'A Pint For Kim' Blood Drive Brings Music, Carnival Fun To Naperville

NAPERVILLE, IL — Once again, A Pint for Kim won't be your average blood drive. Slated for May 11, the event features live music, a carnival, food trucks (including Rainbow Cone!) and other activities to honor the memory of Kimberley Benedyk Sandford, a Naperville resident who died of a rare cancer in 2020.

Donors will get tickets to be entered into a drawing that promises prizes valued at more than $30,000. The blood drive will be conducted by Versiti Blood Centers. Click the link to reserve a spot to donate blood.

This year marks the 5th A Pint for Kim & Life Saving Celebration. The "A Pint for Kim" was first held in March 2020, with some 500 people showing up to donate blood just days after Sandford's death.

Here's a list of the bands slated to perform at the May 11 event:

10 a.m.: The Paul Abella Trio

12 p.m.: After School Special

2 p.m.: Junkyard Groove

Below is a list of food trucks that will be selling eats during the blood drive.

• Billy Bricks
• Joe & Dough
• Rainbow Cone
• Tacos Marios

A car show will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. To get admission to the Hamilton Collection car show, your party must have at least one person who donated blood to A Pint for Kim.

Other activities include kid-friendly crafts, meet and greets with therapy dogs and a vendor market.

Click the link to learn more about A Pint for Kim.

What: A Pint for Kim & Life Saving Celebration

When: May 11 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Where: Naperville North High School, 899 N. Mill St., Naperville