The Children’s Home + Aid Women’s Board hosted its annual Holiday Boutique on October 16 at Glen View Club in Golf. Nearly 100 women gathered to shop for all sorts of gifts and food items for Halloween, Thanksgiving and the winter holidays. They also enjoyed a presentation by guest speaker and New York Times best-selling author Melanie Benjamin, who spoke about her life as an author and her popular book, The Aviator’s Wife.

From left: Jerri Hoffmann (Winnetka), Alice White Zarov (Northbrook), Author Melanie Benjamin, Ruthie McNally (Winnetka)

From left: Author Melanie Benjamin with Ruthie McNally (Winnetka)–

From left, Jerri-Hoffmann-(Winnetka), Author Melanie Benjamin, and Alice White Zarov (Northbrook)