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Thank You!

This year's Holiday Celebration held at the Ritz-Carlton Chicago was a great record-breaking success! Sponsorships, donations, live and silent auctions, wine raffle and giving tree purchases raised more than $1 Million in gross proceeds and still counting!

Guests enjoyed great food, fun and fellowship. Many danced the night away to the music of Grammy Award Winner Sammie Torres and the Pilsen Art Ensemble. 

Performances by the Calumet Center’s Out of School Children’s Community Choir and the North Center Children’s Band were among the highlights of the evening. A moving acceptance speech by Family of the Year honoree Robert C. Knuepfer, Jr. reminded all in attendance of the importance of giving back and making a difference. Thank you to all who contributed to making the evening such a success!

Click here to view photos from the event. For those interested in purchasing hi-resolution prints of photos from the event, please contact LeVern Danley at ldanley@lad4creations.com.

Event Sponsors

Metropolitan Family Champion ($50,000+)
Chicago Tribune Media Group

Metropolitan Family Advocates ($25,000+)
Abbot Labs
Anonymous
Baker & McKenzie
BMO Harris Bank and Harris myCFO
Frank M. Clark & Vera A. Clark
Merle and Seymour Cohen
ComEd
Deloitte LLP
Discover Financial Services
The Duchossois Family Foundation
Kristine M. Givens
Wallace William Harris Jr. & Sheila Harris
Roger C. Hochschild & Stephanie Hochschild
Ashley & Michael Joyce
Martha & Richard Melman
Barbara Rapp
Eileen P. Scudder & Russell E. Zimmermann
Byron O. Spruell & Sedra M. Spruell
Winston & Strawn LLP
 
Metropolitan Family Connector ($10,000+)
Allstate
Aon Chicago Blackhawks
Craig & Janet Duchossois
David Hiller
Tony & Sue Hunter
Mayer Brown
Martha W. Melman & Richard Melman
Mesirow Financial
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
UBS Investment Bank
 
Metropolitan Family Friends ($7,000+)
ABC7 and Loop Capitol
Apollo/University of Phoenix
Bank of America
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois
Charter One
Fifth Third Bank
ITW
JPMorgan Chase
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
KPMG
Northern Trust
Ginger & Stanley Pillman
PNC Bank

 

 

 
 

 

 

HOLIDAY CELEBRATION
HOST COMMITTEE
Tony W. Hunter, Chair
Erik D. Barefield
Merle G. Cohen
Erin M. Gardiner
Stephen M. Griesemer
Roger C. Hochschild
Ashley Duchossoiss Joyce
Martha W. Melman
Virginia Johnson Pillman
Barbara Rapp
Sophia Ruffolo
Eileen P. Scudder
David S. Tropp

HOLIDAY CELEBRATION
CO-CHAIRS
Frank M. Clark & Dr. Vera A. Clark
Merle G. Cohen & Seymour A. Cohen
Wallace W. Harris & Sheila Harris
Roger C. Hochschild & Stephanie Hochschild
Tony W. Hunter & Susan Hunter
Michael & Ashley Duchossois Joyce
Martha W. Melman & Richard Melman
Eileen P. Scudder & Russell Zimmerman
Byron Spruell & Sedra Spruell
Barbara Rapp

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