures:
-Matt, Amy and I after our raffle sales
-Jill and D.C. struttin' their stuff...just a hint of what you're going to see next week, folks!
-WGN spotlighting the event
-Matt, Mai, D.C. and Ginger
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