The Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce and Industry is seeking tax-deductible donations to support development of a public memorial for its Civic Hall of Fame.
 
The Civic HOF memorial will feature a TouchPros Touch Wall interactive, touch-screen TV monitor (55 to 70 inches) on which users can view biographies, photographs and video clips of each of the inductees, and will be installed in a publicly-accessible location
 
Since its creation in 1992—then as part of the Opening Ceremonies at Elmfest—the Civic HOF has inducted 28 businesspeople, community volunteers and elected officials, with the husband and wife team of Ahlgrim Funeral Home’s Scott Ahlgrim and community banker Charity Ahlgrim joining those distinguished honorees on September 8.  Since Elmfest's end in 2009, inductees have been honored at ECCI's Annual Awards Gala in all but one of those years.
 
To date, our Chamber has raised some $17,000 in Civic HOF funding towards a $50,000 goal set within a once-in-a-lifetime $250,000 Centennial Celebration Capital Campaign established in 2016 as part of ECCI’s 100th Anniversary year in 2018.
 
Donations to the Civic Hall of Fame Fund are tax deductible through the ECCI Centennial Celebration NFP, an Internal Revenue Service-designated 501(c)(3) not-for-profit charitable organization.  Checks can be mailed to the Chamber.