The Oak Park and River Forest Infant Welfare Society is bringing back its Holiday Housewalk and Market in person for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic forced the annual event on-line for two years. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the event, which is the largest fundraiser for the IWS’s Children’s Clinic. Now open at its new location at 28 Madison Street in Oak Park, the Children’s Clinic provides medical, dental and behavioral health services to thousands of children from more than 50 neighboring communities.
GALENA, Ill. — The Galena Territory, 2000 Territory Drive, will host its annual Holiday Market from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., and Holiday Housewalk from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
The Mount Prospect Historical Society s 35th annual Holiday Housewalk will highlight the Triangle neighborhood immediately east of the Mount Prospect Village Hall. The walk will be from 3:30 to 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1. Tickets, $30, are on sale through Nov. 30.
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With the 2020 pandemic scuttling the Mount Prospect Historical Society s 33rd Annual Holiday Housewalk, the group is using a new idea and toys from the past to save its biggest fundraiser of the year. It was my first idea, right out of the gate, says Emily Dattilo, 27, a Mount Prospect native hired in July as the society s new director. Forced to scrap the idea of hordes of strangers paying $28 to take a December walking tour through historically significant homes in the village, she turned to the society s collection of antique dollhouses.