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History of the Renewal Ball
| Year |
Theme |
Chair |
Vice-Chair |
Amount Raised |
| 2018 | Celebrating 150 Years - Vibrant Past-Brilliant Future | Sheila McGuire | Pending | |
| 2017 | Thanks for the Memories...Here's to the Next 35 Years! | URA | $26,400 | |
| 2016 | Evanston's Got Taste! A Culinary Road Trip Across America | Julie O'Connell | $70,000 | |
| 2015 | Find Your Paradise | Karen Buzarde | Amy Grenfell | $46,500 |
| 2014 | The Show Must Go On-Play It Again, Strand | URA | $55,000 |
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| 2013 | The Wild, Wild West | Lisa Hansen | Lisa Green | $76,000 |
| 2012 | The Mad Hatter's Ball - A tip of the hat to 30 years of community progress! | Patsy Madia | Lorretta Gerrard | $75,000 |
| 2011 | A Taste of the Past, A Toast to the Future! | Leslie Lunsford | N/A | $67,000 |
| 2010 | A Midsummers Night Dream | Robin Ogg | Leslie Lunsford | $72,500 |
| 2009 | Premier of the Roundhouse... Walk the Red Carpet | Rachel Reifon / Jessie Dolezal |
N/A | $99,200 |
| 2008 | Betting on Our Future.. The Best is Yet to Come | Karen Buzarde | N/A | $108,400 |
| 2007 | Roaring 25s - Silver Anniversary | Karen Buzarde | Tracy Ciprick | $96,500 |
| 2006 | A Black Diamond Affair | Ashley Bateman | Karen Buzarde | $76,400 |
| 2005 | 100 Years on Main Street | Deb Griffin | N/A | $75,000 |
| 2004 | Launching Our Past - Preserving Our Future | Linda Fusselman | N/A | $54,000 |
| 2003 | 21 - Renewal Ball Comes of Age | Lynn Fox | N/A | $55,000 |
| 2002 | 20 Years of Class | Jana Marko | N/A | $29,000 |
| 2001 | 2001 - A Space Odyssey | Jana Marko | N/A | $32,000 |
| 2000 | Off to the Races | Kate Edwards | John Edward | $29,000 |
| 1999 | Party Like It's 1999 | Barbara Burchell | Suzanne Seppala | $20,000 |
| 1998 | Sweet 16 - Come as You Were | Susan Marrs | Barbara Burchell | $35,000 |
| 1997 | There's No Place Like Home | The Renewal Agency | N/A | $31,000 |
| 1996 | Evanston Takes Flight | Linda Ottley | Gerda Robison | $35,000 |
| 1995 | Mardi Gras Magic | Cammy Adair | Linda Ottley | $41,000 |
| 1994 | A Dozen Years of Diamonds & Denim | LaDean Andreasen | Cammy Adair | $40,000 |
| 1993 | Golden Past - Brilliant Future | Lynn Fox | Lori Alexander | $38,000 |
| 1992 | Decade of Elegance | Carol McKinley | Susan Henderson | $26,000 |
| 1991 | Ethnic Harmony | Patricia Henry / Sue Schuetz |
N/A | $25,000 |
| 1990 | Remembering When... | Joice Mander / Gerda Robison |
N/A | $21,000 |
| 1989 | All Aboard | Sue Schuetz / Ann Park |
N/A | $15,000 |
| 1988 | Heritage Ball | Patricia Henry / Janice Bodine |
N/A | $10,000 |
| 1987 | Evanston: The 1900s | Sue Davenport / Rachel Ollar |
N/A | $7,000 |
| 1986 | Big Band Era | Joyce Doss / Carol Stephen |
N/A | $6,000 |
| 1985 | Roaring 20s | Betty Graban / Kay Solarz |
N/A | $6,000 |
| 1984 | A Century of Progress | Lulie Lehman | N/A | $6,000 |
| 1983 | A Touch of Class | Mary Lou Pexton | N/A | $6,00 |