Published July 28, 2010, in the Lake County News-Sun
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/newssun/news/2540526,5_1_WA28_GRAYPIG_S1-100728.article
WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS—Contestants in the fourth annual Kiss the Pig fund-raising contest were announced Tuesday.
Sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Grayslake, winners will be announced at the main stage at Grayslake Summer Days at 5 p.m. Aug. 21. The "winner" will kiss a live pig.
Candidates this year include Mayor Rhett Taylor; police Cmdr. Matthew McCutcheon; local business owner and president of the Grayslake Youth Center Joyce Campbell; Grayslake Central High School Principal Sydney Klocke; and local business owner Laura Mitchell of Mitch's Chicago Style Grill.
At restaurants and businesses throughout Grayslake, people will find coin cans with the pictures of the five contestants. Contestants whose cans collect the most money will be named the Kiss the Pig winner.
Money raised by the Kiwanis Club supports scholarships awarded to Grayslake High School students, student leadership conferences and Spinoza Talking Bears for local toddlers with chronic health conditions.
Some of the locations where donation cans will be located include:
Piggly Wiggly of Grayslake, Village Hall, State Bank of the Lakes, Hillside Restaurant, Mitch's Chicago Style Grill. Also, Emil's Tavern on Center, State Farm Joyce Campbell, Culver's, The Vine and The Oasis -- Grayslake Youth Center.
Posted
Aug 03 2010, 04:36 PM
by
Scott Smith