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Friday, December 28, 2012

Ring in 2013: New Year's Eve Events

Find a place to celebrate New Year's Eve at one of these neighborhood hot spots.

Still need New Year's Eve plans? Patch has your New Year's Eve plans under control with these area events for families and adults. So strap on your party hat, grab your noisemaker and peruse our list of neighborhood events happening for Monday, Dec. 31, 2012: The 19th Ward senior citizen New Year's Eve Party at Noon will be hosted at the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences, 3857 W. 111th Street. The event is hosted by local elected officials and will run from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The cost is $5.  If you are looking to leave the neighborhood for the big night, there are a variety of events at clubs and restaurants all across the city. Two unique options might be a revue show at Second City, or a four course meal and lakefront cruise…

Friday, September 21, 2012

The Benefit Beat

9-Year-Old Girl From Mount Greenwood Battling Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma

A benefit is planned for Emily Beazley, 9, a local girls who is staying strong in the face of great adversity.

Emily Beazley's 8th birthday was celebrated with a big party last year. Born with a condition called Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn, doctors said that by age 8, Emily would outgrow the side effects from that condition. Emily fought through that ordeal, and was finally living the life of an average girl. Then, on April 7, 2011, everything changed. A diagnosis of stage III T-Cell Lymphoblastic Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, a very aggressive cancer, forced Emily to face yet another life threatening challenge in her young life. According to her parents, Ed and Nadia Beazley of Mount Greenwood, Emily has fought with courage and grace. In the past year, Emily now 9, has been hospitalized several times and undergone many treatments …

Friday, September 7, 2012

The Latest in Local Benefit News

You take care of your own, and we give you a space to share stories from area benefits and fundraisers.

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