Mother-Daughter Team from RE/MAX Plans 3rd Annual Michelle Radke Benefit on May 19 in Libertyville to Aid Lurie Childrens Hospital
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Along with great music, there will be a silent auction and a raffle where tickets cost $1 each and an array of outstanding prizes can be won, including gift certificates to health clubs, restaurants, a skating rink and much more.The RE/MAX Northern Illinois network, with headquarters in Elgin, Ill., consists of 2,000 sales associates and 100 individually owned and operated RE/MAX offices that provide a full range of residential and commercial brokerage services.Along with great music, there will be a silent auction and a raffle where tickets cost $1 each and an array of outstanding prizes can be won, including gift certificates to health clubs, restaurants, a skating rink and much more.The benefit is a highly personal effort by Donna Radke and her daughter, Jennifer Radke, to honor the memory of Michelle, Donna’s daughter and Jennifer’s sister, whose untimely death at 29 resulted from complications of diabetes, which was first diagnosed when she was 2 years old.Michelle was treated at Milwaukee Children’s Hospital for many years.“When Michelle was a child dealing with that disease, we came to understand the role that CMNH plays in making sure that many families with sick or injured children don’t have to face those difficulties alone,” said Donna Radke, who is the managing broker of RE/MAX Center in Grayslake, Ill., where Jennifer also works as a broker associate.The two earlier editions of the Michelle Radke Benefit, which Donna and Jennifer organized on their own, have raised nearly $12,000 for Lurie Children’s Hospital.All funds raised at the event will benefit Lurie Children’s Hospital.The following is the tentative music schedule for the event:12:30 p.m. – doors open1 to 2 p.m. – Michael Lescher Band2:30 to 3:30 p.m. – Buckley Road Band4 to 5 p.m. – Suburban CowboysRE/MAX is the exclusive real estate sponsor of CMNH, an organization that provides funds to more than 170 children’s hospitals in the United States and Canada.The RE/MAX Northern Illinois network, with headquarters in Elgin, Ill., consists of 2,000 sales associates and 100 individually owned and operated RE/MAX offices that provide a full range of residential and commercial brokerage services.