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Join us for the 25th Annual Taste of Morton Grove!

The Morton Grove Foundation hopes to provide direct grants totaling approximately $40,000.00 to 25 local charities at this year's Taste of Morton Grove!

The Morton Grove Foundation is proud to announce its grant recipients for 2013.  Twenty-five beneficiaries have been selected to receive grants from $1,000 to $5,000.  The total amounts of the grants are dependent upon the success of the Foundation’s annual fundraiser - The Taste - which will be held on March 7, 2013, at The White Eagle in Niles, Illinois. The Taste features samplings from the area’s finest restaurants and is supported by hundreds of volunteers, local businesses and residents.

2013 grant beneficiaries are:

  • Advocate Charitable Foundation
  • Adult Down Syndrom Center
  • American Brain Tumor Association
  • Association of Horizon
  • For Autistic Kids Foundation
  • Foundation for Nager and Miller Syndromes
  • H.A.V.E. Dreams
  • Maine Center for Mental Health
  • Maine-Niles Association of Special Recreation
  • Misericordia
  • Morton Grove Baseball & Softball Association
  • Morton Grove Days Commission
  • Morton Grove Farmers Market
  • Morton Grove Historical Society
  • Morton Grove Sportsman Club
  • Morton Grove Woman's Club
  • Niles Township Food Pantry
  • Orchard Village
  • Ray Graham Association 
  • Rebuilding Together
  • SHORE Community Services
  • Standing Tall Charitable Foundation
  • Turning Point
  • YMCA of Metro Chicago - Camp Independence 

According to the Foundation’s Chair, Jim Karp, “The Foundation has selected organizations that directly benefit Morton Grove and the surrounding area.  This year’s beneficiaries provide needed resources for disabled children and adults, underprivileged families and community organizations within the Morton Grove area.”

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Tickets are $30 before the event and $40 at the door. They are being sold by committee members and at several locations around Morton Grove including: MB Financial at 6201 Dempster and 9147 Waukegan, MG Fire Dept on Lincoln Avenue, MG Village Hall, Century 21 Marino and Inland Bank. 

The Foundation hopes to provide direct grants totaling approximately $40,000.00 this year. Despite the difficult local economy, the Foundation fundraising efforts remain strong; to date the  Foundation has raised and given away over $500,000 during its twenty-five year history. Karp credits the generosity of area residents and business that support the Taste year after year, and notes that “as funding sources contract, local charities rely on grass root efforts of the Morton Grove Foundation to provided needed funds for their important works.”

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For Event Information Contact Event Chair Mike Simkins at (847) 903-2124. For Tickets Contact Eileen Harford (847) 470-8505.

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