MEDIA AND COMMUNITY ADVISORY
CHINESE AMERICAN SERVICE LEAGUE HOSTS 21st ANNUAL CORPORATE DINNER BENEFIT “RECIPES FOR SUCCESS”
MAY 25th AT HILTON CHICAGO ____________________________________________________________________________ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: (312) 791-0418 Development Dept. May 18, 2010 Bethann Hester or bethann_hester@caslservice.org (English Media) or Gilbert Lun (Chinese Media) or ENERI Communications (312) 635-0888 or info@enericom.net
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CHICAGO, IL – - Founded in 1978, the Chinese American Service League, Inc. (CASL), a 501(c) (3), is the Midwest’s largest and most comprehensive social service agency of its type. CASL will proudly host its 21st Annual Corporate Dinner Benefit on Tuesday, May 25, 2010 in the Grand Ballroom of the Hilton Chicago, 720 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, from 5:30 p.m. – 9 p.m.
The CASL 21st Annual Corporate Dinner Benefit is being held in conjunction with the celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Guests that evening will include approximately 500 corporate and community leaders, local television personalities, and government officials gathered to celebrate CASL’s 31st year of service. This memorable event will include Chinese lion dancers, Chinese cultural arts and children’s performances, and an exceptional raffle and silent auction drawing. Cocktail Reception begins and Silent Auction opens at 5:30 p.m., with a festive dinner banquet at 6:30 p.m.
Celebrity appearances are scheduled by: Linda Yu, ABC 7 Chicago TV anchor/reporter and long-time CASL Advisory Board Chair; Nesita Kwan, anchor and HealthWatch reporter at NBC 5 Chicago TV; Joanie Lum, reporter at FOX Chicago TV; and Judy Wang, anchor/reporter at CLTV News and WGN-TV News.
The evening’s programming will showcase Asian Pacific American culinary experiences and recipes for success. The reception will feature hors d’oeuvres prepared by CASL’s renowned Chef Training Program, now in its 69th class. Created in 1985, the CASL Chef Training Program has placed more than 1,200 graduates at many fine institutions throughout Chicagoland.
A special Pan Asian menu will feature: “Goi Bun So,” a salad course created by Chan Le, Executive Chef at Chicago’s Le Colonial Vietnamese restaurant; a seafood course beautifully designed by Tony Hu, Chef/Owner of three Chinese restaurants, Lao Beijing, Lao Shanghai and Lao Sze Chuan; and the entrée Chicken Tikka with Cauliflower, served with a Basket of Na’an from Chef Jaipal Singh of Chicago’s India House restaurant. Dessert will feature Chef Jackie Shen’s famous Chocolate Bag, made with Belgian Callebaut chocolate. Chef Jackie is now the Executive Chef at Red Light restaurant.
Raffle tickets are now on sale for $20 each. Top prizes are: Grand Prize: $10,000; 1st Prize: Two round-trip coach tickets to anywhere in Asia, courtesy of United Airlines; 2nd prize: A Sony 40” LCD HDTV with 1080p, courtesy of the local Best Buy on 555 West Roosevelt, Chicago; 3rd prize: Three gourmet dinners valued at $100 each at any of the Lao Family of restaurants, courtesy of the Tony Hu Gourmet Group.
Tickets for the event are $10,000 at the Dragon Level; $5,000 at the Phoenix Level; and $3,000 per table of ten at the Tiger Level. Individual tickets are $350 each. For sponsorships, ticket reservations or to purchase raffle tickets, please contact the Development Department at (312) 791-0418, or dustin_quebedeux@caslservice.org .
ABOUT THE CHINESE AMERICAN SERVICE LEAGUE
Founded in 1978, and now in its 31st year of service, the Chinese American Service League, Inc. (CASL), a 501(c) (3), is the Midwest’s largest and most comprehensive social service agency of its type. Housed in the architecturally award-winning Kam L. Liu Building, CASL’s over 280 dedicated bilingual and bicultural staff and 500 volunteers annually serve over 17,000 clients. CASL’s $10.3 million budget funds programs that range from job training and child care to financial education and senior health screening.
A nurturing hub within the heart of Chinatown, the Chinese American Service League connects families and individuals of all ages with the vital support they need to flourish physically, economically, mentally and socially, enabling them to thrive and contribute to the Greater Chicago community.
CASL is a United Way partner social service agency. (CASL Kam L. Liu Building, 2141 South Tan Court, corner Princeton Avenue).
For more information, please contact (312) 791-0418 or adminis@caslservice.org or visit www.caslservice.org.
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CASL 21st Annual Corporate Dinner Sponsors (as of presstime)
Listing Attached
DRAGON
Baxter International, Stuart Ellison, Norm Finkel, NationalMaterial, Bob Pritzker and Mayari Pritzker, Larry Rosenzweig, The Richard H. Driehaus Charitable Lead Trust, Arthur and Elaine Wong, Linda Yu
PHOENIX
Ariel Investments, BlueCross BlueShield, CNA, ComEd,Fifth Third Bank, Kraft Foods, Northern Trust, R.M. Chin & Associates, Marilyn Fatt-Vitale, MacLean-Fogg Co., Raymond & Judy McCaskey, Snaidero Chicago
TIGER
ABC7 Chicago, Charter One Bank, CSMI, Arnold Craine & Grant Crowley, Harris Bank, Lakeside Bank, Lifeline Ambulance, William Lowry, Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, Site Design Group, St. Charles Bank, State Farm Insurance, Valerie, Darryl and Curtis Tom, UBS, Cary Wong, Wong & Knowles, CPA,William Spence, Carson Veach & The Law Offices of Freeborn & Peters
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FOR: Chinese American Service League
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