(PRWEB) August 31, 2006 -- Main Street Blue Island is raffling off a gourmet dinner for eight to be held at the historic Dr. Aaron Heimbach home. The home was designed by Bertrand Goldberg, architect of Marina City, River City and the Prentice Women’s Hospital all in Chicago, in 1939 for Dr. Aaron Heimbach. The International Style home is an early work of Goldberg and is one of the few designs of his in this style of architecture.

The dinner will include cocktails, appetizers, soup, salad, dinner and dessert served by members of the Main Street Blue Island board and volunteers. The winner and seven of their guests will be treated to first class service and a private tour of the home. The home owners, Tom Hawley and Tom Mantel, have been lovingly restoring the home for almost nine years. The home originally was the residence and doctor office for Dr. Heimbach. The original look and feel of the home has been kept with updates for today’s modern conveniences.

Raffle tickets are $30.00 each and there are only 200 tickets available for sale. So order your tickets today! Mail a check for the total number of tickets you would like to purchase to: Dinner Raffle; Main Street Blue Island; P.O. Box 476; Blue Island, IL 60406-0476. A raffle ticket will be mailed to you. Get a group of seven friends together to buy tickets with the understanding that if one wins, everyone gets to go. Runner up prizes will include gift certificates at various Blue Island restaurants and shops.

The drawing will take place on Saturday, September 9th at Blue Oasis located at 12947 S. Western Avenue at 2 p.m. Join us and see if you win this wonderful evening for you and your friends.