Tickets On Sale For New Trier Inaugural Alumni Achievement Awards Dinner

Community members, alumni, parents, and friends are invited to help New Trier Township High School honor 10 outstanding alumni during its first-ever Alumni Achievement Awards dinner on Tuesday, March 22, at the Sunset Ridge Country Club in Northfield.

Confirmed attendees are: respected cancer researcher Todd Golub '81, Illinois Holocaust Museum founder Sam Harris '54, former Playboy Enterprises CEO and philanthropist Christie Hefner '70, former Nielsen Company CEO and philanthropist Arthur C. Nielsen Jr. '37,  Nobel Prize-winning physicist Jack Steinberger '38, blindness researcher and adventurer Geoffrey Tabin '74 and former U.S. Ambassador Richard Williamson '67.

 Unable to attend in person are: modern dance pioneer Anna Halprin '38, former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld '50, and Emmy-nominated actor Rainn Wilson '84.

 The evening will include a cash-bar cocktail hour at 6 p.m. and a plated dinner program beginning at 7 p.m. Tickets are $75 and can be purchased online at http://bit.ly/fYL1Ej or by calling the New Trier Educational Foundation at 847-784-2667. A limited number of tickets also will be available to a VIP reception from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Tickets to this reception are an additional $100 apiece. Sponsorship opportunities are also available.

 All proceeds from the event will benefit the New Trier Educational Foundation, an independent non-profit organization that funds educational opportunities for New Trier students and faculty that are not a part of the District 203 budget. The Foundation recently helped send a group of music students to a Jazz Education conference in New Orleans and has funded numerous grant requests annually since 2002 to support initiatives of New Trier faculty, staff and students.

 New Trier solicited nominations for the inaugural group of honorees at the beginning of the 2010-2011 school year. Approximately 90 alumni were nominated, and a Selection Committee made up of District administrators, faculty, alumni, community members, representatives of the New Trier Educational Foundation, and a current student chose the 10 outstanding alumni being honored March 22.

 In addition to attending the awards dinner, honorees also will meet with current New Trier students at school during the week of the awards ceremony. They will share the inspiring stories of their careers and service activities and take questions from students.

 More information on the dinner, including online ticket purchasing, is available at www.newtrieralumni.org

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New Trier Township High School District 203 serves Chicago's North Shore suburban communities of Glencoe, Kenilworth, Wilmette and Winnetka, most of Northfield and parts of Glenview and Northbrook.

The New Trier Educational Foundation’s mission is to provide private funding for exceptional educational opportunities that are not funded – or are funded only in part - by the 203 District Budget.  The Educational Foundation works to ensure ongoing excellence at New Trier and has funded over $225,000 in grants to teacher and student initiatives since 2004.

The comprehensive support offered by the Foundation ensures that New Trier will continue to be the gold standard for secondary school education in America.  If you are interested in learning more about the Foundation, getting involved as a volunteer or making a gift, please contact Marianne Breen, Executive Director at 847-784-2346 or breenm@newtrier.k12.il.us.