Annual Gala Event 2009: A Total Success!

Message from Nicole Gotthelf, WMG's Board President:

The Benefit was a magnificent event!! Great board turn out! 12 out of 13! WOW! Thanks for all your support in being there, selling tickets, and being sponsors.

Again, I want to extend my gratitude to Pam and Amy for their leadership on this event! Great place, great food, great spirit, and all great energy for Woman Made! Cheers to all of you! Bravo!

-Nicole Gotthelf, WMG President

Thank You!

The Gala and Benefit Auction on April 25th was truly a most wonderful and successful event. With the tremendous help of many supporters we were able to raise $55,000!!! We thank our co-chairs, Pamella Capitanini and Amy Stoeffler, for their leadership and generosity. We appreciate the input by our Auction Committee, all board and staff members, who have helped to make this another successful fundraiser. We are most grateful to all our sponsors who have donated to the good cause, all individuals and businesses who have placed ads, and we thank all our contributors whose gifts were used in the live and silent auction and in our boutique section. Thank you Mo Cahill for doing a great job with the adbook, and thank you to Shannon Downey and Pivotal Production for being our expert event planner! And of course we couldn't do what we do without our great volunteers. Thank you for all your hard work for Woman Made Gallery.

Thanks to our Sponsors who donated at various levels of support: ($2,500+) Pamella and Alfredo Capitanini, Marjorie Jeanchild, ($1,000+) Anonymous, Mary Keefe and Bob Scales, Robin Malpass, Ann Regan, Amy Stoeffler, ($500-$999) Roberta Reb and Neil Allen, Kathy Bergold, Mo Cahill and Paul Ciciora, Nicole Gotthelf, Donna and Martin Korey, Beate and Michael Minkovski, Susan Pritzker, Rebecca Sive and Steve Tomashefsky, Frances E. Tuite, ($250-$499) Valentin Michov, Marty and Jim Bash, Fran Bull, Pamela Callahan, Patricia Callahan, Elaine Collina, Jean Cozier, Vicki Curtis and Bill Siavelis, Andrea and Dick Ginsburg, Susan L. Karkomi, Catherine MacCarthy, Wilma Stevens, Elena Aguirre and Jacob Sznajder, Kathleen and Dan Waterloo, Gary Waters, ($100-$249) Peyton Callahan, Ashton Clay, John Anthony, Carol Augustine, Andrea Bempong, Jo-Anne Cairo, Rebecca Carlins, Byron Delman, Jan Feldman, Beatrice Fisher, Anita Jenke, Mona O'Connor, Lelaine Lim Paik, Louise Pappageorge.

Thanks to Contributors: Jeannine Cleary, Henrietta (Henny) DuBois, Madelyn Gaul, Heywood Hoffman, Sandra Holubow, Rosalyn L. Lueck-Mammen, Anna Pachl, Jill Peve, I. Carmen Quintana, Schakowsky for Congress, Matthew Stoeffler, Tandem Design.

Thanks to Advertisers: Amazing Edibles, Apartment People, Friends of Walter Burnett, Campagnola, CBOE, Delux Bar & Grill, Frame Warehouse Evanston, David Frederickson State Farm Insurance, EzMail Services, Patricia Gilleran DDS, Goods of Evanston, Goose Island Brew Pub, Grubb Property Management, Heartland Cafe, Immersive Realms, Italian Village Restaurants, Elzbieta Kazmierczak, Karin Kuzniar, Laurus Technologies, Ralph Lauterbach, Lost Eras, Lupa Productions, Midwest Clay Guild, Alderman Joe Moore, P-Country Inc., Sandra Perlow, Pivotal Production, Shawn Recinto, Serumido Ltd., Spacca Napoli, Starla Sholl, Sound Investment, TDSM Agency, Whimsical Candy.

Thanks to Live and Silent Auction Donors: Allstar Smiles, Amazing Edibles, ATYL, Nancy Angermeyer, Ulla Anobile, Marty Bash, Bar on the Alley, Cali Bergold, Nate Berkus, Theresa Bertocci, Janet Bloch, Sharon Borstein, Fran Bull, Pamela Callahan, Pamella and Alfredo Capitanini, Nancy Charak, Moira Collins, Crisanta Deguzman, Anne Elizabeth, Janice Elkins, Aida Emart, Deb Flagel, Sarah Gabel, Gibson’s Steakhouse, Dorothy Hughes, Charles Ifergan Salon, Italian Village Restaurants, Jayson Home and Garden, Margo Jeanchild, Mary Lou Jelachich, Sarah Kaiser, Ursula Kammer-Fox, Elzbieta (Elka) Kazmierczak, Beverly Keys, Ginny Krueger, Elaine Langerman, Suzanne Keith Loechl, Marilyn Madden, Robin Malpass, Stephanie Marder, Ruth Aizuss Migdal, Renny Mills, Jean Nerenberg, Regina Noakes, Mary O'Connell, The Orion Ensemble, Uli Ostermann, Carmen M. Perez, Corinne D. Peterson, Julie Pitzen, I. Carmen Quintana, Karen Rechtschaffen, Tracy Reese, Reza’s Restaurant, Rivendell Theatre, Nancy Rosen, Carol Ross, Cynthia Rowley, John G. Shedd Aquarium, Hilary Shank-Kuhl, Alpana Singh and Chef Emily Kutchins, Southwest Airlines, Kiki Stathakis, S. Gayle Stevens, Amy Stoeffler, Mary Stoppert, Elena Aguirre Sznajder, Anne Taft, Keith J. Taylor, Francine Turk, Sharon Uselman, Liz Vercruysse, Kathleen Waterloo, Kathy Weaver, Deborah Weber, Holly Whiston, Gail Willert, Les Wold, Marjorie Woodruff, Alison Zehr.

Images: top photo collage taken by Cassandra West; images from left to right and top to bottom show: Mary Ann Anthony and Bill Siavelis; Marjorie Woodruff and Sheila A. Donovan; Pamella Capitanini and Emily Santos; Beate Minkovski, Nicole Gotthelf, and Robin Malpass; Fran Tuite and Renny Mills; Amy Stoeffler and Alpana Singh; Candace Hunter and guest; Amy Stoeffler, Pamella Capitanini, and Francine Turk; three guests; Jennifer Connor; Beate Minkovski and Anita Jenke; Wilma Stevens, Mary-Ann Lupa, and Mo Cahill. Photo with Pamella and Alfredo Capitanini was taken by Carmen M. Perez.