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4 | December 29, 2016 | The glenview lantern news<br />
glenviewlantern.com<br />
Community leaders wait on tables for charity<br />
Event raises more<br />
than $5K for Sister<br />
Paulanne’s Needy<br />
Family Fund<br />
NEIL MILBERT<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
Sister Paulanne and a<br />
supporting cast made up of<br />
other members of the Our<br />
Lady of Perpetual Help<br />
parish leadership team,<br />
community leaders and celebrities<br />
made superlative<br />
debuts as servers during<br />
a Sunday evening stint at<br />
Middy Mags Pizzeria.<br />
The neophyte waitresses<br />
and waiters raked<br />
in $5,064 in tips from 5-8<br />
p.m. on Dec. 4 with all of<br />
the money going to Sister<br />
Paulanne’s Needy Family<br />
Fund.<br />
“Beforehand my daughter,<br />
Carolyn, asked me<br />
‘What will it take for<br />
you to consider this a<br />
success?’ and I told her<br />
‘standing-room only at<br />
some point and $3,000<br />
or more in tips,‘” said<br />
Glenview Park District<br />
Vice-President Charlie<br />
Kuhn, who conceived the<br />
fundraiser. “We took in<br />
$5,064 in three hours and<br />
it was standing room only<br />
for more than an hour. It<br />
shows not only how generous<br />
the parishioners at<br />
OLPH are but how generous<br />
the whole community<br />
is. There were people who<br />
gave Sister Paulanne a<br />
$100 tip when they paid a<br />
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Glenview Village President<br />
Jim Patterson headed<br />
the list of community leaders<br />
who worked as waiters.<br />
Among the other notables<br />
from the community were<br />
Park District President<br />
Dan Peterson, Glenbrook<br />
South Assistant Principal<br />
Jim Shellard and long-time<br />
Glenview police officer<br />
John Good.<br />
Loyola Academy was<br />
represented by head football<br />
coach John Holecek,<br />
whose football team finished<br />
second in the Class<br />
8A State championship<br />
game for the third time in<br />
six years last month after<br />
winning the championship<br />
in 2015. Joan Kitchie,<br />
vice-president of advancement,<br />
represented Regina.<br />
Joining Sister Paulanne<br />
were the church’s pastor,<br />
Father Jerry Boland, and<br />
associate pastor, Father<br />
Isaac Lara; Dr. Amy Mills,<br />
the parish school principal;<br />
Cherie DiCesare, director<br />
of the parish’s religious<br />
education program; and<br />
her daughter, Sara, the associate<br />
director.<br />
An eight-member choral<br />
group from GBS dressed<br />
in Victorian period costumes<br />
sang Christmas carols<br />
for the diners and those<br />
waiting to be served.<br />
“This is about as successful<br />
as a first-time<br />
event can be,” said Father<br />
Boland when he took a<br />
break from his “side job”<br />
as a waiter. “It’s a wonderful<br />
cause and the Christmas<br />
season brings out the<br />
generosity in people. This<br />
involves kids and families.<br />
The food is terrific and<br />
prices are reasonable. It’s<br />
just great.”<br />
Sister Paulanne said the<br />
Needy Family Fund dates<br />
back 30 years.<br />
“I started it with Father<br />
Joan Kitchie, vice president of advancement at Regina<br />
Dominican, takes orders on Dec. 4 at Middy Mags<br />
Pizzeria to raise money for Sister Paulanne’s Needy<br />
Family Fund. Claire Esker/22nd Century Media<br />
Myles McDonell, our pastor<br />
at the time,” she said.<br />
“We had some needy families<br />
at the time. It expanded<br />
beyond our community.<br />
“The purpose of the<br />
fund is to help people who<br />
are out of work, people<br />
who have medical needs,<br />
people who have shelter<br />
needs. We try to respond<br />
by providing food, clothing<br />
and shelter. There’s a<br />
committee that helps me.<br />
In a typical year we will<br />
raise more than $500,000.<br />
It’s not only money —<br />
people also donate food,<br />
clothing and furniture.”<br />
Sister Paulanne credited<br />
Kuhn with being the<br />
one who “thought up” the<br />
event at Minny Mags and<br />
did “all the organizing.”<br />
Originally, when the<br />
park district’s vice-president<br />
came to her and<br />
Father Boland with his<br />
brainchild, she wasn’t receptive.<br />
“I said ‘no’ but Father<br />
said ‘yes’ so here were<br />
are,” Sister Paulanne said<br />
with a smile. “And I’m<br />
glad we are.”<br />
Kuhn’s brainstorm came<br />
last May when he was<br />
“driving down Milwaukee<br />
Avenue daydreaming” after<br />
visiting his parents in<br />
Vernon Hills. He immediately<br />
called his friend,<br />
Minny Maggs owner Mike<br />
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