Elmhurst TV local cable coverage of the 40th Annual Dan Gibbons Turkey Trot through the streets of downtown Elmhurst on Thanksgiving morning will air in December on Comcast Channel 6 and AT&T U-Verse Channel 99 on Fridays at 6 p.m., starting tonight. Click HERE to watch online via Elmhurst TV’s YouTube page.
With donations from our Chamber and yours truly, fundraising by the Elmhurst Firefighters to develop a First Responders Memorial Plaza at First Station No.2 has raced past the $100K mark towards its goal of $150K.
Jennifer Veremis, our Chamber’s newly-contracted Membership Associate, is seeking member assistance in identifying prospective members who might benefit for joining our organization.
Thanks to Presenting Sponsor Itasca Bank & Trust and Event Sponsors Edward-Elmhurst Health and Duly Health and Care, all ECCI members, for their support of the August 29 Multi-Chamber Hunger Action Luncheon at Abbington Distinctive Banquets in Glen Ellyn.
Elmhurst firefighters are working to raise $150K to memorialize 9/11 in a new piece of public sculpture designed by Jason Peot featuring a piece of rail recovered from below the Twin Towers in downtown New York for display near Fire Station No. 2 on South York Street.
Thanks to all who sent their kind thoughts, well wishes and offers of assistance in advance of my June 21 right knee replacement surgery at Elmhurst Memorial Hospital, and cards and food since. I have recovered well enough to spend time in the office every day this past week, but I look forward to a long weekend off in celebration of the Fourth of July.