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The Starlight Children’s Foundation:
The Starlight Children’s Foundation Midwest Gala
was a huge success once again this year – raising
nearly $320,000. This year’s black-tie event was
held on Saturday, June 7th at the Macy’s magnificent
State Street location.
The theme of this year’s event centered around
Starlight’s innovative Fun Centers that come equipped
with the new Nintendo Wii gaming system.
 The
first portion of the evening began with guests enjoying
cocktails and hors’ devours, a silent auction and
the Wii Workshop. The Wii Workshop was filled with four
large trees decorated with mini-wheel barrels yellow
hardhats, cracker jacks, inflatable hammers and other
items signifying fun and innovation.
Joining in the fun and lending a much needed helping
hand was LaShawn Cobb.
LaShawn came to us through an announcement we placed
for volunteers at WomenOnCall.org. She worked hard with
other volunteers, creatively tagging all of the items
in the Wii Workshop to make sure that everyone wanted
to “take a shot” at winning. Together with
other volunteers, LaShawn demonstrated how and why we
have been so successful at Starlight Midwest. Our volunteers
are what make us work. We know that we could not do
what we do without the generous time commitment of people
like LaShawn Cobb and the help of wonderful resources
like WomenOnCall.org.
 After
the workshop and a delicious dinner, guests crowded
the dance floor, kicked - back and celebrated the success
of the evening. We are very thankful for the many gracious
attendees who made the evening such a magnificent experience.
Starlight Children’s Foundation Midwest would
like to take this opportunity to say to LaShawn Cobb,
WomenOnCall.org and all the other wonderful volunteers
and guests who took part in the festivities, thank you
for joining us to brighten the lives of the seriously
ill children and families we serve. We couldn’t
do it with out you!.
Starlight Children’s Foundation Midwest is a Chicago-based
nonprofit organization that serves the four-state territory
of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin. Since
1986, we have helped seriously ill children and their
families cope with their pain, fear and isolation through
entertainment, education and family activities.
 Starlight
Midwest serves children and teens suffering from any
serious illness or injury. Our services include family
events that allow sick children and their families to
relax, have fun, and reconnect outside the hospital
environment; entertainment programs that boost spirits,
reduce the need for pain medication, and provide distraction
therapy; technology-based programs that connect isolated,
sick youth with their peers and enable them to keep
up with their schoolwork; and educational programs that
help sick children understand medical procedures, manage
their illness and develop coping strategies.
For more information please visit our website at www.starlight-midwest.org.
About LaShawn Cobb:
La Shawn Cobb is a native Chicagoan, born and raised
on the Southside of Chicago. She is a single mother
of one. Her son attends De La Salle HS. Ms. Cobb is
in the process of starting her own women’s boutique
called Hyppi Girl. She has worked in several fields
from clothing to working with special needs children.
Ms. Cobb chose the WomenOnCall.org organization because
she really enjoys volunteering her time, meeting new
people and helping out when she can. La Shawn’s
first volunteer job was with Starlight foundation and
she found the people and the project to be very nice
and easy. Ms. Cobb is looking forward to working with
different organizations in the future.
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