Friends of the Forest Preserves

A Nighttime Fall Festival

Please join us for one of our most popular events of the year: Ignite the Night!

Enjoy a cookout dinner, beer & wine, raffle, bonfire, horse-drawn wagon rides, flashlight tours of the Spring Creek forest preserve, star-gazing and even a wildlife display!

Music by Dave Anderson & the I-Lites, including Henry Heine and Dana Underwood.

Saturday, October 4th 2014
5-10 PM

Spring Creek Forest Preserve
361 Bateman Rd.
Barrington Hills, IL 60010

$45 – By Thursday October 2nd – $60 at the door
$25 for teens (13 to 20 years old)
$5 children ( 12 and under)

Sponsorship Opportunities

Event Sponsor — $3,500- Riding Club of Barrington Hills

Star Gazer –  $2,000

The star gazing area will house a number of powerful telescopes where participants can peer into the heavens to witness in our solar system. Because Spring Creek Forest Preserve is far removed from the Chicago area and has less light pollution, we are able to see objects that are not typically visible. We hope to have a representative from the Adler Planetarium to help guide us through the night skies.

1. Name on all promotional materials
   1. Invitation
   2. Program – Full color page ad on inside front cover or back cover
   3. Website
   4. Press Releases
2. Name on flag at site and on flag at Spring Creek Forest Preserve entrance
3. Name on picnic table
4. 20 free tickets

Wildlife Display – $1,500

Owls, raptors, and bears…oh my! Well no bears, but be prepared to spend part of the evening interacting with some of Cook County’s rehabilitated wildlife. Flint Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation will be joining us to both teach and enlighten us on our furry and feathered friends.

1. Name on all promotional materials
   1. Invitation
   2. Program – Full cover page ad in front section
   3. Website
   4. Press Releases
2. Name on flag at site and on flag at Spring Creek Forest Preserve entrance
3. Name on picnic table
4. 15 free tickets

Bonfire Extravaganza- $1,000

Imagine a bonfire that rises to 100 feet into the sky! It’s a magical night out for all the family and great way to snuggle up to the fire.

1. Name on all promotional materials
   1. Invitation
   2. Program – Full color page ad
   3. Website
   4. Press Releases
2. Name on flag at site and on flag at Spring Creek Forest Preserve entrance
3. Name on picnic table
4. 10 free tickets

Wagon Ride – $500- The Dave Cook Family

Time to hitch yourself on to the horse-drawn wagon ride! Get ready to get some hay in your hair and travel around the preserve in a less conventional way.

1. Name on all promotional materials
   1. Program – Black and white ad
   2. Website
   3. Press Releases
2. Name on flag at site and on flag at Spring Creek Forest Preserve entrance
3. 5 free tickets

Flash Light Tour – $250- David F. Johnson CFP, Wintrust Wealth Management, Long & Co. Jewelers, Norton’s USA

You will never know if you don’t take part in flashlight tour. Perhaps a nocturnal animal will come out and say hello as one of our guides describes all that surrounds you.

1. Name on promotional materials
   1. Program – Black and white ad
   2. Website
   3. Press Releases
2. Name on flag at site and on flag at Spring Creek Forest Preserve entrance
3. 2 free tickets

Sponsor – $100

1. Listing in press releases
2. Name on flag at Spring Forest Preserve entrance
3. 2 free tickets

In-Kind Sponsors

Goose Island, Fresh Market of Kildeer, Jewel-Osco of Lake Zurich, Mariano’s of Lake Zurich

Please contact Jon Labaschin if interested in sponsorship opportunities at jon@fotfp.org or call 312-356-9990.