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CHICAGO LIGHTS 2015 ANNUAL REPORT


OUR MISSION

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Chicago Lights provides

HOPEand opportunity to our city’s children, youth, and adults who face the challenges of poverty. Through supportive relationships and diverse programs, we empower people to thrive academically, secure economic stability, lead healthy lives, and build community.


What an incredible year 2015 was for Chicago Lights! Through the spring, we continued to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Tutoring program, recognizing five decades of one-to-one student-tutor relationships. We were humbled by the outpouring of support at the annual Gala of Hope, raising an unprecedented $772,000 for the outreach programs of Chicago Lights. The Urban Farm doubled its revenue from produce sales, and the Dance Academy’s Summer Dance Intensive was our most successful yet, enrolling forty students in two weeks of focused dance curriculum.

None of this would have been possible without the generosity of our supporters, donors, and volunteers. For you, we are truly grateful. Thank you for providing hope and for changing lives, one person at a time.


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LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

John BorovickaPresident, Chicago Lights Board of DirectorsMay 2015–May 2016

Stacy Jackson,Executive Director, Chicago Lights


Umar had experienced homelessness for twenty years before he heard about the Chicago Lights Elam Davies Social Service Center. “[Being homeless], you’re a victim of your circumstances, but it’s up to you if you’re going to stay down in it. You can beat it,” Umar says.

For Umar, “the momentum kicked in” as he participated in case management with Social Service Center staff, who worked with Heartland Alliance to place Umar in the city’s supportive housing database. A year later, he turned the key on his first home in more than twenty years.

“Once I got a home, the pressure of the streets was off of me, and I didn’t feel like a victim,” he says. “Having a home

is the best. I used to stay at airports, bus stations, churches—it’s painful. Having a home makes you feel like part of society again.”

For more than two decades, Umar—a soft-spoken writer and poet—experienced one challenge after another as he struggled to survive being unemployed and living on the streets. With a criminal record, his options for employment were limited.

“I have five felony theft convictions. Am I proud of it? No. So why did I indulge in such self-defeating activities throughout my early years? For survival, that’s why,” Umar says. “And you realize that it doesn’t take but one felony conviction for employers to discriminate against you. You really

“Once I got a home, the pressure of the streets was off of me, and I didn’t feel like a victim. Having a home makes you feel like part of

society again.” – Umar, Social Service Center Guest

have to be determined because you watch people slam doors.”

With an innate sense of self-worth, Umar persevered and connected with the Social Service Center. His new home served as a major turning point. “The doors of opportunity were open again, and I put my will together and started looking for jobs,” he says. Now working with the Chicago Park District, Umar says the Social Service Center “has been very helpful” and continues to be a part of his journey toward greater stability.

“Life is hard, but it has a way of explaining itself, and we’re not here to discover who we are. We’re simply here to create who we are,” Umar says.

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2015 PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTSTUTORING

100% of senior scholarship students graduated on time and were accepted

into college

Continued high retention rates for students (78%) and tutors (55%) show

commitment to and value of the program

SUMMER DAY

FREE WRITE JAIL ARTS and LITERACY

•Students received 54 hours of academic instruction and 36 hours of arts instruction

•Students received 180 minutes per week of exercise for six weeks

•Each student received 6 hours of social-emotional learning with counselors from DePaul Family and Community Health

100% of students in grades 1–6 successfully avoided summer learning loss in

language arts and math skills

URBAN FARM

Volunteer tutors logged more than 140 hours of individual tutoring time with students, greatly enhancing students’ access to print literacy and their ability to create art as an expression of their knowledge and experience

The annual gallery show of Free Write student work celebrated the fifteenth

anniversary of the program and opened in July 2015 at Chicago

Art Department in Pilsen

100% of students participated in or contributed

to the final performance

4,060 pounds of produce were grown, representing a 27% increase from last year

426 volunteers assisted with Summer Farm Camp, Identity

Arts, Melting Pot Cooking Club, and Youth Workforce Development, with a total of nearly 1,700 volunteer hours

2015

2014


2015 PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

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DANCE ACADEMY

300 dance classes (Spanish, ballroom, flamenco, contemporary, creative, liturgical, creative, dance ensemble) taught to students in kindergarten through eighth grade in 5 schools (Belmont-Cragin, Salazar, Manierre, Brown, and Augustus Tolson)

Summer Dance Intensive hosted 40 students in grades 3–12 and 6 professional dance instructors for 2 levels of focused dance instruction in styles of ballroom, modern, Spanish, Broadway, and ballet

ELAM DAVIES SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER

Assisted a total of 1,750 (duplicated) individuals through the

Pantry

Share Shop

Average of 113 Share Shop appointments each month

1,353 total appointments through 2015

Assisted an average of 92 households each month, a 5% increase from last year

74 people volunteered a total of 3,229 hours

100 water-resistant and self-heating coats from the Empowerment

Plan were distributed to people through Good Neighbors Street Outreach

programming

75 walkers joined the Social Service Center team for the Greater Chicago Food Depository’s (GCFD) 30th Annual Hunger Walk and earned $2,700 in GCFD food credits for the Consumer Choice Food Pantry

Case Management

164 cases opened

71 short-term goals achieved and

49 long-term goals achieved

Consumer Choice Food Pantry

classes


Many students and volunteer tutors in the Chicago Lights Tutoring program are born and raised Chicagoans. Nifemi and Tess are exceptions: They’re both from different parts of the world and have come together through the Tutoring program in hopes of making a difference, both in their own lives and in the lives of others.

Nifemi, a bright high school senior (she’s currently first in her class at Holy Trinity High School), began attending the Tutoring program in middle school when she learned about the opportunity for mentorship and scholarships. Born in Nigeria, Nifemi viewed the program as a chance to get acquainted with her new environment and peers.

“When I came [to Tutoring], it was the first building block for me being comfortable in a new setting,” Nifemi says. “Here I had to develop friendships with the tutors and the other kids.”

For the last three years, Nifemi has been paired with volunteer tutor Tess Poland, who knows what it’s like to feel like an outsider. Three and a half years ago, she moved from Sidney, Australia, to work in healthcare in Chicago.

“Coming from a foreign country and getting implanted somewhere, the [Tutoring program] has been a stabilizing factor,” Tess says. “The weather changes and that can be harsh or my job might change—it’s very dynamic. [Tutoring] is the one consistency that I really look forward to.”

Both Nifemi and Tess admit that they “warmed up to each other quickly” and now share a familial bond.

“[Tutoring] is not just about doing homework once a week. It’s about building a friendship and someone you can rely on,” Nifemi says. “Tess is not someone I just see on Mondays—

Nifemi and TessChicago Lights Tutoring

we text throughout the week. She’s been a big influence on my life. She’s like a second mom.”

Nifemi admits that both her mother and Tess have served as role models when it comes to thinking about her future career. Both women work in healthcare, and Nifemi plans to follow the same path. This fall, she’ll begin studying nursing at Connecticut College, where she’s received a full-ride Posse Scholarship.

“[The Tutoring program] may seem like a small solution, but it really keeps people our age off the street,” Nifemi says. “I heard a quote a long time ago, ‘I was cared for; therefore I will care for you.’ I think that’s one of the missions of Chicago Lights. There’s a lot more to this than just tutoring. There’s networking, there’s building friendships, there’s meeting people that can help you in life.”

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Chicago Lights Tutoring student Nifemi (left) and her tutor, Tess Poland (right)


“Curiosity is contagious,” says June Barnard, Executive Director of The Walter S. and Lucienne Driskill Foundation. “Once something piques your interest, it all falls into place.”

The Driskill Foundation seeks to fund innovation and progress “in the field of medicine and medical research.” Because the programs of Chicago Lights support curiosity and a love of learning among Chicago’s youth, The Driskill Foundation made a tremendously generous gift in 2015 to support the outreach of Chicago Lights. “We’ve come to realize that if we don’t get the next generation motivated and curious about life and learning, we won’t have future medical researchers,” June says.

June and her late husband, Ron, have long been supporters of Chicago

Lights and the annual Gala of Hope (formerly Carnaval), so she knows well that “the work Chicago Lights is doing raises curiosity about learning.” In March 2015, The Driskill Foundation became the Gala of Hope’s first-ever Jubilee Sponsor at $50,000, plus an additional $50,000 in matching funds to encourage donations from other Chicago Lights supporters—who not only met the match but exceeded it.

The Driskill Foundation’s generous gift and expression of faith in the work of Chicago Lights led the way to making Gala of Hope 2015 a record-breaking success. And the $772,000 raised to fund the outreach of Chicago Lights has enabled our programs to further carry out our mission: bringing hope and opportunity to individuals in our community.

June Barnard and her late husband, Ron, at the 2014 Chicago Lights gala

JUNE BARNARD AND THE DRISKILL FOUNDATION

THE GREER FOUNDATIONFounded by Drs. Carl and Pat Greer in 2007, the Greer Foundation is dedicated to supporting programs that address the root causes of violence, poverty, and social injustice, as well as protecting the earth and promoting effective health care. It is a means through which Carl and Pat are able to give back. The Greers were introduced to Chicago Lights through the Urban Farm. As they learned more about the Farm’s Youth Workforce Development program and the Chicago Lights Dance Academy, they came to believe these efforts were a good match for their foundation’s mission to support disadvantaged youth. In 2015, the Greer Foundation created a plan to fund half the cost of expanding the Urban Farm’s Youth Workforce

Development program to include assistant grower and youth educator internships, plus half the cost of adding to the Dance Academy’s offerings, both during the school year and at the Summer Dance Intensive. By matching the gifts of other givers up to $53,000, the Greers hoped to motivate increased support, thereby giving Chicago Lights the funds needed and inspiring a wealth of new donors. In addition to developing job skills and providing a creative outlet for youth who might not otherwise have these opportunities, the Urban Farm and the Dance Academy offer students a means of cultivating self-esteem and self-expression, as well as the especially powerful experience of learning by doing. The Greers hope the Youth Workforce Development program will help young adults gain useful employment history and skills to

transition to a full-time job. They hope their support of the Dance Academy will enable more children to flourish amid the struggles of poverty and violence.

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AARP - RSVP ProjectAfter School MattersAlderman Walter Burnett Jr.Amelia St. StudioAmerican Academy of

Implant DentistryArby’s FoundationArgo TeaAthletico Physical TherapyAugustus Tolson

Catholic AcademyBelmont-Cragin

Elementary SchoolBenevolentBetween FriendsBlacks in GrouponBlue Cross Blue Shield ILBostrom ConsultingBoys Hope Girls HopeBreakthrough Urban MinistriesThe British School Chicago Brown Elementary

School of TechnologyButton & ZipperBy the Hand Club for KidsCabrini ConnectionsCalvary United

Protestant ChurchCapital One 360 CaféCatholic CharitiesCenter for Conflict ResolutionCentral City Housing VenturesChicago Academy for the ArtsChicago Air Route Traffic

Control CenterChicago Art DepartmentChicago City of LearningChicago Coalition

for the HomelessChicago Help InitiativeChicago Hope AcademyChicago Kindness ClubChicago Metropolitan

Agency for PlanningChicago Public SchoolsThe Chicago School of

Professional PsychologyChicago SemesterChicago Waldorf SchoolChicagoQuest Charter SchoolChrist Presbyterian Church

College MinistryColumbia College LibraryCook County Juvenile

Detention CenterCornerstone Real Estate

AdvisorsDegen Consulting Group

DeLaSalle InstituteDePaul College Prep

(formerly Gordon Tech)DePaul Family and

Community Health CenterDePaul University AlumniDePaul University

MSW ProgramDestination Chicago (Feinberg

School of Medicine)Disproportionate Minority

Contact Committee of the Juvenile Justice Commission

Dress for SuccessDuSable Museum of

African American HistoryEducational EndeavorsEgan Hope Scholars/

DePaul UniversityEquinox Fitness ClubEPA & ELPC Legal InternsErie Neighborhood HouseFactor WomenFarmhouse ChicagoFeeding AmericaFifth House EnsembleFourth Presbyterian Church –

Urban Youth MissionFrancis W. Parker SchoolFranciscan Outreach

AssociationFrankie’s ScaloppineThe FruitGuysGirl Scouts of Greater Chicago

and Northwest IndianaGoldie’s PlaceGreater Chicago

Food DepositoryGREC ArchitectsGrouponH&M The Happiness ClubHiFi FitnessHoly Trinity High SchoolHorner Park Advisory Council/

Horner Park Farmers’ MarketIA CollaborativeIBMIDEX Corporation Illinois Eye Institute/

Vision of Hope Illinois Justice ProjectIllinois Mentoring PartnershipImpact 100Ingenuity Arts Education

AdvocacyInspiration Corporation/

The Employment Project

InterParkIrwin W. Steans Center at

DePaul UniversityJenner Urban Initiatives

Soccer TeamJoffrey Ballet John Marshall Law School Junior AchievementKarma for Cara FoundationKenshoo ChicagoKovitz Shifrin NesbitLakeview PantryLatin School of Chicago Lawson House YMCALEK Consulting Lincoln Park

Community ShelterLookingglass TheatreLoyola AcademyLoyola University -

School Psychology ProgramManierre Elementary SchoolMacy’s State StreetMake it BetterMarcel MediaMarillac St. Vincent

Family ServicesMayor’s Office for

People with Disabilities Mount Carmel High SchoolNancy B. Jefferson

Alternative SchoolNational ABLE NetworkNational Association of

Black Story TellersNetSuite, IncNLU-Au Pair

Weekend ProgramNorth Shore

Congregation IsraelNortheastern Illinois University

School of Social WorkNorthside Anti-Hunger

NetworkNorthwestern Memorial

HospitalNorthwestern University Northwestern University

Feinberg School of MedicineNorthwestern University

School of LawNorthwestern University

School of MusicNotre Dame High School

for GirlsOak Street Design Office of Catholic Schools,

Archdiocese of Chicago

PARTNERSO’Hare Rotary ClubOne Warm CoatOpen BooksOpportunity Knocks,

The Life ShopOral Health AmericaPanera BreadPeace HubPressure Point Recording StudioProject NiaProvidence St. Mel SchoolPurple BinderQuatrro FPO SolutionsRadisson Blu Aqua HotelRavinia FestivalRuben Salazar Bilingual CenterSalvation ArmySarah’s CircleSchool of Social Service Admin at

the University of ChicagoSertoma Centre, Inc.Sit Stay ReadSprouts AcademySt. Benedict High SchoolSt. Malachy SchoolSt. Matthew United

Methodist ChurchSt. Patrick High SchoolSTOP-IT - Salvation ArmySwish Dreams Sports &

Educational FoundationTarget CorporationtheWitThrive ChicagoTMP Worldwide Trinity High School Triton College (Loyola)Turnaround: Arts, President’s

Committee on the Arts and Humanities

Tutoring ChicagoUnited States Tennis AssociationUniversity of ChicagoUniversity of Illinois–Chicago –

College of PharmacyU.S. BankVan Cleef Hair StudioWagstaff WorldwideWalgreensWGN Midday NewsWindy City REThe Women’s Treatment CenterYou Are a Star NFP/

Stardreamers TheaterYoung Chicago AuthorsZero Percent



CONTRIBUTIONS Individual Contributions $727,762 34%Foundations/Corporations $583,135 27%Fourth Presbyterian Church Support $87,491 4%Program Receipts $729,190 34% (Reduced by Mission Benefit cost/transfers of $213,901)Draw from Invested Funds $44,506 2%Accumulated Surplus - 0%

Total: $2,172,084

DISBURSEMENTS

Dance Academy $130,442 6%Elam Davies Social Service Center $268,322 12%Free Write Jail Arts and Literacy $290,999 13%Summer Day $116,963 5%Tutoring $542,970 25%Urban Farm $261,442 12%Management and General $346,623 16%Fundraising $207,217 10% (Reduced by Mission Benefit cost/transfers of $213,901)

Total: $2,164,978 Net Surplus / (Deficit) $7,106

Source: the Chicago Lights 2014 unaudited financial statement. An audited statement is available after June 30, 2015.

FINANCIALS

10CHICAGO LIGHTS 2015 ANNUAL REPORT


Chicago Lights is grateful for each and every supporter who made a donation in 2015. With your generosity, our programs continue to provide hope and opportunity to children and adults facing the challenges of poverty.

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Megan BurnsMichael and Valerie AlexanderMichelle and Gloria AlfordRon and Julie AllenDon and Carol AllertonAndrew AllisonStacey AnconaScott and Sue Ann AndersonVirginia AndersonKathy AndersonDavid and Joy AndersonBlake and Barbara AndersonRoss AndersonCarol AndersonMary AndersonWayne Anderson and

Sheila O’BrienKaren AndersonSteven AndesJohn AndreasenMamie AndryDaniel AneszkoDan AngstScott AngstGerald AngstDiana AntonElizabeth ArguellesMoira ArianoRyann Ariano James ArmourDana and Stephanie Arnett

Carolyn ArnoldsRick ArtwickSoroush AslaniNorman AxelradKenneth AyotteJulie BaconAnnette BaconJim Bacus and Casey EslickElizabeth BaileyNancy BairdKeith Baird and Beverly GrollBob and Juanita BakerSarah BakerVictoria BakerDon and Brenda BallMichael and Jean BanDean BanickErnie BankRigel BarberEdgar BarbosaAnnanda BarclaySandra BarkellMax BarkellBilly BarkhausenJune BarnardJames BarnesLaura BarrowsErika BartelsteinD. Harlean BarthMary BartholomausJackie BassettBob and Kathi BatesAlan and Charlotte BathKerry and Anna BathrickDavid and Svetlana BattaglinWarren and Eloise BattsJim and Deborah BaughmanWalt and Linda BayLuke BeasleyRoger and Jeanette BeckerGary and Ruth BeckmanMark Beckmann and

Kara PortwoodBill and Carol BedfordBreda Beilfuss

Carole BekkenJune BekkenJohn BelcasterBriana Belding-PeckMichael Belsley Jr. and

Nina OwenGabriel and Paige Ben-DashanJason BenderMark BennettMark BerberianJan BerendsenIan BergHenry Berghoef and

Leslie BoyleJohn and Jean BerghoffJulie BeringerStephanie BerlandStephen BernackiTyler BertrocheAlana BeseauCynthia BeseckerPaul and Kathi BestMike and Katy BeverBarry BigginGayle BirdsongJohn BirdzellPeggy BirkettNan BirminghamEd and La Donna BlackDianne BlancoLaurie BlancoBret BlantonJonathan BlantonJohn and Alison BlaserPam BlockSteve Block and

Cindy Block WinlandErin BlockGerry Bloomer and

Linda CraneJohn and Claudie BoatrightCaroline BoeseSusan BoggiePaul and Pam BonehamMary Bonome

Cass BookNorma BorcherdingEkaterina BorisovaSteven BorkanJohn and Suzanne BorlandJohn and Nicole Borovicka IVAshley BossRich and Nicole BossertRon Bottrell and

Polly Peters-BottrellMoise BourdeauDianne BowmanKeith BoydMike and Janet BoyerKathye BoyleBenjamin BozsikJeff Braddy and Susan AndrewsJoan BraninPaul and Christine BranstadLarry and Judi BraskampBeverly BrentAndrew and Donna BrickmanAngela BridgesKyoko BridgesJohn BrillVern Broders and

Francee HarringtonGlenn and Sandra BromagenLauren BrooksWesley BroquardJonathan BrossLarry and Angelina BrownMonica BrownMartha BrownJoyolin BrownMicaela BrownAlison BrownGeorge BruggenthiesPaul and Liza BruniMichelle BrunoHelen BryanAmanda BryanJustin BryerJohn and Nancy BuchananJane BuckwalterLisa BuehlerRuth BuikemaBarbara BukerBob and Belinda BullardAlan BurgerAli BurkeTimothy BurkeAllan and Linda BurkeDeirdre BurkeKathryn BurkhardtLauren Burley

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SUPPORTERS


Lisa BurnsToni BurtHugh Burton and Patricia KurtzEric ButeynDave and Debby CaldwellPhil and Jill CalianChristopher CallahanJuliette CaminadeJonathan and Jennifer

CampbellMiles CampbellDennis and Anne Marie

CanfieldDuane and Ann CarlsonRoger and Ginny CarlsonThomas CarterBrad CarterDenise CasalinoRuss Cass and Kristin JamesLinda CatalanoCraig and Cindi CaudleJohn CavalarisJerry and Jan CerasaleJanet CernekaKent CernekaJon Chait and

Heather McCombs-ChaitElaine ChanPiyush ChaudhariMark and Patricia CherneySuz ChesterKeri ChristensenJohn ChristmanJohn and Barbara ChurchillMarla CichowskiRichard and Maria CieslaRich and Linda CirilloMeredith and Eugene ClappCameron ClarkAndrew ClarkSarah ClarkLaureen ClearyBarbara ClevelandBrian CliseDon and Frances CoeBettie CoffeyHoward and Dona CohenEd and Lola CokeGretchen CollinsBruce and Laura ComiskeyBill Conlon and Patsy HabichtJames and Barbara ConnerScott and Jana ConoverLesley Conzelman and

Ellen SchallerLinda Cook

Curtis Coolidge and Elisabeth Gallagher Coolidge

Chuck CooperTaylor CorbittAlex CornwellBarbara CorrellMatthew CorriganAndy Costello and

Camila MontoyaClark Costen and Sarah OrwigCarrie CotterThomas and Anne CoxAllan and Cher CoxDoya CoxMaureen CraigJodi CraiglowNancy CrawfordMary Joe CrosbyDavid and Cara CrosbyDennis and Sharon CrosbyRobert CrouchRon and Mary Jane CrowellSteve and Cindy CruiseAngelica CruzLloyd and Jan CulbertsonAlexandra CunliffeTiffany CunninghamMargaret CunninghamDrew and Dani CuppsDwight and Linda CurtisVicky CurtissAlyn and Lisa DagherHarold DahlstrandGolnoosh DaliliJohn Dallas Jr.Arleen DaltonMichael DamalKathleen DanahyStephen DanauskasKristie Daniel-DiGregorioRanjan and Kalen DanielsHope DanielsMichael DannhauserLisa DannoJoseph DaprilePhil DarlingBob and Marletta DarnallMichael David and Joyce ShinJacki DavidoffLynn DavisCharlotte DavisBeth DavisTed and Cathy DavisTerrence DavisDennis Davis and

Evelyn Otsuka-Davis

Nancy DavisStephanie DavisBob and Marilyn DayBetty De LaiveDonna de St. AubinHoward and Beth de WiedChristy DeBaugeMike DeBonaSylvia DeckerEugene and Beth Decker DDSRichard Dees and Nora FlintRalph and Lynn DeJongBrad and Christina DeMareaLarry and Linda DenisonHans Detlefsen and

Emily BradleyJohn Deverman and

Vicky MartinezMichael and Louella DeVriesAnna DeVriesJohnnie DeWilde and

Jeffrey CareyEdward and Grace DeYoungPaul DiCaroElizabeth DickeyPeter and Linda DiDonatoElizabeth DieboltAlexandra DimitriouDoug and Karen DirksMathur DivyaRebecca DixonBob DoakJeff Doane and

Gretchen VanNattaJim and Betty DoigLucy DombrowskiPatty DonmoyerJim and Nina DonnelleyAmanda DonnellyVictoria DonnellySue DoranStephanie DorningJohn and Sue DotyDavid and Margaret DouglasJohn DouglasConway DowningDave DresherBeth DresherAri and Sarah DriessenLynne DriverKimberly DsidaRachel DuchBruce and Deborah DuncanPatty DuthlerAlan DyerNyambi and Marie Ebie

Elizabeth EccherRobert and Monique

EckelmannPete and Lisa EconomosJay and Carla EdelstonJanice EdgarBob Edger MD and

Gunn LavollJ Robert and Katherine EffingerMelanie EhrhartKristin EiermannAnisha ElackattuMark Eldred and

Gillian Kraus-NealeKristin EllertsonAileen ElliottJeffrey ElrodAshley ElskusArthur and Sue ElsterSeyedmorteza EmadiJanet EmisonBob and Vicki EnderbyBarbara EndoyMaria EpplerBenjamin EricksonKevin ErkerJill ErnyMaya ErraboluVicki EscarraBill and Dixie EvansKat EvansSam and Terry EvansRebbecca EwanMarilyn EzriJP and Katie FairbankConnie FairbanksJonathan and Laura FairmanJavier and Kate FajardoAbby FarnhamMelissa FarrellLiz FarwellLeroy FassettJack and Abbee FassnachtArlene FaulkTodd and Sonja FaulknerJared FeehanJay FehnelJoe and Jan FeldmanSue FeltyBud and Monet FennemaJill FenstermakerCorey Fernandez-Klobas and

Mae PittmanBrenda FieldElaine FilusErmit Finch and Jonni Miklos

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SUPPORTERS


Robby Findler and Hsing-Huei Huang

Jon FindleyBetsy FinkelmeierKelly FischiettoKen and Marsha FischlRachel FisherMichaela FisherNicholas FishiettoErin FitzgeraldCathy FlaaMark FleischGeof FlickHelena FlickingerKaren FloodKathleen Foley-GeigerCarol FolskeJessica Foote

Walter Freedman and Karen Harrison

Jeffery and Kimberly Frey Richard and Carrie FreySidney and Debbie Frisch Jr.Chip and Colleen Fry IIINancy FudaczBrian and Laura FudaczBrian Fuller and Amanda LoveDon Funk and

Abby Zanarini FunkErika FunkiJennifer FurnissLauren GallagherAnthony and Karin GambellRichard GangiJuan GarciaMary GardnerErik and Lauren GardstromAustin Garfield and

Claudia Learned GarfieldJim and Lies GarnerWill and Laurie GarrettVince Geckler and

Deborah ZakRod and Shannon GedeyGeorgios GeorgiouMara GeorgousesChristopher GernandIrene GerransMarion GerransGregory GeutherDebbie GezonDave GezonPhil and Linda GibboneyMark and Emily GibiecPaul and Ellen GignilliatAlisa GilBruce GilbertDan Gilmour IIILudmila GimmelshteynOttoniel Girr-Borrayo and

Almay AldaySandra GivensCaitlin GlassEllen GlassmeyerAdair GlasterSandra GlennVincent GnoffoMary GofenEmily GoldmanMaribel GomezDavid and Marcy GookinNavin and Marilynn GorawaraBrodie and Jennifer GordonRobert GordonElaine Gordon

Sid and Lauren GorterGale GottliebJim Gould and Marcela RuizEd and Sandy GourleyKerry and Kim GradyGary and Susan GrahamChuck and Karen GrantCarl and Donna Gray Jr.Karen GrayArthur and Cynthia GrayPamela GreaniasGayla GreenNancy Stevenson GreenbergJeffrey GreenwaldGwenn GreggHelen GreggMarilyn GreggAndy and Julie GrievePeg GriffithsJulie GriffittsPauline GrippandoDoug and Ann GrissomCheryl GroomsJames GruseckiNancy GustinJohn Guzior and

Pam Trilla GuziorDavid GuzmanBlythe Haaga and Tyler ParkerArmon Haagen and

Beth Truett HaagenShirley HaasWendy HabichtAndrew HackleyAnn Hageman KearneyJim HagemannDoreen HagertyKathryn HallJoan HallHugh Halverstadt and

Craig EndicottJohn HammermanDavid HaneNancy HanenburgMarty HansenWalter and Darlene HansenEric HansenEileen HarakalSandra HardingKathleen HarkerAiden HarmstonAndre HarnessBobbie HarperBrianna HathawayMary HathawayMark and Meg HausbergGary and Jeannine Hayden

Kristen HaydenSusan HayesRoosevelt and Michelle

Haywood, IIIO.J. and Pati HeestandPaul and Willa HekmanMichael Held and Bonnie BarberRichard Heller IIMatt and Alison HelmsSahar HendabadiDan and Miriam HendersonMike HendonMark Keller and

Shelly Hennig-KellerFred and Val HenryLinda HenselEmily HerefordLiz Patterson and

Michael HermsenAnn HerringMitch and Trish HershbergerMartin and Patty HertzelJay HesdorfferNoah and Kendall HewittKimberly HickmanLou Ann HicksCarlton HigbieJohn HigbieKay HinnLee HinnantCarla HisleJim HofertSusan HoffmanChrista HoffmeierJulia HogrenBradley and Elizabeth HoldenVan Holkeboer and

Linda BachelderDoug and Patrena HollerMarcia HollingsworthKara HollowayChristine HoltonMarilee HopkinsKatie HopkinsDon Horvath and Juli Crabtree Jesse and Jean HorvathKent and Nancy HoskinsBrooks HosteBill and Joan HowardJeffrey and Vicki HowardLouise HoweTom and Karen Howell Jr.Ann HsingTimothy HuangKym Hubbard and

Tamara WeberLaura Hughes

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SUPPORTERS

“Without the Urban Farm, I don’t know what I’d be doing, if I’d have a job or not. The Farm has definitely helped me better myself.”

–Malcolm, Urban Farm Youth Program Alumnus

Lafayette FordKevin and Katie FordChristopher FortChristopher FortinTyra FortsonChris Foster and Pauline MerrillEloise Foster Erik and Colleen FosterAngela FoughtAmanda Fox Sandra FoxDanielle FragenRobert FragenRoark FrankelPat Fraser


Patrick HughesRandy HuizengaDan HulaAndrew and Cindy HullBrian HullRobert and Cynthia HullingerMatthew HumbargerGeorge and Leslie HumeKatrina HumphreysDon and Jane HuntCarol Hunt ShermanAdelina HuoWilliam HurleyMike Hurtubise and

Ann MurrayBob and Saran HutchinsBetty HutchinsonPeyton and Betty HutchisonCarla InwoodConnie IsenbargerDorothy Jackson Stacy JacksonGreg JacobsJeff and Marian JacobsonAndrea JaffeMatthew JamesJane JamesPam JamesonCarla JanzenBarbara JavarasMark JelinekStephanie JenksAnn JennettJesus JimenezAida Johnson Barbara JohnsonCary and Mary Johnson Cory Johnson David and Valerie Johnson Harold JohnsonJeffrey and Katie Johnson Jerry and Karen Johnson Kevin JohnsonRebecca Johnson Shawn JohnsonShirley JohnsonJean and Cynthia JohoMike and Virginia JonesLarry and Anna JonesRoberta JorikPat JosephJean JoslynJack and Carolyn JucewiczChris KagaoanJim KalbSaeed and Negin Kamalinia

Behnam KamraniJulie KangAlicja KaniaAndrew KarabaAndrew KarpAmy KartheiserAllan Kayler and

Deborah Hall-KaylerDouglas and Martha KaylerMichael KazanjianCarol KeenanRandy and Kathryn Keller Jr.Andy and Maggie KellyJerry and Liz KennedyJudy KerchAlyca KerrGreg and Shannon KershnerJames KevernVijay and Monika KhianiMasoumeh KhorshidiHoma KhosravianPhillip and Kathy KidderWilliam Kildow IV and

Nancy BrownMolyvann KimHardy and Hyunjung KimMark and Sheila KindigSusan KinerAnn KingstromSamantha KinhanWalter and Terri KinneyEsther KirkCarolyn and Gordon KirkTomoko KizawaJon KlausaAaron KleinmanBrett Klotz and Tanya MartinMark KnightRebecca KnightSusan KnightRonald KnissBetsy KochCarol KoellerBob and Jan KoenigHannah KolakNadezda KolzSara KontalonisTracy KooglerWilliam and Linda KooglerRob and Jean Marie KoonJoel KorantengMatthew and Anoopa KoshySue KostiwaPayal KothariJennie KovacicStephen and Christina Kozich

Donald Doucette and Dianna Kozien-Doucette

Angela KrallRonald KramerSusan KranskyJames KrapfelWes Kriebel and

Marilynn CasonKandace KriegerDimitri KritikosJudy KrotkyChris KruegerDawn KrugerHannah KuharFrank and Erica KuhlmannJim and Dawn KulichKimberly KungTena KunikBob and Jan KuramotoLiz KurmanPhil and Kelly KurschnerThomas KusnierzLisa LaCrosseJim and Lucille+ LacyJohn LahtiMargaret LaingMarsha LajevardiKaren LambForrest and Barbara

LammimanSandra LancasterRobert Gertner and

Linda LandrumEmily LaneJim and Laurel LannenLisa LanteroKaysha LarryJerry Latherow and

Kerstin StensonEric and Betsy LattannerRon and Tone LaurentRaymond LavkoAndrea LawDavid and Izzy LawrenzPatricia LawsonJeffrey LebataLisa LedererCharles LeHew and Sally ScottAllison LehmannCarl and Laurie LeighAmy LemmonMary LenoxDonald and Marilyn LessnauReyn Leutz and

Christine ProcivJanice Lewis

Kelly Lewis Les and Sarah LewisMaggie LewisRamsey Lewis Jr. Sally Lewis Jina LiJohn LibertySteven LieberJared Light and Katie TruesdellWilliam and Maria LinRoselind LindauMarty LindemannAmanda LindowCarl Lingenfelter and

Stacia SmithDonald Link and

Karol KadechkaAnn LintonPaulette LloydRiley LloydCarol LobbesJennifer LockeMeredith LofttisConnie LogelinForest and Nancy Lombaer Jr.Carmen LonsteinDerek and Kim LopezJackie LorensBruce and Ruthanne Love Janet LoveGary LowFrank and Dala LucasMichael and Lynn LulloDaniel LundquistLoren and Donna LuppesMary Ann LuskAndrew LutseyKelley LynchJoe LyonJanet MacDougallSarah MaciasDiana MackieSandy and Judy MacnabLynn and Eva MaddoxAamer Madhani and

Katie MastersonRon and Elise MagersJim Maggio and

Nicholette Andrews-MaggioJulianne MaggioreMike and Connie MagnusonJames MaguireHeather MajorMerissa MalacaraThomas MallonJohn and Mary Manley

SUPPORTERS


“Jimena ManonDanielle ManriqueMichael and Mary ManskeJoe and Melanie MapesDean MaragosDiane MardavichStephanie MarshallArthur MartinBarbara MartinBradley MartinJoann MartynStephanie Mason Thomas MasonBrittany MatherJoe Mathewson and

Jennifer WhelptonWilliam MatsonDavid MattesonHerbert MausserAllison MaxwellWalter MayaBhash MazumderTrey and Maurine McAdams IIISue McAdamsWoody McCally IIIJoan McCarthyStephen and Jayme

McConnellStefanie McCormackDave and Dana McDermottThomas McDonoughSonya McDowellGail McEnroeAndy and Pam McGaanJohn and Sharon McGee IIMeghan McGeeStan and Peggy McGinleyJason and Katie McGovernDavid and Leslie McGranahanJean and Jacquie McGrewMaggie McGuireMichael and Cheryl McGuireAlexander Ian McIntoshPaul and Deborah McKayNancy McKinvenCarol McMahanJim McMahonMarta McNairJeffrey and Cherie MeachamGregory and Jennifer MeintsKatherine MelcherAnn MellottRichard and Martha MelmanElizabeth MeloyRyan MengarelliAmanda MerikasMary Jean Metag

Marilyn MetzgerTom MeyersHanh MeyersEli and Rebecca MichaelsDan Miers and Lisa GarayAngela MilesGary and Debbie MilitanteAndrea MillerChristopher Miller Daniel MillerDave MillerEd Miller and Dale SingletonElizabeth Miller Kathryn Miller Marc Miller and Chris HorsmanPhilip and Susan MillerWilliam MillerMark and Nancy MillsCindy MilojevicNicholas MinearJosh and Marianne MintzGary and Bonnie MitchellMike and Lori MitchellJ MitchellRobin MoncrieffSusanne MoncrieffHector MontalvoBob and Julie MontgomeryDorothy MoranNed Morley and Pam CrowellJames and Janet MorleyJamie Morley Rebecca MorleyCraig MorrisGregory and Elizabeth MorrisCraig Morrison and

Debbie KinzerScott Morrison Larisa Morrison Lea MorrisonShana MortazaviRuth MortensenJennifer MosleyCarlos Motin Inosrtoza and

Lara DeVriesChris and Tiffany MuellerJack and Marilyn MulderJulia MullaneTom MullaneyAnsel and Colleen MullinsJamie Murphy Michael and Elspeth MurphyYasir NaamaCraig NaishSally NareyRamon NayarSuzanne Neal

Toi NeiblerBarbara NelsonCorey Nelson Don Nelson and Julie JamesKimberly NelsonMark and Ruth Nelson Patricia NelsonPaul Nelson Ruth Nelson Stephen and Sandy NelsonElizabeth NewkirkSarah NguyenLauren NicholsMatt and Liz NickersonSteven and Maria NiedMehan NigolianNasim NikoumaneshTim Noce and Phoebe WuJohn NolanBill and Penny ObenshainMicahel O’BrienJohn and Christie OchoaSarah OchsnerChris Ocken and

Jessica Royer OckenKaitlyn O’ConnorMary O’DonnellJosh O’Donnell and

Jayme McKellopKen and Cris OhrKevin and Margaret O’KeefeCarol OliverAndrew OliverVilma OlivoTom and Jeanne OlofsonCindy OlsenJohn and Brandy OlsenEric OlsonKirk Olson Linda OlsonHolly O’MaraJames O’NealDan and Jeanne O’Neil IIICharles and Faith OrlebekeKathleen OrosGeorge and Margaret OrtenzoPeri OsakoJeff and Kate OsbornWendy OsbornDerk and Margie OsenbergJane OstranderLisa O’TooleKaren OttoCarol OvermanBarbara OvertonMeriel Owen

Jay Owens and Penny Applegate

June OzmonLuciano and Tanya Padilla Jr.Donald and Dawne PaffordJohn and Andrea PageMilad Pashapour NikouClint PatonNikolas PatouhasBill and Kaylyn PattersonDarla and John Patterson Katherine PattersonMichael Patterson Robert PattersonTon PattersonSarah PaulhusDick and Barbara PayneSusan PayneClaire PearseSteven Pearson Travis PearsonJennifer PedigoKelly Perkins Ken PerkinsAlice PerryJohn and Jane Perry Marisa PerryLani PeseskiElizabeth PetersGrace PetersenHarold and Patricia PetersenPenelope PetersonJane PetkusShaun Pettit and Amy GulinsonChris and Sara Pfaff

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SUPPORTERS

“Some people don’t have this blessing and won’t ever get this blessing. I thank God for you all.”

–Robert,Social Service Center

Open Doors Project Participant


Greg and Josie PhelpsNeal PickerPaul and Lynne PieperBrad and Melanie PierceMonica PilarskiKathy McCabeJeffrey Pilgrim and

Jill LadendorfPerry and Jennifer PintoLarry and Linda PittsJoe PixlerJudith PomeranzRon PorrasThomas PorterLen PounceyMike Powers and

Lindsey HarringtonSunil PradhanCammie PrestonCassie PriceJane PurdyKavita PurswaniSusan PyatetskyMitch QuadeMichael RadnerBobby and Johanna RahalPeter RaseyRaul RaymundoSeth and Allie ReatherfordPete RebichJanet ReedDonald and Dolores RegisterTyler and Jessica ReimerJudith ReinhardtMichelle ReinhardtBrett ReinholzNancy ReiseWarren ReissJulie Reiter PelleriteDinesh RelwaniKevin and Kim ReomeJohn and Beth RepkeRon ReschkeTave and Lesley ReserAdelle ResorRobert ReuterDenise ReyesRyan RichertGlenn and Danielle RichterViolet RickJanice RiddellMiranda RidenourJeanine RiedlDirk and Julie Riekse Tom and Carol RiekseBruce and Mary RigdonMary Riggen

Edward RileySusan RindihalghRyan and Melissa RiordanDonna RishelBeth RizerMeredith RizzariJeff RobertsWalter and Meg RobinsonCharlene RoderickLaura RodnitzkyMarv and Lois RoelofsJohn and Veronica RomanoRobert and Lauren RossPeter and Gabrielle RothThomas RothAnthony and Jane RothschildRandy and Fiona RoyerMarc and Helen RubensteinKevin and Val RuddChris RudolphiTony Ruger and Deborah KappGeorge and Kim RuhanaBrent Rupple Jr. and

Reaves WimbishKyle RussoRandy RusthovenPaul Rutgers and

Susan PeverlySteve RysonRick and Martha SabolKatherine SalettaVan and Sue SalmansDee SampsonPamela SampsonAmber SamuelsonPaola San MartiniSantiago SanchezKari SandersonRichard SandersonMary SantellaJerry and Allison SantosBill and Gail Saracco Jr.Kevin SargisKatie SassBrian and Norah SatreJohn and Deborah SavkoKen and Elaine ScalesMary SchaafsmaNancy SchachmanEdna SchadeDanielle ScharfIngrid ScheckelTim SchellhardtTom and Sue SchemperJay SchiesserJanet SchiffmanMatt and Jill Schiltz

Donn Schimp II and Renae Bradshaw

Steve SchlegelWilliam SchlesserDave and Mary SchlottJessica SchmidtJeffrey SchneiderRosemary SchnellLinda SchoerMenno and Susan ScholtenLinnea SchrammMary SchregardusKendra SchroerFred and Jenny SchulerThomas SchultzStephanie SchumannJen SchuttMike SchwantesDennis and Judith SchwartzWilliam and Donna SchwarzTala SchwindtTrey SeabrookChristine SeidCynthia SeifertBrad and Melissa SeilerLaura SenelDonna SensSuzie ShadeFaiz ShaikhAmanda Shannon Colleen Shannon Peter Shannon Tom and Ann ShannonSarah SharonSteven ShattuckJohn and Sharon ShererKate SheridanBill Sheridan and

Carole TaymanKathleen SherlockMarty Sherrod and

Becky Jeffers SherrodSharon ShivasAdam ShogerJohn and Stacey ShonkwilerSandi ShoreJohn and Lisa ShorneyMaggie ShreveJan ShurtzGerri ShuteMorgan SiebertDan SiegleJoyce SigmonPaul and Marian SikoraArturo SilvaKennon and Sandra Simmons Morgan and Mary Simmons

Amy SimonsRob and Katy Sinclair Jr.Raye SingerIsaac SinnottMegan SizooMike and Jennifer SkowlundLolita SlaughterJennifer SloanTim SlomkaThomas SmilesDavid Smith Laurie SmithLesley SmithMarie Smith Melinda SmithSusan Smith Ted Smith Marilyn SmullPeggy SnorfKaren SolheimAlison SoltauSarah SomersTeresa SoppetDavid and Carolyn SpadaforaDawn SpearsJim SpiegelNicole SpirgenLacy Spraggins McDonaldChuck and Nell StaesSteve and Emmy StanleyRobert Starshak and

Ross DraegertSue StealeySteven and Deborah StefaniHolly StehlinAlan SteinJim and Donna SteinRenee SteinAnne StelleCarey StephensonThomas StevensCathrine Stewart Roger StewartMarcia Mead StillermanJoel StillermanDavid Stillerman Jonathan StillermanAudrey StillmanFred Stinson Lynda StinsonMark StintziRagnhild StockenströmJeff and Alison StogsdillDiana StokesGeorge and Eileen StoneJames StoneJim Stout Sr.

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SUPPORTERS


Jeff and Shawn StrackJohn and Lisa StracksCarol StrangeRay StraussChad and Ami StrikerSarah StrohDavid and Heather StrongDick and Ella StrubelDoug and Meghan StrubelSteve Stryker and

Andrea SchwartzSarah StumbrasAshlee StumpfDavid and Laura Sturrus Ed and Joyce SturrusDevlin Su and

Kate Nuehring SuU. SuggsRichard SugliaJeanne SullivanJames Summers and

Lisa FrancisRebecca SummersKerry Summers-ValdezCassandra SumnerIvy SundellPaul SutenbachJennifer and Alan SwainMarie SwensonShane and Natalie SwinneaAlyssa SylvariaJoe SzubaCharla TabetEmily Talen Mary TalenNicholas TanLinda TangoraTod TappertDarlene TaylorJacqueline Taylor Susan TaylorSuzan TaylorUpneet and Jessica TejiNancy TempleLisa TenczaGreg and Gail Thomas Larry and Alison ThomasChuck and Sarah ThompsonJack and Rachel ThompsonPeter Thompson Samme and Janet ThompsonSue ThompsonDennis Thorn and

Jianghong LiFrank and Nina ThorpBarbara TimberlakeMichael and Nancy Timmers

Shalyn TimmonsChad and Heidi TischerKane and Mara TitanBrian and Katie TkachLen TomakaTiffany TononiGene and Peg TonsagerPaul and Alicia TothNicole ToumaSteven and Becky TouseyShirley TowerDouglas TrapassoKen and Janny TraversBarton and Jennifer TrethewayHoward and Joyce TrierPaul Trost and

Meredith Payne TrostTodd TrowbridgeTerrence TruaxWilliam TrumbullFran TuiteJohn and Ann TurnerJessica UeckerSteve and Sandy UmmelCurt and Jane UnanderMatt and Erin UnanderBrenda UnderwoodRobert and Nancy UnglaubJessica UpchurchJane UpinAllie UtleyAndrea ValenciaSam Valenzisi and

Sarah Friedman Susan Van der MeulenDave and Susan Van HooserBrian and Jen

Van KlompenbergGrace Van MoerAlison Van Vark George Van Verst and

Nancy Sutherland Van VerstJimie VanceSarah Vander PloegIris Vander WalNicholas and Stephanie

VanDerSchieKen and Linda VanderWeeleVenugopal VankadharaSue VaughanHobson VaughtLes VentschDavid VickMackenzie VigliottiNancy VincentEmma VisElizabeth Vivas

Carol VixJeanne VogelzangSusan VolkoberTony and Amy VolpeRobert von der SittHeidi VoorheesJean VossKathy Voss Robert and Stephanie VossAlexandra VozzaRobert and Kerry VyverbergMelissa WackerCarrie WagenerChristine WagnerGretchen WahlJohn and Leslie WainwrightCaroline Walker Ken Walker Margaret Walker Roland WalkerSophie WalkerStephanette WalkerTom and Ellyn Walker Michael Wallace and

Jennifer RakstadLois WallerJoel WalmaMichael Walsh and

Elizabeth Foster Peter WalshJohn and Carol WalterRobert WalterCarol WanagatBill and Tina WardropBettie WashingtonBeverly WashingtonPaul and Margaret

WasielewskiDave and Judy WattJennie WeakleyKwame WebbSteven WebbAmy WeberJulie Weber CoffmanGeorge WeeksAnn WeinbergGay WeissenbergerMichelle and Ron WeitzChip Welch and

Angi Semler WelchSusan WellerLisa WhatleyNike WhitcombCarol WhiteDavid WhiteLeslie WhittetBrett Whysel

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SUPPORTERS

“I like dancing because it brings out my feelings. When I dance, I feel joyful, happy, excited.”

–Makayla, Dance Academy Student

Eric Wicks and Linda BakerEric and Sandy WiedegreenElijah and Diana WildeGloria WilenRoy Wiley and

Bobbie Huskey WileyScott and Sheila WilkersonKatherine WillemsMadeline WilletsAllison WilliamsLayton Williams Randy and Susie Williams Richard and Marlene Williams Mark WilliamsonNeil and Lilly WillisCheryl Wilson Cindy WilsonGary and Modena Wilson Justin Wilson Roger WilsonWes WilsonNora WiltseSonjia WingKurt and Felicia WinieckiBrandon and Rachel WinikatesClaudia WinklerTerra WinstonDaniel WintersRobert WislowHoward and Marilyn WittDon and Laura WoernerBrian and Devon WojciechowskiCharles and Kathryn WolfAndrew WongCatherine Wood Monica Wood Shanna Wood


SUPPORTERSSherry and Lee WoodryThomas WoodyMichelle WozniakLauren WretmanGordon and Nancy WrightSusan WulczynStephen and Mary Kay

WyshamDave YamborMei-Fen Yang

Justine YarusElizabeth YeldaMarcel Yonan and

Charlotte WagerJeff and Kathryn YorgJim and Mary Ellen YoungRamona Young Allison YoungbloodSarah YoungerPayam Yousefzadeh

Anne ZagottaDuke and Kristin ZandstraJeff and Betsy ZeigerMary ZeltmannAlison ZeppKen and Hillary ZimmerKathy ZoellerSusan ZuckerCraig Zummer and

Michelle SeitzKaren Zupko

+ deceased

We regret any omission that may have occurred. If we inadvertently omitted or misspelled your name, please contact Andrea Miller at 312.640.2576 ([email protected]).

Associates Board (2015) Peter Shannon, PresidentPayal Kothari, Vice PresidentEmily Hereford, SecretaryEmily Fisher, TreasurerJeff Osborn, Events ChairKen Perkins, Gala ChairRussell Vilt, Outreach ChairElizabeth Diebolt, Volunteer Chair

Ryann Ariano Heather BrownKeri ChristensenAmanda DonnellyKristin Ellertson

Maya ErraboluRachel FisherDanielle FragenSamantha GregoryEric HansenJulie KangRobert KearneySamantha KinhanKim KungJeff LebataStefanie McCormackEmily MeisenzahlAndrea MillerTim Noce

Bill PattersonSarah PowellChauncey RobinsonStefanie SchumannNicole SpirgenCarey StephensonRachel ThompsonNicole ToumaKatherine WillemsShanna WoodLauren WretmanYesoe Yoon

CHICAGO LIGHTS LEADERSHIPBoard of Directors (2014–2015)John L. Borovicka, PresidentDebbie Frisch, Vice PresidentSusan Kostiwa, SecretaryKen Walker, TreasurerRyann Ariano Lola CokeRobert A. CrouchVictoria G. CurtissLafayette Kyle FordRoderick J. GedeyChristopher Gentry

Ellen GignilliatCynthia JohoCraig NaishWilliam D. PattersonRichard SandersonElaine ScalesLinnea L. SchrammChad A. TischerBrian Van KlompenbergTerra WinstonStacy Jackson, Executive Director


$100,000+Charles E. Marks Jr.

Charitable Trust

$50,000+The Chicago Community TrustChicago Tribune Charities, a

McCormick Foundation Fund (2015–2016 gift)

Dancing Skies FoundationFourth Presbyterian ChurchThe Greer Foundation

$25,000+Caerus Foundation, Inc. Christopher Family FoundationKLA Samaritan FoundationPolk Bros. Foundation

$15,000+Colonel Stanley R. McNeil

Foundation Oberweiler FoundationGeorge L. Shields Foundation

$10,000+Anonymous J.R. Albert FoundationFinnegan Family FoundationFull Circle Foundation Leo S. Guthman FundWakerley Family Foundation

$5,000+AnonymousCHIditarod FoundationFruitGuys Community FundGreater Chicago

Food DepositoryMcGraw FoundationNayar Family FoundationWells Fargo Foundation

$2,500+Andrew Family FoundationClif Bar FoundationDollar General Literacy

FoundationJackson National

Life InsuranceKinder Morgan Foundation

$1,000+Anonymous After School Matters Arbonne Charitable FoundationTom E. Dailey FoundationAlbert J. Speh, Jr. and

Claire R. Speh Foundation

CORPORATE MATCHING GIFT PARTNERSAdobeAlliant Energy AssurantArthur J. Gallagher FoundationBank of America Foundation CME Group Community

Foundation CNAGeneral Electric Foundation Illinois Tool Works JP Morgan Chase Foundation Kirkland & Ellis Foundation MacArthur FoundationMicrosoftPepsiCoUnion PacificWells Fargo Foundation William Blair

Emerald $2,000Latherow Law OfficeQuatrro FPO SolutionsTurner Construction CompanyU.S. Bank

Ruby $1,000Quimby Pipe Organs, Inc.Seminars International, Inc. YJT Solutions

In-Kind SponsorsArlen Music ProductionsConnie’s PizzaCorporate Motivation, Inc.Goose Island Beer Co.

Official Airline SponsorDelta Air Lines

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2015 CORPORATE, FOUNDATION, AND ORGANIZATION DONORS.

Thank you to the corporate sponsors who supported Chicago Lights events in 2015.

GALA OF HOPE CORPORATE SPONSORSJubilee $50,000The Driskill Foundation

Hope $25,000Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Sapphire $10,000Madison Dearborn Partners, LLCGrady Campbell Incorporated

Diamond $5,000BMO Harris BankCBRE | U.S. Equities RealtyJenner & Block, LLP McCormick Theological

SeminaryRevel DécorTerlato Wines InternationalTherapy Yoga

Gymnastics Rocks

SPOTLIGHT CORPORATE SPONSORS

Changemaker $5,000Kirkland & Ellis LLP Northern TrustThe Driskill FoundationUBS Financial Services, Inc.

Champion $2,500Alexander & Borovicka

Government Solutions, LLCDiMeo Schneider &

Associates, L.L.C.Raymond James Financial, Inc.

Advocate $1,000Hochberg Family Foundation

Ambassador $500Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.EKI DigitalFranczek Radelet P.C.Geneva AdvisorsPeralta Garcia Solutions

In-Kind SponsorCorporate Motivation, Inc.

GLOW CORPORATE SPONSORSBrilliant $2,500CME GroupGuaranteed RateKirkland & Ellis LLPThe Driskill Foundation World Fuel Services

Radiant $1,000AJR FiltrationCNATwinkling Stars Preschool

Glimmer $500Bancequity Petroleum

Corporation

Health Endeavorsmegabus.com Reclaimed Table Sikich LLP

In-Kind SponsorsBarefoot Wine & Bubbly Beam Suntory Chicago Sun-Times Splash Crafthouse CocktailsGoose Island Beer Co.Sprinkles CupcakesThe DJ Firm

CORPORATE DONORSButton & Zipper CapitalOne 360 Café Chicago SpartansE*TRADE Financial Edelman / Rebecca LakinFactor WomenFrankie’s ScaloppineGREC Architects

H & M Midwest Publishing

Association Operation WarmQuatrro FPO Solutions Rotary Club of Chicago –

O’HareStrategic Hotels and Resorts/

Dana Dawson


GIVE• Give to the Chicago Lights Annual Fund• Designate Chicago Lights for a corporate matching gift• Honor someone special through a tribute or memorial gift• Donate to a specific program• Secure a sponsorship or in-kind gift from your company• Designate Chicago Lights through your workplace giving

campaign • Plan a gift for the future

For more information about giving to fund Chicago Lights’ life-changing outreach, please contact Katy Frey Bever at 312.981.3380 ([email protected]).

VOLUNTEER• Serve as a mentor through Chicago Lights Tutoring,

help students harvest produce at the Urban Farm, teach choreography at the Dance Academy, lead a Summer Day academic or enrichment class, or aid guests in the Social Service Center’s clothing shop or food pantry.

For more information about volunteering, please contact Kate Solis Silva at 312.981.3564 ([email protected]).

ATTEND• Party with a purpose at Gala of Hope, our annual benefit

in the spring, or support our Associates Board’s annual gala, GLOW, in the fall.

For more information about attending our gala events, contact Andrea Miller at 312.640.2576 ([email protected]).

GET INVOLVED


“I’m happy to come to Summer Day each year because it’s different each day and has nice teachers and easy-going classrooms. Plus, I don’t like staying home all day!”

–Leah, Summer Day Student

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