28th Annual Alexian Brothers Ball de Fleur

Alexian Brothers Ball de Fleur at The Field Museum to
Feature 1893 World’s Fair Wonders

It’s
all “fair” game!  That will be the aspiration
when guests enter The Field Museum in Chicago on
April 26, 2014, for the 28th
Annual Alexian Brothers Ball de Fleur to benefit four essential healthcare and
housing programs serving individuals living with mental illness, the homeless,
women and children, and those in need of hospice care in the Chicago area.  The evening of elegance will uniquely provide
Ball guests with a peek inside The Field Museum’s exhibit on the World’s
Columbian Exposition, “Opening the Vaults: 
Wonders of the 1893 World’s Fair,” while also giving them the
opportunity to enjoy a first-class dinner, music and dancing.  The
premier fund- and friend-raising event of the Alexian Brothers Foundation features
the theme, “Reaching New Heights.”

Over
the past 27 years, the Alexian Brothers Ball de Fleur has raised more than $6
million, and the 2014 event will directly support the Alexian Brothers Center
for Mental Health (Arlington Heights); Alexian Brothers Housing and Health
Alliance (Chicago and  Waukegan); Alexian
Brothers Women & Children’s Hospital (Hoffman Estates); and the Alexian
Brothers Hospice Residence (Elk Grove Village). 

With
600 guests expected, the Ball will be a splendorous showcase of architecture,
culture, technology and people from around the world as The Field Museum opens
up hidden collections dating back 120
years when Chicago was the world’s stage. 

Festivities
will kick off at 6:30 p.m. with an elaborate cocktail reception and silent
auction in The
Field Museum’s Stanley Field Hall, followed by the opening program and
four-course gourmet dinner at 8:00 p.m. There will also be a live auction and
musical entertainment by the Becca Kaufman Orchestra with dancing until
midnight.  This is the fifth year that
the Alexian Brothers Ball de Fleur has been held in a downtown Chicago locale.      

This year’s philanthropic gala has been earmarked to
raise $350,000 for four programs across the Alexian Brothers Health System. The
Alexian Brothers are a Catholic order of men who originated in the 13th
Century and came to America in 1866 providing holistic healthcare with dignity
and compassion to all those in need.  The
Alexian Brothers’ healing ministry and values of dignity, care of the poor,
compassion, holism and partnership have been in action for more than 800 years.

Alexian
Brothers Ball de Fleur tickets for April 26, 2014, are $500.00 each and can be
purchased by calling (847) 385-7304.  For
more information, please visit www.alexianfoundation.org

About Alexian Brothers Health System

Ranked among the nation’s best-performing health systems, the Alexian
Brothers Health System (ABHS), part of St. Louis-based Ascension Health, is comprised
of five hospitals and a center for mental health; immediate care centers,
diagnostic imaging facilities, occupational health centers and a physician
practice group that serves more than two million people every year in Chicago’s
suburbs. ABHS also has an enduring commitment to identifying and developing an
effective response to the unique health and housing needs of older adults
through a dynamic senior ministries program that operates an array of
residential, retirement and community resources in Missouri, Tennessee, and
Wisconsin. For more information visit: www.alexianbrothershealth.org.

Opening the
Vaults: Wonders of the 1893 World’s Fair was created by The Field Museum.
 Lead Sponsors: Allstate Insurance Company, Exelon, UL.