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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 />

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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 />

Please see Waiter, 7

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