A Benefit for Wildlife and Wild Areas

Join the Friends of the Forest Preserve District and Forest Preserve District for an enchanted evening at beautiful St. James Farm Forest Preserve. Enjoy fellowship, food, drinks, wagon rides, an auction (with travel packages), photo opportunities, and more!  

Live music by Big Sky Acoustic

Dress is business casual or casual with comfortable footwear.

St James Farm Forest Preserve

St. James Farm contains a variety of restored prairies, woodlands, and wetlands where over 300 species of native plants and animals thrive. 

To get to the St. James Farm picnic pavilion, park at the preserve's seasonal lot, located on Hoy Avenue 0.10 mile west of Madison Street. 

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Date & Time
Thursday, Sept. 17  • 5 – 8:30 p.m. 

Tickets
Ages 21 and up. $125 per person.

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Your Impact

Net proceeds from this event support the protection of native plants and animals and restoration of habitats in DuPage forest preserves.

Questions?

Friends of the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
Partnership & Philanthropy
3S580 Naperville Road
Wheaton, IL 60189
630-871-6400
fundraising@dupageforest.org

dupageforest.org/friends

Help Us Reach a $50,000 Fundraising Goal

Whether you bid on an item in our auction, fund a need, or make a donation, your gift will support wildlife rehabilitation, species recovery, and the restoration of critical habitats in prairies, woodlands, and wetlands.  

Bidding & Registration

Our silent auction opens on Sept. 11 at noon. It closes promptly on Sept. 17 at 7:45 p.m. 

If you purchase a ticket to attend, you will be registered to participate in the auction and assigned a bidding number.

If you do not attend but wish to participate when the auction opens, please create a registrant profile. Add your name, billing information, and credit card.

With Gratitude to Our  Benefit Sponsor
Wheaton Lions Club

With Thanks to Our Community Partners
CNH Industrial America LLC
ComEd, an Exelon Co.
Domtar
Ecolab Foundation
Edward Jones – Financial Advisor Toni Frazier
Ferrari Plumbing, Inc. 
G. Carl Ball Family Foundation
GreenState Credit Union
International
Kerschen Family Fund
Komarek-Hyde-McQueen Foundation
Mary J. Demmon Private Foundation
Molex
nora fleming
Republic Bank of Chicago
Robert and Toni Bader Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Stantec Consulting Services, Inc.
TC Energy
Tyndale House Publishers
V3 Companies, Ltd.
Wheaton Bank & Trust

The Friends of the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County 501(c)(3) has served as the charitable partner of the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County since 2010 and is eligible to receive tax-deductible donations. EIN: 45-2343580. 

Friends of the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
Partnership & Philanthropy
3S580 Naperville Road
Wheaton, IL 60189
630-871-6400
fundraising@dupageforest.org

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