Holiday Inn Crystal Lake Donates Convention Center To Advocate Condell
CRYSTAL LAKE, ILLINOIS (JUNE 2020) – Holiday Inn® – Chicago NW Crystal Lake Convention Center, an IHG hotel, is proud to donate their newly renovated Elara Convention Center space to Advocate Condell Medical Center to continue essential paramedic training during this difficult time.
With colleges and universities closing their doors, Advocate Condell Medical Center was at a loss as to how they were going to continue to train their paramedics. When Mark Dzwonkiewicz FP-C, LI, lead paramedic instructor for Advocate approached the Holiday Inn Crystal Lake about utilizing the vacant convention center space, the hotel offered to donate the space to get their training back up and running in these challenging times.
“This is huge!” said Mark. Being able to train these paramedics at the Holiday Inn Crystal Lake will allow them to complete their training while we need them the most.
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Earl Flowers, General Manager at the Holiday Inn Crystal Lake said: “We are grateful to have this opportunity to contribute to the wellbeing of our community at this time.”
The Holiday Inn – Chicago NW Crystal Lake Convention Center is located at 800 South Route 31 in Crystal Lake. The newly renovated Elara Convention Center provides 19,500 square feet of function space with an 11,200 square foot ballroom, 18 meeting rooms, and 24-hour business center.
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