Cal Ripken, Jr. who holds the record of playing in 2,632 consecutive major league baseball games is the featured speaker at the seventeenth “Evening of Stars” benefiting the American Red Cross of the Heartland. The chapter’s largest fundraising event, Evening of Stars generates funds for local Red Cross programs. The program begins at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, April 29 at the Marriott Hotel in Uptown Normal.

“Cal Ripken, Jr. always came to play and is a tremendous role model for people of all ages,” says Tom Mercier, president of BOPI who along with his wife Sandy are co-chairs for the event and made the announcement at the chapter’s Saluting Our Heroes Breakfast this morning.

EVENING OF STARS INFORMATION
DATE: Thursday, April 29, 2010 LOCATION: Marriott Hotel, Uptown Normal

TICKETS: $150 each and on sale now or call the American Red Cross of the Heartland at 662-0500 to purchase by phone.

SPECIAL TICKETS: Enjoy the Red Carpet Experience – for $500, fifty couples receive two tickets to both Evening of Stars and the special Sponsor Reception held just prior to the event.

Cal Ripken, Jr. Biography

PAST EVENING OF STARS SPEAKERS
1994 Charles Kuralt
1995 Art Buchwald
1996 Tony Randall
1997 Regis Philbin
1998 Mike Farrell
1999 Sen. Robert Dole
2000 Capt. James Lovell
2001 Capt. Scott O’Grady
2002 Cokie Roberts
2003 Dick Vitale
2004 Lynn Redgrave
2005 Bob Costas
2006 Peyton Manning
2007 Chris Gardner
2008 Mike Ditka
2009 Mike Krzyzewski