Bring Your HEART to Hopleaf

The humane education organization, HEART (Humane Education Advocates Reaching Teachers), is having a fundraising event to benefit the organization’s work to educate Chicago youth about social justice, animal protection, and the environment. Tickets for the event cost $10 pre-sale or $15 at the door, which includes hors d'oeuvre, a drink ticket, and a raffle ticket. There are also VIP tickets for $20 pre-sale and $25 at the door, which in hors d'oeuvre, three drink tickets, and three raffle tickets. At the event, guests can purchase craft beer and wines for just $4. There will also be a 50/50 raffle, where proceeds from the raffle will be split between the raffle winner and HEART. Guests can also bid on an assortment of silent auction items from business such as Native Foods Café, Frey Organic Wines, and Metropolis Coffee. Proceeds will benefit HEART’s work of teaching youth to act with compassion and respect toward humans, animals, and the environment. HEART is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and is currently working with several schools in Chicago such as Stockton Elementary, Westcott Elementary and Uplift High School. The organization primarily serves schools where approximately 80% of the students live at low-income. HEART provides all their services at no cost to the schools.

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