The North Shore Weekend East, Issue 312

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SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 22 | SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 23 2018

SUNDAY BREAKFAST

SPORTS

Third-generation restaurateur Doug Roth continues to lead a fulfilling life. P34

SOCIAL SCENE

Ready ‘oar’ not? New Trier’s Charlie Fargo was — at World Junior rowing event in the Czech Republic. P30

The ‘Way’ home: The Jacobs Companies and Baird & Warner mark the opening of Gateway in Northbrook. P16 FOLLOW US:

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NEWS

THE PLAY’S NOT THE ONLY THING

‘PITCH IN’ MISSION STRIKES A CHORD North Shore companies rally around Kerry Wood Foundation’s second location

Special Gifts Theatre set to stage 5K run & 3K walk in Winnetka EDITED BY BILL MCLEAN THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND

Winnetka-based Special Gifts Theatre (SGT) uses the stage as a platform to develop social skills, speech/language skills and self-confidence for individuals with intellectual disabilities. Erickson Woods in Winnetka (1643 Willow Road) will serve as the stage — a rather scenic, cavernous one, with nature taking care of the sound and lighting — September 30 to raise funds and awareness for the educational and therapeutic nonprofit. Community members are invited to either race in a certified and chip-timed 5K run or participate in a family-friendly 3K walk through the forest preserve at Erickson Woods. The event starts at 9 a.m. and concludes with a finisher party and performance by SGT’s Traveling Troupe. An awards ceremony is scheduled to begin at approximately 10 a.m. SGT students and peer mentors have been the eager forces behind the 5K run & 3K walk planning efforts. The students came up with the T-shirt colors, designed the logo and continue

Sarah and Kerry Wood, along with principal Israel Perez and Wood Family Foundation Executive Director Laura Muriello, at the ribbon-cutting ceremony at Richard Yates School in Humboldt Park. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER BY LIBBY ELLIOTT THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND

Many hands make light work. It’s an old proverb that perfectly describes

the effort behind Pitch In, the flagship program of the Wood Family Foundation (WFF), founded in 2011 by former Chicago Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood and his wife, Sarah. After launching its successful Pitch In middle school mentoring program in 2014 at

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