GECRC Events
Glen Ellyn Children’s Resource Center (GECRC) events offer a great opportunity to benefit GECRC while connecting with your friends, family, neighbors, or customers.
Past Events
Rock Around the Block
We are incredibly grateful to all of the members of our tremendous community who came out to support GECRC at the four Rock the Block parties on Saturday, Sept.7! Attendees enjoyed listening to talented local musicians, catching up with neighbors and learning more about GECRC. Generous donations have topped $4000 and counting - thank you to everyone who donated! Extra special thanks to our block party hosts: the Winters, the Lobdells, the Stortzs, the Buttimers, and a new block party in the Mary Knoll neighborhood this year, hosted by former GECRC board member Judy Cheney and long standing Lincoln tutor Kim Tolliver. Thank you also to the incredible musicians: Exmoor Avenue: Justin "Bronco" Ullman, Barry Dupuy and GECRC tutor Courtnay Roberts; Cottage Avenue: Gabi Winter, Ryan and Carrie O'Halloran, Jenny Mauzer and Drew Tedford; Sunset Avenue: Lincoln Elementary teacher Amy Bishop and her band Altered Suburbia; Mary Knoll: The Arts Department - former GECRC board member Lucy Dallman and Ben Franklin music teacher Billy Van Duzor.Our community is talented, generous and amazing!
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Picklepalooza
What an amazing time we all had in August at Pickled Wheaton for our second annual sold-out Picklepalooza 2 fundraiser! Congratulations to our Intermediate/Advanced bracket winners Team "Wolfie," Sue Kamphuis and Barb Iverson, and to our Beginning/Intermediate bracket winners Team "Shorty," Kristen Short and Lisa Leuer!! Thank you so much to all of our sponsors, players, attendees, volunteers and the Picklepalooza committee for all of your hard work on this incredibly fun event that raised $8000 in sponsorships for GECRC and had 50 pickleballers and fans attend!
Thank you also to Pickled! in Wheaton for being such wonderful hosts!
Sponsors and In-Kind Donations for Picklepalooza:
- Foundation Wealth Strategies
- Glen Ellyn Bank & Trust
- Mulcare Insurance Company
- Centerpoint Properties
- Davey Tree Experts
- Laubinger & Associates, LLC
- Umlauf Design
- Rakuten
- Berkshire Hathaway - Daniel Maurer
- Compass Real Estate - Griffin Harvey Group
- Culligan Water
- Custom Direct Integrated Marketing Solutions
- Identity Graphics
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2024 Literary Event: A Tremendous Success!
What an incredible night! Our annual Literary Event featuring acclaimed author Mary Beth Keane on April 18 was a tremendous success, raising more than $25,000! More than 140 attendees listened to Mary Beth’s remarks on her fourth novel ‘The Half Moon,’ which was released in paperback format April 2. We are so grateful to Mary Beth for traveling to Glen Ellyn to share her insightful wit and wisdom with us!
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We would like to thank the Bookstore of Glen Ellyn for their partnership in making this event possible. If you haven’t had the pleasure of reading ‘The Half Moon’ yet, you can purchase a copy from the Bookstore.
Thank you so much to all of our generous sponsors, including our Book Lovers level sponsors Glen Ellyn Bank & Trust and the Kiwanis Club of Glen Ellyn.
For a complete list of sponsors, raffle and silent auction donors, please see the lists linked below.
Thank you to Glen Oak Country Club of Glen Ellyn for their wonderful hospitality.
We also want to recognize the dedicated efforts of the Literary Event committee, especially chairperson and GECRC board member Janis Pfister, who devoted countless hours of her time. Thank you to committee members Katie Prescott, Maureen Winans, Angela Fanella, Shannon Burgess, Karen Winter, and GECRC board president Celia Rodee for all of their hard work.
Finally, thank you to the GECRC board members and staff for their support at this event. All of these efforts make such a difference in the lives of our students!
Literary Event Sponsors and Donors:
- Glen Ellyn Bank & Trust
- Kiwanis Club of Glen Ellyn
- Balance Yoga + Pilates
- Ball Foundation
- BP Wash 'n Go
- Carrie & Renee Team- Compass Realty
- Casey's Gas Station
- Crowne Plaza
- Dairy Queen of Glen Ellyn
- Identity Graphics
- Julia Smith Architecture
- Laubinger & Associates, LLC
- Marcels/Marche
- Papier Girl
- Park and Oak
- Quaid and Rooney's Broker|Owners
- Sign of the Whale
- String Theory
- Theresa Hiser
- TKS Design Group
In-Kind Raffle and Silent Auction Donations for the Literary Event:
- a la main
- Ashley Van Lopik
- Bench 492
- Blackberry Market
- Burger Social
- Crowne Plaza
- Crumbl Cookies
- Dairy Queen
- Dr. Leslie Wardell
- DuPage Children’s Museum
- Enchantments
- Gather and Collect
- Gia Mia
- Gilda Ross
- Glen Ellyn Police
- Good Roots
- Hale Street Cantina
- Health Track Sports Wellness
- Jayne
- Jeans and Cute Top Shop
- Koze
- M&Em’s
- MacAnnich Arts Center
- Marci Meyers
- Mion Artisan Soap
- My Half of the Sky Coffee Shop
- Nothing Bundt Cakes
- Olive and Vinnies
- Papier Girl
- Paramount Theater
- Proof No. 5
- Sign of the Whale
- String Theory
- Tasting DeVine
- The Bookstore
- Theresa Hiser
- Two Brothers Round House
- Two Hound Red
- Village Links
- Vintage Charm Wheaton
- Vintage Moon Studio
- Wheaton Yamaha Music School
- Three Local Book Clubs: The Book Club, Novels and Neighbors, and Bound by Books
Previous Literary Event Featured Authors and Books
2023 - Mary Laura Philpott, ‘Bomb Shelter’
2022 - Abra Berens, ‘grist’ and ‘ruffage’ cookbooks
2021 - Claire Lombardo, ‘The Most Fun We Ever Had’
2020 - canceled due to pandemic
2019 - Rebecca Makkai, ‘The Great Believers’
2018 - Christina Henriquez
2017 - Ronald H. Balson
2016 - Luis Urrea
2015 - Melanie Benjamin
