| / News Article - Chicago Auto Show . . Chicago Auto Show charity benefit raises $2.8 million Chicago Auto Show charity benefit raises $2.8 million Saturday, February 10, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erik Higgins Chicago Automobile Trade Association 630.495-2282 Voice 630-495-2260 Fax CHICAGO (Feb. 8)-Nineteen area charities tonight shared in more than $2.8 million raised by the 2007 Chicago Auto Show's benevolent event, First Look for Charity, and three attendees left with the keys to new vehicles. Nearly 12, 000 people attended First Look for Charity, helping to raise $2, 816, 358. The event is held the evening before the annual auto show opens its 10-day public run. First Look for Charity is a great instrument for the area's new-car dealers to show the positive impact they have on their community, said Terry D'Arcy, chairman of this year's auto show. All the benefiting charities are involved locally, so the money that's raised in Chicago stays in Chicago. As the name of the event implies, those who attend First Look for Charity are part of the premier viewing of each year's Chicago Auto Show. Tickets to the fund-raiser are $200 each, and purchasers can elect to have their proceeds equally benefit all participating charities, or any one charity for which they have an affinity. For the event, the auto show floor is replete with a variety of food and beverage stations. A highlight of the evening this year was the...
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