MARCH 1, 2025 at Concorde Banquets in Kildeer, IL
Details:
Saturday, March 1st from 6pm – 11pm at Concorde Banquets in Kildeer.
The gala is the primary fundraising event for both Holy Family Catholic Community and Holy Family Catholic Academy.
What to expect:
An entertaining cocktail hour will be followed by a delicious plated dinner, silent and live auctions, speaking program, and paddle raise. The night will conclude with live music and dancing. Let’s have a great time for a great cause!
What to wear:
Come dressed to impress for a night out on the town! Or, if you’ve ever thought of running away with the circus, this is your chance to get in character: ringmaster, bearded lady, lion tamer–anything goes!
Ticket Info:
Tickets are on sale now through February 22nd.
There are several ticket options:
Individual Ticket
$175
1 gala ticket
Couples Ticket
$350
2 gala tickets
Magician Sponsorship*
$1,000
2 gala tickets
Table of 10
$1,750
10 gala tickets
*New this year! The $1,000 Magician Sponsorship includes two gala tickets and a half page black and white ad in the program book. We are looking for seven additional families to support the gala at the Magician Sponsorship level to help us reach our goal of ten Magician sponsors.
The ticket sales website also includes an option to donate a ticket allowing a Teacher/Staff/Catechist to attend the gala free of charge.
Coming with a group? You may indicate with whom you would like to be seated at the gala by including the first and last names of your tablemates on the ticket sales website “Additional Information” page where it says “Group Name”. If no preference is specified, we will happily seat you at a table.
2025 Gala Sponsors
RING MASTER
Melissa & Michael Canning
Lion Tamer
Anonymous
Tight Rope Walker
Cornerstone Bank – Bill Kubek
Juggler
Cobey & Erich Struckmeyer
Mike & Lisa Kelly
Smith Corcoran – Jay Smith
David & Kristen Berryhill
Billy & Brittany DeGironemo, Jr.
Lauren & JP Hills
Mr. & Mrs. David & Cara Morkes
Acrobat
Shaun & Amanda Louw
Kathy & Jim Ahlgrim
Lino & Jolene Greco
Magician
Gloria Walters
Lauren Ludwig
Alison Crossetti
Camile & Michael Thompson
Gina & Tim George
Nicole Gange Grathwol & Cory Grathwol
Jack Harnedy
Michael & Maria Carocci
Kurt & Barb Knuth
Timothy & Kathy S. French
Dr. Jennifer Moriera
Linda L. Longmeyer, BHHS
Dr. Jonathan & Leila Nelson
Jacklyn & Philip Mallard
How You Can Help Make the Gala a Success:
How You Can Help Make the Gala a Success:
Table Captains
We are looking for one or two volunteers from each grade level to serve as table captains. Table captains will help encourage ticket sales among parents and coordinate tables of ten. Please complete this form to indicate your interest in supporting the gala with your time.
Sponsorship
Multiple sponsorship opportunities are available, ranging from $1,000 to $25,000. Individual families and businesses are encouraged to serve as event sponsors. Please reach out to Linda Longmeyer for more information at Linda@starkre.com or 847-809-7050.
Donation
Experiences, passes, sports tickets, autographed memorabilia and vacation homes would make great additions to our live and silent auction. Please reach out to Lauren Hills at LC_Hills@yahoo.com or 847-476-6634 if you have access to an item that may be of interest to members of our community.
Program Book
Ads in our program book range from $125 – $1,000. The program book is a great way to support the gala while promoting your business, honoring a teacher/staff member/catechist, recognizing a group (ministry, sports team, etc) or commemorating a special occasion (anniversary, First Communion, graduation). Please reach out to Linda Longmeyer for more information at Linda@starkre.com or 847-809-7050.
Event Setup
Volunteers will be needed on Friday, February 28th during the school day before the gala to help decorate and set up at Concorde Banquets. Please complete this form to indicate your interest in supporting the gala with your time.
What if I can’t attend the gala?
There are several ways to support the gala from afar:
• You are welcome to participate in the silent auction using your mobile device. More details forthcoming!
If you’d like to be a sponsor, please consider donating the gala tickets that come complimentary with your sponsorship to allow a teacher, staff member, or catechist to attend free of charge.
•Have something to donate to our auction? We’d love to have your addition.
•Create an ad for the program book sharing your well wishes for the gala or to honor a teacher/staff/coach who has made an impact on your child’s experience at HFCA.
Ladies and gents this is the moment you’ve waited for: The Holy Family Catholic Community Gala is coming to town! Please join us for The Greatest Show where we will come alive as a community to rewrite the stars and share a million dreams on Saturday, March 1st, 2025 at Concorde Banquets in Kildeer.
To honor the incredibly special and beautifully unique community that is both the Holy Family Parish and Holy Family Catholic Academy, our gala theme, “The Greatest Show,” seeks to celebrate the staff, teachers, ministries, and families that collectively create the best circus this town has ever seen! Because there truly is no greater show than each and everyone of you, we hope to set a stage that invites each of our individual acts and accomplishments to step into the spotlight, join hands, and together take a bow in celebration for and honor of our one Holy Family.
For one night and one night only, relish in the friendly fellowship, tantalizing tastes, and feel good fun only the gala’s big top can provide—you’ll never know what star-studded surprises await you when you enter the ring! Come one, come all in your fanciest circus inspired formal wear: sophisticated spectators, bearded ladies, and ringmasters alike are all welcome to toast to where we all choose to be: one with the Holy Family community.
As ringmasters, we have previously starred in many acts at Holy Family, from making magic in preschool STEM classes, taming lions as Academy room parents, and creating the chorus line as Parent Association event co-chairs. For our next act, we have decided to shoot for the stars as we serve as this year’s Gala 2025 chairs. We humbly invite each of you to join us in dreaming with our eyes wide open, share in the stunning spotlight, and appreciate the applause given as the gala contributes to the continued financial success of both Holy Family Parish and Holy Family Catholic Academy. Come join the circus!
Your ringmasters,
Lauren Hills and Cara Morkes