Friends & Supporters,

Girls Rock! Chicago Fall fundraising is in high gear this month as we prepare for our first ever Autumn Auction. We hope many of you will join us at this very special event to celebrate a successful 2010 summer camp season and begin raising the funds necessary for GR!C's continued growth in 2011...all while sipping delicious wines and munching on delectable chocolates and cheeses! And the prizes! You're simply going to love the great variety of items donated by some of our favorite Chicago artists and establishments. Read on for more about the Autumn Auction & other exciting October events.


Autumn Auction
Thursday, October 21st
Red & White Wine Shop
1861 N. Milwaukee Ave.
7pm - 10pm
$50 in advance
$60 at the door

The Autumn Auction is almost here!  There are still a handful of tickets left so act fast if you'd like to get in on the live bidding action. Price of admission includes beer & wine pours from the evening's hosts, Red & White, and sweet & salty brownies from the kitchen of Nightwood among other treats. Windy City Soul Club DJs will be on hand to keep the party lively while guests bid early and often on great loot from the following supporters:

Beauty Bar ~ Big Star ~ Busy Beaver Buttons ~ The Burlington ~ Chicago Red Stars ~ Chicago Tattoo ~ The Chopping Block ~ Derek Erdman ~ Drag City ~ Empty Bottle ~ Fleur ~ Kiku Handmade ~ Longman & Eagle ~ MAC Cosmetics ~ Mark Greenberg & The Mayfair Workshop ~ Motel Bar ~ p.45 ~ Pitchfork ~ Playboy ~ Reckless Records ~ School of the Art Institute ~ Schubas ~ Strange Beauty ~ Studio One Chicago ~ Threadless ~ The Violet Hour ~ WBEZ ~ Yamaha

To purchase tickets, kindly donate the total cost of your tickets ($50/person) here. Please designate your donation "Autumn Auction" to ensure your reservation.

Want to learn how you can bid online, or keep up with auction news as it unfolds?  Be sure to follow Girls Rock! Chicago on Facebook and twitter for daily details between now and October 21st.  Or feel free to direct any and all auction related questions to rsvp@girlsrockchicago.org


Itty Bitty Donation Drive
Now - October 20th

Girls Rock! Chicago is lucky to have strength in numbers.  We're also lucky to have been offered an EXTRA $10 for every donation made to our organization between now and October 20th via Just Give.  So - putting two and two together - if we can collect a large number of little donations, we will end up with a LOT of money.  We're looking for 100 donors to take part in this challenge. If you've ever considered giving to GR!C but haven't yet, please think about donating the small amount of $10 now. Your donation will become $20 and we will be well on our way to reaching our goal of $2000 - enough to fund 5 full scholarships to next summer's camps.

As always, all donations in any amount are 100% tax deductible since Girls Rock! Chicago is a 501c3 non-profit. If you like what we do, let us know and watch your little bit go a long way: Donate Now

Decibelle Festival Kickoff Dance Party!
Thursday, October 14th
Berlin
954 W. Belmont
10pm
$7

The 2010 Decibelle Music & Culture Festival kicks off TONIGHT with a Girls Rock! Chicago Dance Party!  Start off your weekend early with a LIVE performance by Chicago's synth pop dance trio Brilliant Pebbles, as well as DJ sets by GR!C supporters Dani Deahl, Young Creature, DJ Ang.G., and DJ Code Blue. A portion of the evening's proceeds benefit GR!C. The festival continues through Saturday and a full list of the weekend's events can be found here. All events support Decibelle's efforts to "build and foster a supportive arts community that inspires, educates, breaks down stereotypes, and encourages bold creative expression." Inspiring indeed!


Camper Performance at Whole Foods
Wednesday, October 27th
Whole Foods Market - Lincoln Park
1550 N. Kingsbury Street
7pm

We're back at Whole Foods for the next in our series of live camper performances. Stop in the Lincoln Park store for FREE entertainment by Girls Rock! Chicago campers and alum on the last Wednesday of every month.  Interested in being one of our upcoming featured performers?  Email melissa@girlsrockchicago.org for details! 


Girls Rock! Chicago Seeks Space

Girls Rock! Chicago began in 2006 with 16 campers. By 2007, summer camp attendance had skyrocketed to 60 girls and as many volunteers. This summer we held two camps for the very first time, serving a total of 150 girls from ages 8-16. Our next hope as an organization is to find a space of our own largest enough to host year round programs, workshops and music lessons. Do you know of an empty storefront in your neighborhood that just might fit the bill? Please let us know. Do you have a background in commercial real estate or any skills to bring to the table in helping us make this dream a reality? Then we'd love to hear from you. Send your thoughts, suggestions and offers regarding all things "space" to info@girlsrockchicago.org.


GR!C is Ready to Rock YouTube

Have any great videos of your campers performing their songs at Metro?  How about of your band taking the stage at Schubas after a long weekend of Ladies Rock camp?  If so, please share them with us! We know we're all over the internet but we'd love to compile all of the Girls Rock! videos out there in one neat place - a Girls Rock! Chicago You Tube channel. You know, anything to make it easier for Grandma & Grandpa to find them. Send us what you've got and we'll do the rest. kara@girlsrockchicago.org knows what's up!