` Red Carpet Casino Night' Fundraiser A Tremendous Success

CINCINNATI - Nov. 25, 2016 - PRLog -- More than 400 people attended and gross receipts of about $40,000 was raised at Envision Children's Red Carpet Casino Night Fundraiser at Prime Cincinnati last month. The event -- which featured tremendous food, gambling tables, a fire performer, caricature artists, a live band, an auction and fabulous prizes -- was an overwhelming success.

All receipts, after expenses, will go to support Envision Children's programs – specifically, the Book of the Month Club (which provides students with a new book of their own every month), curriculum development, classroom supplies and materials and private tutoring.

"The event was a great success for Envision Children, with nearly 400 people attending the Red Carpet Casino Night in its first year," said Matt Hughes, Envision Children's director of operations. "Prime Cincinnati staff provided top notch service, food and beverages.  The Cincinnati Circus Company did what they do best--entertained people and made sure everyone had a fun evening out. It's definitely going to be a yearly event."

Event sponsors were: Prime Cincinnati, Patrice & Associates, Systems Evolution, Inc. (SEI), Premier Mail & Fulfillment and Advocacy and Communication Solutions. Event partners were The Cincinnati Herald, Warm 98, Channel 5 WLWT-TV, Ultimate Air Shuttle, Paolo A Modern Jeweler and Kurtzman Plastic Surgery.

"The high points of the evening were Chef Shawn Heine's amazing food, beautiful ice sculpture heaping with large shrimp, along with the fire performers outside the restaurant and the casino tables," Hughes said. "People were thrilled by the fire eating craps dealer. And I heard it again and again all evening – that it was a lot of fun, and they can't wait to come back next year."

Envision Children is a 501c3 nonprofit, which provides educational enrichment for children from preschool through the freshman year of college. Our core programs are: ACT Bootcamps, Academic Summer Enrichment, Power Saturdays, Extended Day Program and private tutoring. You may contact Envision Children at http://www.envisionchildren.org or 513-772-5437.