CBA Record

Celebrating 20 Years of Lawyers Lend-A-Hand to Youth

Co-chairs:

Paula Hudson Holderman Winston & Strawn LLP

Sharon E. Jones Jones Diversity, Inc.

invite you to the Spring Awards Dinner Celebrating 20 Years of Lawyers Lend-A-Hand to Youth

Presented By:

T he Lawyers Lend-A-Hand to Youth Program was created 2o years ago by the Chicago Bar Association and the Chicago Bar Foundation. Thomas A. Demetrio funded an annual grant award with a desire to impact the lives of Chicago’s underprivileged children by recognizing the efforts of exceptional tutor/mentor programs in the Chicago communities. From this award was born the Lend-A-Hand Program. Remarks from then-CBA President Demetrio on the inauguration of Lend- A-Hand ( CBA Record, January 1993) are included below. The need for this inventive program continues today, as do the many wonderful stories of lives that have been impacted through the efforts of Chicago attorneys via Lawyers Lend-A-Hand. Sharing the Gift of Hope By Thomas A. Demetrio The vocation of every man and woman is to serve other people. –Tolstoy I amproud to formally announce thatThe Chicago Bar Association andThe Chicago Bar Foundationwill com- mence amentoring program for our inner-city youth. What is mentoring, and why is it important to the community? Mentoring programs help children of various ages who are socially isolated from the un- continued on page 53

Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Philanthropic Award Recipients:

Thursday, May 28, 2015 Four Seasons Hotel, 120 E. Delaware Place, Chicago 5:30 p.m. Cocktails I 6:30 p.m. Dinner & Program Host: Michelle Relerford, NBC5 Chicago $250 per person Karen Gatsis Anderson and Kimball R. Anderson

Sponsors (list in formation) Presenting Sponsor

Barristers Benefactors

Karen Gatsis Anderson & Kimball R. Anderson

Philanthropic Patrons

Supporting Sponsors Holland &Knight LLP

Fidelity Life Association

Locke Lord LLP

Stout Risius Ross, Inc.

Tomasik Kotin Kasserman

For more information on tickets and sponsorships, please visit www.lawyerslendahand.org or call 312.554.2041.

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