{"id":349351,"date":"2010-02-22T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-22T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goforward.harpercollege.edu\/page.cfm?p=5654&newsid=966"},"modified":"2010-02-22T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-22T15:00:00","slug":"gala-will-benefit-harper-scholarships-programs-daily-herald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/349351","title":{"rendered":"Gala Will Benefit Harper Scholarships, Programs, Daily Herald"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"storyByline\">\n<div class=\"storyByline\"><strong>By Kimberly Pohl | Daily Herald Columnist<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"News\">The Harper College Educational Foundation last held a gala two years ago and raised $500,000 to benefit students.<\/p>\n<p class=\"News\">Now the group is set to host the President&#8217;s Ball on Saturday, March 6, in Schaumburg, a dinner-and-dancing soiree aimed at raising tens of thousands of dollars for scholarships, programs and other educational experiences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"News\">The event will feature remarks by both a Harper scholarship recipient and college President Ken Ender, who will discuss how student success can bolster an entire community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"News\">Bob Fiorani, a foundation board member and retired vice president at Square D\/Schneider Electric, also will speak.<\/p>\n<p class=\"News\">&#8220;Today, our foundation is working even more diligently in the face of decreased state funding and increased demand for higher education opportunities,&#8221; foundation Executive Director Catherine Brod said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"News\">Tickets cost $250. Tickets for a live raffle, which features a $2,500 grand prize, are $25 apiece. Sponsorship opportunities are still available.<\/p>\n<p class=\"News\">The gala begins with a cocktail reception at 6 p.m. at the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel and Convention Center, 1551 Thoreau Drive North. Dinner and dancing will follow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"News\">To RSVP or to inquire about donation opportunities, go to <a  href=\"http:\/\/goforward.harpercollege.edu\/cf_news\/forward.cfm?dest=http:\/\/harpercollege.edu\/\">harpercollege.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kimberly Pohl | Daily Herald Columnist The Harper College Educational Foundation last held a gala two years ago and raised $500,000 to benefit students. Now the group is set to host the President&#8217;s Ball on Saturday, March 6, in Schaumburg, a dinner-and-dancing soiree aimed at raising tens of thousands of dollars for scholarships, programs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-349351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349351\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}