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Oct 2009  |  By Mibs  |  Comments (0)

Wine, Women & Shoes Raises almost $120,000

TAGS: fundraiser, UNICEF

More than 600 wine lovers and footwear fanatics helped raise almost $120,000 for the Midwest Regional Office of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF at Wine, Women & Shoes - Chicago 2009.  Proceeds from the Oct. 1 benefit go to a life-saving cause: UNICEF's Accelerated Child Survival initiative in 25 sub-Saharan African countries.

At the event, attendees enjoyed:

• Shopping for designer shoes, handbags and accessories from some of the hottest local and national boutiques: Aberle, Akira, Angeleigh Anastasio, Gypsy Global Chic, Lisa Mackey Design, Lori's Shoes and Shirise.
• Delectable wines from six of the country's finest vintners: Alexander Valley Vineyards, Gabrielle Collection, Martellotto Wines, New Age, Schweiger Vineyards and Two Angels. Full glasses of wine at bars donated by local store Arista Foods.

"Proceeds from events like Wine, Women & Shoes have helped UNICEF reduce the number of preventable child deaths each day from 25,000 to 24,000," says Casey Marsh, director of the Midwest Regional Office of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF.  "This event was a celebration of this accomplishment and Chicago's commitment to bringing that number down to zero."

Co-chairs of Wine, Women & Shoes 2009 were Judy Fitzgerald of OUR BIG SPLASH LLC and Camille Julmy of U.S. Equities Realty LLC.  Maggie Daley returned as this year's Honorary Chair.