Spring Benefit 2006

Light Up the Night

The annual fundraising event, which was held March 25,
raised over $70,000 for Connections for the Homeless.

Emcee Derrick Blakley, CBS 2 Chicago NEWS Anchor and Reporter, with Benefit Co-Chairs Julie Kimmel and Joe Liss.	Mary Ruth Coffey, Executive Director, and Per K. Hanson, President of the Board of Directors enjoyed the evening's dinner and dancing to the music of "The Moods."
Mary Ruth Coffey, Executive Director, and Lorraine Morton, Mayor of Evanston.	The guest speaker, shown here before the event with Derrick Blakley, shared her story with the audience.

Awards were presented to:
Evanston Ecumenical Action Council
for their exceptional and continued support of Connections and service to the community
and
SGDP
for their generosity and care of the issues surrounding homelessness.

Benefit Underwriters

Supporters
Brown, Kaplan & Liss LLP
Bill Hartgering, Mediator & Arbitrator, JAMS
Julie Kimmel & Philip Schluter 

Companions
Per K. Hanson
Kellogg School of Management
Jessie & Douglas Macdonald
McDougal Littell  

Partners
American Family Insurance
Suzanne B. & Bobby J. Calder
Cyrus Development Group, Ltd.
Gary & Sue Dindia
J. Randall Huyck
Nancy & Neal Laatsch
Northwestern University
Tim & Jenny Sheehan
Cynthia & Philip Warth

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