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annual Report 2008

Our MissionChicago Lights changes lives one at a time by offering hope and opportunity to individuals and families who face the challenges of aging, poverty, and access to education and healthcare.

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The Programs of Chicago Lights Tutoring Stacy Jackson, Director

Center for Life and Learning Patty Jenkins, Director

Elam Davies Social Service Center Kathleen McKenzie, Director

Literacy and Arts at Near North Magnet Cluster Schools Diana Anton, Director

Center for Whole Health Terrill Stumpf, Director

Summer Day Stacy Jackson, Director

Free Write Jail Arts and Literacy at Nancy B. Jefferson Alternative School Ryan Keesling, Manager

Chicago Lights makes a difference on Chicago’s urban landscape by fostering education and literacy, advancing health and wellness, and

alleviating hunger and homelessness.

27,562 healthy meals nurtured the bodies and spirits of adults and children.

422 hours of exercise sessions and dance classes promoted active and healthy

lifestyles for children and adults.

23,115 hours of tutoring and mentoring helped break the cycle of poverty for

children living in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods.

The result is changed lives – for 7,000 people served,

as well as for 1,100 individual donors,

1,092 volunteers, 70 corporations and foundations, and

50 staff members whose combined efforts help make Chicago’s urban landscape

a more humane, just, and equitable place to live.

A Letter from the Board President

Nowhere has the recent economic downturn been felt more acutely than among those already living on the precipice. Last year, Chicago Lights saw a significant increase in the number of people seeking help with the challenges of unemployment, hunger, lack of housing, aging, and access to health care and education. The Chicago Lights Elam Davies Social Service Center saw unprecedented numbers of recently unemployed professionals who suddenly found themselves in a position where they never imagined they would be—asking for help.

With the help of 1,100 donors and 1,092 volunteers, Chicago Lights was able to touch the lives of each of these people, more than at any other time in its history, while being mindful of expenses. At the same time, the Chicago Lights Board continued implementation of a strategic plan with a view to position Chicago Lights to provide innovative solutions to our community’s most pressing needs, while creating long-term, sustainable change.

We are immensely grateful for more than $1,235,000 in gifts from individuals, foundations, and corporations toward our total revenue of $2,029,000 in 2008, which have made hope a reality for so many. In reviewing this year’s annual report, consider how your own life might be touched and enriched by volunteering or by making a gift, however large or small, to Chicago Lights.

Thank you.

Mark J. BereysoPresident, Board of Directors

Board of Directors

Mark J. Bereyso, President Alison B. Thomas, Vice PresidentJay Frey, SecretaryRobert Doak, Treasurer*Jean Ban Mark R. BeckmannBetty BergstromDianne E. BowmanDelia C. ColemanFrancia E. Harrington*Larry McCracken*Mark NelsonNancy L. UnglaubSylvia J. WynnVictoria G. Curtiss, Executive Director *Not pictured

Committee and Advisory Council ChairsJean Ban, Center for Life and Learning MarketingAngela DiAnna, Tutoring Robert Doak, FinanceBarbara Doyle, Mental Health MinistryJay Frey, FundraisingSuzanne Kickhaefer, Carnaval Mission Benefit Karen Lamb, Center for Whole HealthEd Miller, Center for Life and Learning MarketingKimberly O’Brien, Holiday CardsKen Ohr, MarketingNancy Tegethoff-Baker, Carnaval Mission Benefit Alison Thomas, Holiday CardsNancy Unglaub, Fundraising

Plan Your Gift for the Future You can ensure the sustainability of Chicago Lights programs long into the future and further your financial goals by planning a gift during your lifetime that will benefit Chicago Lights through your estate. Plan gifts for the future through wills, charitable gift annuities, life insurance, retirement plans, and various types of charitable trusts.

Volunteer Your TimeIn 2008, over 1,000 volunteers gave their gifts of time and talent, significantly extending Chicago Lights’ outreach. Our work would not be possible without the generous help of our volunteers.

For more information on ways to give, visit www.chicagolights.org or contact the Development Office at 312.640.2576. Checks, made payable to Chicago Lights, can be sent to 126 E. Chestnut St, Chicago IL 60611.

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Provide hope and opportunity Every Day of the Year.Give a gift that changes lives.

Designate Chicago Lights for a Matching Gift“It’s not complicated at all. It’s an opportunity for those in business to supplement their giving,” says Don Hunt, one of Chicago Lights’ first board members. Usually contributors just fill out a form. “Everyone should find out whether they have a matching gifts program with their organization, and then it’s just a matter of designating Chicago Lights as the recipient,” Don says. “It’s a win-win: you win by giving to Chicago Lights, and you win by taking advantage of the matching program to double your gift.”

You can also designate Chicago Lights through your company’s United Way Campaign. Contact your human resources offices for more information about United Way and matching gifts.

Give Memorial Gifts and Tribute GiftsConsider a gift dedicated to someone or to marking a special occasion. This generosity honors everyone involved and creates a lasting, positive legacy. Chicago Lights acknowledges memorial and tribute gifts by sending an appropriate note to the family or honoree. The amount of your gift will not be mentioned and a separate receipt will be sent to you.

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Chicago Lights is grateful to acknowledge the generous gifts given by our 1,100 donor households during the 2008 calendar year:

Chicago Lights Center for Whole Health (CWH) engages more than 1,700 people annually by providing health and wellness services that address the needs of body-mind-spirit. The Center promotes health and wellness through teaching, counseling, and education for people of all ages.

The CWH focuses Chicago Lights outreach on healthy aging, mental health, women’s health, cardiovascular health, and the joy and responsibilities of care giving. CWH partners with community agencies and foundations to impact the growing need for whole health services and practices. Over the past year, CWH offered two community health fairs and weekly health and wellness drop-in appointments, which provided health screenings and immunizations for guests of Chicago Lights Elam Davies Social Service Center. The Center’s Healthy Heart

Project also continued to reach out to lower-income African-American women to help them improve heart health by reducing stress and developing new diet and exercise habits. Kimberly Embery is a peer leader for the Healthy Heart Project. She previously lived in Sanctuary Place, a residence for formerly homeless women. She learned healthy habits through CWH’s outreach and today

lives independently, works full time, and recently got married. “I want to thank Chicago Lights very much for everything that they have done and are going to do for women and men coming out of addiction to allow them the chance to live and learn about how to eat healthily.”

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Dala Aavik

Nancy Abshire

Katherine Acles

Mark Agerton

Jim and Gerianne Ahlberg

Mona Alberry

Dave and Sue Albertson

Sara Albrecht

Robert and Amanda Alford

Don and Carol Allerton

Armando Almendarez

William Alt

Maria Elena Alvarez

Raquel Alvarez

Blake and Barbara Anderson

David and Joy Anderson

Geoff Anderson

Kathy Anderson

Mark Anderson

Michael Anderson

Ross Anderson

Scott and Sue Ann Anderson

Steven Andes

Caitlin Andrew

Edie and Edward Andrew

Elizabeth Andrews

Christiane and Doug Andrews

Brad Angletti

Penny Applegate and Jay Owens

Aur Arben

Lisa Armstrong

Marianne Arnold

Carolyn Arnolds

Eric and Jennifer Arnquist

Rick Artwick

Marshall and Alison Ash

M. Ashby

Jean Athey

Rhonda Austin

Andy and Jennifer Baak

John Bacchus

Robert and Juliette Bacon

Emily Bailey

Stephen Baker and Lucinda Shair

Bob and Juanita Baker

Jeffrey Baker and

Nancy Tegethoff-Baker

Betsy Balgooyen

Mike and Jean Ban

Joengkee Bang

Dean Banick

Linda Barker

Ron and June Barnard

Ron Barrett and Susan Hill

Doug and Mary Ann Barrie

D. Harlean Barth

Mary Bartholomaus

Bob and Kathryn Bates

Kerry Bathrick

Robert Batlivala

Eric Batterman ✠Warren and Eloise Batts

Jim and Deborah Baughman

Lisa Bauman Wiersema

Kathleen and Carroll Bay

Marcia Baylin

Graham and Brook Bayly

Luke Beasley

Harley Beck

Roger and Jeanette Becker

Gary and Ruth Beckman

Mark Beckmann and Kara Portwood

Breda Beilfuss

Jayne Beilke

Helen Beiser

Suzanne Bell

Michael Belsley and Nina Owen

Gabriel and Paige Ben-Dashan

Mark Bereyso and Leslie Ventsch

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Chicago Lights Free Write Jail Arts and Literacy at Nancy B. Jefferson Alternative School (NBJ) provides the only one-to-one literacy tutoring available for more than 480 youth incarcerated in the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center, giving voice to students through media arts and literacy.

Too often students at NBJ are defined by the worst thing they may have ever done. With one-to-one instruction in writing, reading, and visual arts, Chicago Lights helps these students find meaningful pathways toward a transformed sense of identity through publishing their work in a quarterly newsletter, an annual anthology, and on the website www.freewritejailarts.org. In 2008, for the first time students participated in Louder than a Bomb, Chicago’s annual citywide youth poetry slam. A virtual team was sent by recording the team’s poems, which were then played at the slam and heard by more than 1,500 persons.

One girl in the poetry group said, “We want to be seen as more than the crime we are here for. We have stories to tell. Many of us could be future artists, doctors, and lawyers. We want a chance to become those things.”

Henry Berghoef

John and Jean Berghoff

Damie and James Bergman

Betty Bergstrom

Julie Beringer

Michael Berkery

Alan and Cynthia Berkshire

Clark and Susana Bernard

David Berni

Mary Ann Berry

Velma Berry

Bill and Betty Bertsch

Ron and Colleen Bess

Almeria Bibbs

Michelle Bibergal

Gayle Birdsong

John Birdzell

Nan Birmingham

James and Jeanette Bitter

Ed and LaDonna Black

John Blackburn

Robert and Jan Blaich

Dianne and Jim Blanco

Kathryn Blankenship

Gerry Bloomer and Linda Crane

Rick Bogaard

Fred and Joan Bogwill

Caryl Bondelli

Randy and Whitney Borchardt

Wendy Bos

Ron Bottrell and

Polly Peters-Bottrell

The Boucher Family

Bill and Sonja Bowen

Jane Bowen

Clyde and Alice Bowles

Dianne Bowman

Mike and Janet Boyer

John and Kathye Boyle

Linda Bracken

Margot Bradley

Sheralyn Bradley

Paul and Christine Branstad

Larry and Judi Braskamp

Samuel Braun

Beverly Brent

Deborah A. Bricker

Andrew and Donna Brickman

Chuck and Nancy Brickman

Vern Broders and

Francee Harrington

Allan and Carol Brodie

John and Jane Broeksmit

Glenn and Sandra Bromagen

Martha S. Brown

Monica Brown

Dana Brown

Jeff Brown and Susan Fortino-Brown

Russ Bruzek

John M. and Sue Buchanan

John R. and Nancy Buchanan

Betsy Buckham

Jane Buckwalter

Ruth Buikema

Mary Bulanda

Richard and Barbara Bull

Ali Burke

Kathryn Burkhardt

Michael Buss and Anna-Lisa Cox

Chris and Andrianna Buzachero

Jerry Cade

John and Betsy Cairns

Edward and Katherine Campbell

Dennis and Anne Canfield

Lee Canfield

Duane and Ann Carlson

Richard and Brenda Carlson

Roger and Virginia Carlson

Linda Carlstone

James and Louise Carmichael

Richard and Ann Carr

Neil and Sally Carroll

Pam and John Carroll

Paul Carson

Helen Carstensen

Jeff and Lisa Carter

Jerry and Janine Cerasale

Jon Chait and Heather McCombs

Barbara Champion

David Chan

Gdavid Chappelle

Dorothea Chaveriat

Curtis Chen

Suzann Chester

Garett and Courtney Childs

Idella Chino

Fred and Alison Chisolm

Helen Chong

Marla Cichowski

Richard and Maria Ciesla

Meredith and Eugene Clapp

George and Barbara Clark

Ashton Clay

Courtney Clay

Laureen Cleary

Barbara Cleveland

Don and Frances Coe

Bettie Coffey

Amos Coffman and

Julie Weber-Coffman

Howard and Dona Cohen

Marlon and Karin Cohn

Ed and Lola Coke

Christie Colegrove

Delia Coleman

Deborah Compagner

Leroy Conley

Gail Connelly

James and Barbara Conner

Jana Conover

Christopher and Julie Cook

Alex Cornwell

Ruth Cornwell

Andy Costello and Camila Montoya

Kate Covington

Karen Cowman

Richard Crawford and

Allison Pay Crawford

David and Cara Crosby

Matt and Holly Crowl

Lloyd and Janice Culbertson

Andrea Cummings

Donna Cunning

Jennifer Cunningham

Jim Cuno and Sarah Stewart

Drew and Danielle Cupps

Dwight and Linda Curtis

Vicky Curtiss and Kent Organ

Pat Curtner

Kelly Cusack and Nancy Evitt

Arlene Dahm

Marilyn Daleo

Hope Daniels

Ranjan and Kalen Daniels

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Chicago Lights Center for Life and Learning (CLL) provides more than 250 men and women 60 years and more with daily opportunities to explore new interests, pursue well-being, strengthen friendships, and shape their lives and communities.

CLL offers purpose, hope, and meaning in the fullness of life’s journey through a variety of social, educational, cultural, and

physical activities. The Retirement Research Foundation extended funding to CLL in 2008, providing for the continuation of its variety of activities, increasing its visibility, expanding programs to attract a younger audience and more men, and improving data collection so the Center can better serve its members.

The percentage of male members doubled from 2007 to 2008. Bob Sherman said about the members of his Men’s Only discussion group, “What impresses me the most about the people in my group is their life experiences. We all meld together and we learn from each other.”

Lillian Davidson

Grace Davies

Beth Davis

Charlotte Davis

Robert Davis

Ted and Cathy Davis

Terrence Davis

Bob and Marilyn Day

Ben and Janis De Jong

Dave and Karin DeBoer

Sylvia Decker

Richard Dees and Nora Flint

Jhoel and Hwa Young DeGuzman

Tom DeLeire and Jennifer Eagleton

Hank and Stowe Demarest

Will and Catherine DeMille

Laura Deming

Steve Denari and Deborah Carney

Larry and Linda Denison

Edwin Denson and Sharon Socoby

David Derks

Barbara DeRoo

Hans Detlefsen and Emily Bradley

A. DeVito

Michael and Louella DeVries

Ed and Grace DeYoung

Angela DiAnna

Larry and Petra Dietz

Rebecca Dixon

Bob and Lisa Doak

Jim and Betty Doig

Diana Dokken

Gilbert Dominguez and Ann Mastic

Cary Donham and Rebecca Binks

Jim and Nina Donnelley

David and Kathryn Donovan

Michael Donovan

Sue Doran

Libby Dorsey

John T. Douglas

Kim Douglass

Jack Downing

John Downs

Harold Dreebin

Lynne Driver

Tom Duberville

June Dudeck

Verna Due

Bruce and Deborah Duncan

Chris Durbin

Stephanie Dy

Alan Dyer

Ethel Dzubey

Paul and Melanie Earle

Pat Ebbers

Nyambi and Marie Ebie

Janice Edgar

Bob Edger and Gunn Lavoll

Robert and Carolyn Edward

Matt and Laura Edwards

Robert and Katherine Effinger

Susan Egeland

Charles Ehle

Melanie Ehrhart

Andy and Jessica Ekern

George Elder

Louisa Elder and Eric Kettlehut

K.L. Eldridge

Olin Emmons

Bob and Vicki Enderby

Barbara Kaiser Engel

Ken and Judy Epple

Eleanor Erdevig

Robin Erickson

Verna Erickson

David and Ellen Ericson

Bryan and Susan Erler

Oliver and Michelle Ernst

Jill Erny

Michael Estwanik

Simone Esubi

Bill and Dixie Evans

Sam and Terry Evans

Marilyn Ezri

David and Tracy Fairman

Jonathan and Laura Fairman

Boyd and Susan Falconer

Nancy J. Farrell

Christen Farrey

Dawn Farwell

Arlene Faulk

Todd and Sonja Faulkner

Joe and Jan Feldman

Jill Fenstermaker

Betsy Ferguson

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Patsy Habicht and William Conlon

Phil and Nancy Hablutzel

Kathryn Hall

Kurtis Hall

Pat Hall

Hugh Halverstadt and Craig Endicott

Craig and Nelson Hammond

John and Caryn Hank

Travis Hank

Terri Hanson

Eileen Harakal

Thomas and Sandra Hardesty

Cynthia Hardie

Nancy Harding

Diana Harris

Rudy Harrison

LaBaron Hartfield

Mark and Stephanie Hartman

Nancy Hartman

Barry and Judy Haselden

Mary Hathaway

Christine Hauri

Dave and Karen Hawkins

Marisa and David Hay

Bobbie Hayes

Ryan Hayman

Roosevelt Haywood III

Joseph Heilmann

Molly and Martin Heilmann

Paul and Willa Hekman

Richard Heller

Ronald and Jan Hem

Pat Hemingway

Van and Marcia Hemphill

Dave and Karen Henderson

Mary and Frank Henke

Mary Henning

Shirley Henninger

Fred and Val Henry

Elizabeth Herbert

B. M. and K.A. Hergert

Mitch and Patricia Hershberger

Sharon Hibbler

Heather Hilbert

David Hill

Gwendolyn Hill

Kay Hinn

Michael Hires and James Frey

Alyce Hirschi

Elinor Hite

Rob and Sandy Holben

Douglas Holler

Frederick Holper and

Cynthia Campbell

Katharine Hopkins

Marilee Hopkins

David Hornby

Ronald and Karen Horning

Don Horvath and Juli Crabtree

Sophie Horvath

Willie Houston

Bill and Joan Howard

Vicki and Jeffrey Howard

Jonathan and Lois Howe

Tom and Karen Howell

Matthew Humbarger

Don and Jane Hunt

Penelope Hunt

Aimee Hupser

Mark and Elizabeth Hurley

Mike Hurtubise and Ann Murray

Bob Hutchins

Jack Hutchinson

Jess Hutchinson

Peyton and Betty Hutchison

Lorraine and Evelyn Illich

Fran Inman

Marion Jack

Dorothy and Tom Jackson

Jane Jackson

Victoria Jackson

Ethan and Nancy Jacobs

Marianne Jahn

Pamela Jameson

Barbara Javaras

Dara Javier

Larry and Heather Jencks

Barbara Joabson

Candice Johnson

Craig and Heidi Johnson

Jerry and Karen Johnson

Red and Shirley Johnson

William and Patsy Johnson

Bruce and Nancy Johnston

Jean and Cynthia Joho

Dwight Jones

Mary Jane Jones

Mike and Virginia Jones

Roberta Jorik

Lance and Karen Josal

Deborah Kang

Susanne Kanter

Carla Kappmeyer-Sherwin and

Philip Sherwin

Andrew Karaba

Jeffrey Kaufmann

J. Allan Kayler and Deborah Hall

Bob and Kim Keck

Carol Keenan

Jill Keiser

Bob and Rosemary Keller ✠Jennifer Keller

Randy and Kathryn Keller

James Keller

Doug Kelner

Bonnie Kepplinger

Judy Kerch

Alyca Kerr

Dennis Kerr

Robin Keyes

Kevin and Suzanne Kickhaefer

Marjorie Kiewit

William Kildow

Whe Do Kim and Dennis Moffat

Young and Soon Kim

Mark and Sheila Kindig

Jonathan and Kim King

Ann Kingstrom

Ronald Kint

Carolyn Kirk

Esther Kirk

Philip and Judy Kirk

Linda Kissler

Keith and Barbara Kizziah

L. A. Klemm

Corey Klobas

Mary Klug

Augie and Dolores Knes

Jim and Jacque Kniola

Richard and Gwenyth Knorr

Bob and Jan Koenig

Tracy Koogler

Bob and Jean Marie Koon

David Kopf

John and Patricia Kostolansky

Adrienne Kostreva

Ronald Kowalczyk

Jeanette Krenek

Wes Kriebel and Marilynn Cason

Chris Krueger

Alexia Kruger

Barbara Kuehn

Elizabeth Kuhn

Jim and Dawn Kulich

Bob and Janette Kuramoto

Liz Kurman

Nancy Kurz

Peter Kwasteniet

Jim and Lucille Lacy

Denise LaForte

Margaret Laing

Karen Lamb

David and Jill Lamneck

Martha Langford

Kurt Larsen

Daniel Larson

Jerry Latherow and Kerstin Stenson

Beth Laurin

Amber Lavicka

Bess Lawrence

Alice Lawson

Marion Lawson

Oral Layman

Ji Inn Lee

Kristin Lee

Tae Hee Lee

Charles LeHew and Sally Scott

Carl and Laurie Leigh

Lana Leistikow

Sally Lemke

Karen Lennox

Arnie and Patty Lenters

Stanley Leonard

Ann Leopold

Paula Lester

Jenny Leung

Reynolds Leutz

Kelly Lewis

Les and Sarah Lewis

Sally Lewis

Fred and Mary Linebarger

Donald and Karol Link

Gaile Linke

Ann Linton

Virginia Lloyd

Carol Lobbes

Ross and Valerie Lober

Lars and Mary Lofgren

Connie Logelin

Forest and Nancy Lombaer

Susana B. G. Lopatka

Derek Lopez

Bruce Lord and Sharon Lynaugh

David and Janet Love

Robert Lovely

Gary Low

Jeff Luban and Melonie Collmann

Michael and Lynn Lullo

Jamie and Nancy Luppes

Janet MacDougall

Diana Mackie

Mae Mackie

Calum and Missy MacLeod

Alexander Macnab

Ron and Elise Magers

Bernice I. Magnuson

Rachel Maguire

Shelley Maish

Tassos and Mary Malliaris

Ronald and Beth Malmquist

Michael Malone

Barbara Maloof

Ruth Mank

John and Kerry Mansfield

Jane Marquard

Robert and Stephanie Marshall

Arthur Martin

Winifred Martin

Charlie Marvin

Paul Marvine

Joseph Mathewson and

Jennifer Whelpton

Rachel Mathys

Susan Maxwell

Roy and Paula May

Amy Mayer

Rick and Susan Mayer

Tim Mayes

Susan Mazzotti

Jack McCord

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Chicago Lights Elam Davies Social Service Center (EDSSC) meets basic human needs and offers a path to self-sufficiency for nearly 4,000 adults. One-to-one services include distribution of food and clothing, housing assistance and information, and referrals to other organizations. Additional services include computer instruction, job readiness training, community voicemail, health screenings, support groups, advocacy, and weekly hot meals.

As the economy declined in 2008, the EDSSC saw increased need and extended Chicago Lights outreach to alleviate hunger. The program collaborated with two local food pantries to form the Near North Nutrition Unification Project in order to increase nutritional awareness and teach proper food preparation. The EDSSC also increased food bag distribution by 66 percent from the first to fourth quarter.

As the EDSSC continues to provide for others, those receiving care are inspired to give back. Daniel Gianotti, through the support of the

EDSSC, has gotten back on a path of self sufficiency and today is a Chicago Lights volunteer and donor. “I began volunteering because I thought I would like to give back for all the times that people have given to me. I feel like life is a two-way street; I just felt like I had to show them my appreciation.”

Elaine Filus

Robby Findler and

Hsing-Huei Huang

Jon Findley

Linda Finson

Frederick Fischer and

Heather McWilliams

Ken and Marsha Fischl

Bill Fisher

Leo Fitzpatrick and Anne Calcagno

Cathy Flaa

Linda Fletcher

Helena Flickinger

Cheryl Flinn

Wyonne Forde

Dick and Gail Foreman

Tami Forsline and Marc Hayford

Christopher Foster and

Pauline Merrill

Colleen and Erik Foster

Eloise Foster

Francis and Nancy Foster

Robert and Lekicia Foster

Cassandra Francis

Carol Fraser

Pat Fraser

Quin Frazer

Herbert Freedholm

Noelle Freeland

Kevin and Cami Freeman

Kimberly Frey

Megham Freytag

Ray Frick

Emily Friedman

Martin and Eva Friedman

Sidney and Debbie Frisch

Ryan and Sarah Fronick

Bev Fryer

Dorothy Gallagher

Maggie Galloway

Sandy Galloway

Jim and Lies Garner

Jaime Garza

Carol Gates

Jeffrey Gaule and

Elena Carbajal-Gaule

Jeff and Wendy Gawlik

Kathryn Gaylord-Miles

Larry Gerber

Kristina Gerlach

Christopher Gernand

Marion Gerrans

Sam Gershman

Gregory Geuther

Daniel Gianotti

Phil and Linda Gibboney

Walter and Glynis Gibson

Jennifer Gideon

Samantha Giffin

Paul and Ellen Gignilliat

Mark Gillingham

Robert Gillmeister

William Gilmer

Dan Gilmour

Neil and Lynn Gissler

Sandra Glenn

Sarah Goenne

Dorothy Goerling

Carlyn Goettsch

Paula and Charles Goldsmid

Nadia Gomes

Beth Gomez

Herb Good and Mary Bernard

Ruth Gorospe

Justas Goslau

Kerry and Kim Grady

Allison Graham

Beatrice Graham

Carl and Donna Gray

Nancy and Marvin Greenberg

Mark Greenwood

Margaret Gregg

Donna Gregory

Ryan and Jessica Gregory

Joyce Griffith

Peg Griffiths

Jim Grimes

Doug and Ann Grissom

Lillian and Illyne Grossman

Dolores Gruca

JoAnn Gruca

William Guenzel

Todd and Lisa Guynn

Armon Haagen and Beth Truett

Shirley Haas

Susan Haas

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Chicago Lights Tutoring helps break the cycle of poverty through education for more than 400 students from low-income families by encouraing students to stay in school, graduate from high school, and pursue higher education and meaningful careers.

Chicago Lights provides students, in grades one through twelve, weekly one-to-one tutoring sessions with volunteer tutors/mentors, healthy meals, arts programming, and computer lab access. High school students are also provided scholarships and job training opportunities. In 2008 we enhanced our arts programming with dance classes, martial arts, and visual arts and showcased

students’ talents with a year-end presentation. We continued to engage students in academic growth with two new initiatives, a spelling bee for first through sixth graders and M-cubed—Making Math Matter.

Marcus Ziegler had struggled in school but spent the last five years taking advantage of Chicago Lights projects, such as Job Training, and developed a lasting relationship with his tutor. “A tutor is not just someone who helps you with your homework; they can also become your friend. I really love my tutor,” Marcus says. Today, he has improved his grades. “The most important thing that I’ve learned from Chicago Lights Tutoring would be that you can achieve anything if you set your mind to it.”

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Jennifer Schutt

Andrew and Andrea Schwartz

Andrea Scott

Christine Seid

Cindy Seifert

Faustine and Theodore Settle

Suzanne Shade

Mathilde Shapiro

Jeff and Liz Sharp

Julie Sharpe

Seyfarth Shaw

Cameron and Christina Sherding

Sherry Sherman

Len and Bonnes Shifflett

Ervin Shindell and Colleen Murphy

Annette Shoemaker

George and Nancy Shorney

Maggie Shreve

Seymour Siegel

Joe and Debbie Sifferlen

Joyce Sigmon

Morgan and Mary Simmons

Dale Singleton

Thomas and Kate Skattum

Roger and Karen Skerrett

Barbara Skiff

Anthony Slawniak

Tom and Sue Sloan

Maol Sloan

Bill and Susan Smilie

Charlotte Smith

David Smith

Gayle Smith

Greg and Natalie Smith

Jeremy and Shannon Smith

Laurie Smith

Mike and Charlotte Smith

Stanley Smith

Marilyn Smull

Mary Jane Smyth

Margaret Snorf

Samantha Snyder

Timothy and Nancy Snyder

Sandra Sommers

Cheryl Southern

Helen Sowa

David and Carolyn Spadafora

Jim Spiegel

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Larry and Karen McCracken

Judith McDonald

Charles McElveen

John McGee

James McGovern

David and Leslie McGranahan

Jean and Jacqueline McGrew

Margaret McGuire

Nancy McIlvaine

John and Jennifer McIndoe

Bruce McKibben

Doug McLauchlan

Michael McMahon

George McNally

Allison Megahey

Ann Mellott

Allen and Virginia Menke

Mary Metag

Marilyn Metzger

Richard and Elnora Metzger

Vera Meves

Gayle Michel

Rolf Michelson

Lawrence and Patricia Michet

Angela Miles

Barbara Miller

Daniel Miller

Dave Miller

David Miller

Ed Miller

Marc Miller and

Christopher Horsman

Philip and Susan Miller

Mary Ellen Millhouse

Tom and Lucyna Miner

Josh and Marianne Mintz

Sharon Mistele

Judith Mitchell

Stephen and Reva Mitchell

Rabia Mohammadi

Mary Momsen

Robin Moncrieff and Kenna Walker

Mary Lee Montague

Monica Moody

Lisa Moore

Suzanne Morgan

Craig Morris

Pete and Kathryn Morse

Gail Moss

James Mourkas

Beth Mueller

Steven Mugg and Lisa Metzger-

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Jack and Marilyn Mulder

Linda Muller

Ansel and Colleen Mullins

Michael and Elspeth Murphy

Ellis and Judy Murphy

Mary Mussman

Meg Nagel

Sally Narey

Chelon Nehring

Barbara Nelson

Don Nelson and Julie James

Mark and Ruth Nelson

Roger and Marjorie Nelson

Roger and Martha Nelson

Steve and Sandy Nelson

Al Nemcek

Marianne Nesler

Kate Newman

LaVerne Nichols

Larry Nicholson

L. Nicolaysen

Ruth Nicoli-Lippert

Nancy Niemi

Rebecca Nilsson

John Nolan

Zoa Norman

Paulette Norris

Barbara Norrish

Florence Norstrom

Carole Norton

Yola Nosworthy

Bill and Penelope Obenshain

Pat and Linda O’Brien

Robert and Glendora O’Brien

Chris Ocken and

Jessica Royer Ocken

Kristi and William O’Connor

Llani O’Connor

Kimberly Odum

Carole Ogden

Melanie Oh

Ken and Chris Ohr

Neil and Tracy Okonak

Lawrence Oliver

Bill Olmsted and Mary Hathaway

Tom and Jeanne Olofson

Eric Olson

Holly O’Mara

Charles Orlebeke

Perictione Osako

Derk Osenberg

Jane Ostrander

Stacy Otte

George and Elsie Otto

Karen Otto

Don and Linda Outlaw

Carol Overman

June and Nat Ozmon

John and Bev Pace

Frank and Helen Padberg

John Page

Amy Pagliarella and Colm Foley

Riley and Carol Palmer

Fred and Lisa Parcells

Bob Parsons and Victoria Herget

Valerie Pasche

Marilyn and Thomas Patrick

Hallee Patterson

Liz Patterson and Mike Hermsen

Douglas and Paulette Pauley

Jeff and Susan Pearsall

Claire Pearse

Elizabeth Peters

Marija Petrauskas

Joshua Petru

Chris and Sara Pfaff

Pam Pfrang

Laurie Phelan

Steve and Karen Philip

Seun Phillips

Craig and Mary Pieters

Lyssa and Phillippe Piette

Barbara Pinto

Perry and Jennifer Pinto

Joann Pitcher

Larry Pitts and Linda Fletcher

Joe Pixler

Marnie Pomeroy

Byron and Margaret Pond

Doug Pond

Laura Pond

Thomas Porter

William Porter

Nelson and Trina Portillo

Steffan and Susan Postaer

Alyson Poston

Elizabeth Power

James Poyner

Bob and Nancy Pratt

Patricia and Timothy Preheim

Jim and Meg Prendergast

Jan Preus

Richard Prinz

Randy and Sheryl Prochal

Robert and Mary Procunier

Phyllis Proffer

Jane Purdy

William and Lisa Purdy

Mitch Quade

Christine Quaini

Stephen and Deborah Quazzo

Lisa Radetski

Carol Ransom

Marjorie Rasmus

Fred and Cindy Rasp

Janet Reed

Donald and Dolores Register

Tom and Ann Reilly

Tom and Gretchen Reinsma

Nancy Reise

La Verne Reisle

Janet Relos

Bonnie Rendl

Dorothy Renno

Bruce and Andrienne Renwick

Kevin and Kim Reome

Harry and Bette Resis

Bob and Vicki Reynolds

Dorothy Rice

Steve and Laura Richards

Thomas and Diane Richards

Lincoln and Gloria Richardson

Jeanine Riedl

Ann Riehn

Kristine Riehn

Tom and Carol Riekse

Irene Riesenweber

Bruce and Mary Rigdon

Gail Riggs

Edward Riley

Stephen Riley

Eric Rimmke

Ken and Michele Ringwood

Leon Rinkenberger

Elizabeth Rizer

June Robinson

Peter Rogers

Randy and Eve Rogers

Tom Roos

Heidy Roque

Leona Rosenberg

Patricia Rosenberg

Marion Rosenbluth

Marie Ross

Evelynne Roth

Wendy and Tony Rotondo

Marsh Rousseau

Lori Rowan

Bill and Lisa Rudnick

Cynthia Rudolph

Ann and Peter Ruger

Jeremy and Lisa Rusticus

Paul Rutgers and Susan Peverly

Kirsten Ryu

John Sabl and Alice Young

Rick and Martha Sabol

David and Barbara Sacks

Van and Sue Salmans

Cyndy Sampson

Richard Santos and Lauren Lein

Jennifer Saslaw

Ken and Elaine Scales

Dick and Edna Schade

Tom and Sue Schemper

Mark Schimmelpfennig

Steve Schlegel

Craig and Joy Schleyer

Cynthia Schmidt

Rev. Harold Smith Schmidt

Lois Schmidt

Randy Schmidt

Sarah Schmidt

Rosemary Schnell

Matt Schoenberger

John Schow

Charles and Elizabeth Schroeder

Richard and Bonnie Schuessler

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If we inadvertently omitted or misspelled your name, kindly advise the Chicago Lights Development Office at 312.981.3566. Thank you in advance for your understanding!

Chicago Lights Summer Day provides learning and social activities for more than 125 elementary-school children annually. Academic classes, arts education, computer learning, music, field trips, and healthy meals are included in the six-week program.

Once school is out, it can be a struggle for parents to find engaging activities in a safe environment for their children. Summer Day’s curriculum in 2008 was centered on the theme “Explore Dream Discover: A Vision for the Future.” Children explored the issues of going green, elder wisdom, healthy lifestyle choices, and poverty and homelessness. At the end of the program, the children presented a dynamic, multicultural music and dance performance for the community.

Deleasia Bailey, an eighth grader, spent her summer with Chicago Lights. “ Summer Day was awesome! It really helped me with my studies for the new school year!”

Paul and Christine Vogel

Jeanne Vogelzang

Bob and Joan Volkert

Tony and Amy Volpe

John and Joan Von Leesen

Douglas Voyles

Bruce and Betsy Wagner

Gretchen Wahl

Jonathan and Deborah Wahl

Joyce Wakeman

Kathleen Waldschmidt

Cathy Walker

Roland Walker

Sally Walker

Stephanette Walker

Tom and Ellyn Walker

Janet Walquist

Michael Walsh and Elizabeth Foster

Ardelle Walski

Carl Warschausky

Barbara Waters

Lewis Watson

Linda Watson

Fred and Katherine Weber

Sheryl Weber

Wallace Weidenfeld

Ann Weinberg

Bill and Josephine Weiss

Gay Weissenberger

John and Patricia Wells

Lorene Westerman

Joan Wettstein

Lindley White

Raymond White

Roger and LaDonna Whitmer

Eric Wicks and Linda Baker

Lawrence and Charity Widrig

Roy Wiley and Bobbie Huskey Wiley

David Wilkinson

Dennis Williams

Jan Williams

Kris Williams

Tiffany Williams

Mark Williamson

Peter and Ingrid Willson

Gary and Modena Wilson

Roger Wilson

Doris Wilterding

Sonjia Wing

Elaine Wingate

Kurt and Felicia Winiecki

Claudia Winkler

Nancy Witt

Nancy Wolters

Lee and Mary Wontroski

Patricia Wood

Pat Woodburn

David Woodrum

Eric Wulf

Mark Wyckoff

Sylvia Wynn

Stephen and Mary Kay Wysham

Marcel Yonan and Charlotte Wager

Nettie May Young

Ramona Young

Allison Youngblood

Sarah Younger

John and Gloria Zachari

Sharon Zamkovitz

Kent and Kristin Zandstra

Zeke and Barbara Zbleski

John Zeiger

Matt and Eleanor Zeiger

Mary Zeltmann

Todd Zimmerman

Karen Anne Zupko

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Chicago Lights Literacy and Arts at the Near North Magnet Cluster Schools (NNMC) supports learning through literacy and arts programs for nearly 1,000 students in three Near North Magnet-clustered public elementary schools.

To further its top priority—literacy—NNMC engages students through the Accelerated Reader™ classroom project, encouraging independent reading and rewarding students for their efforts. In 2008, more than 600 students met their reading goals. Three hundred of these students also participated in expanded fine arts classes to reinforce literacy through learning scripts, public speaking, and movement. The school year culminated with the Festival of the Heart, an annual production with NNMC principals, teachers, and students. The Festival

helped build community among the schools and celebrated the students’ success with more than 1,000 neighborhood residents who attended the performance.

As he began his sophomore year at Loyola Academy in 2008, Tony Harris attributed his current school success to his participation with Chicago Lights’ literacy and arts programming for six years. “I’m seeing things that I can accomplish, things I didn’t think were possible before. I can be confident, and I can influence others in what I do.”

Pam Sprague

Dariel Stack

Peter Stack

Betsy Stackpole Koch

Kelly Standing

Sue Stealey

Bill and Paige Steers

Steven and Deborah Stefani

Ryan and Christine Stephan

Evadney Stephens

Stan and Norma Sterk

Kathryn Sterrett

Michelle Stevens

Kurt and Sharon Stiansen

Kenneth Stock

Diana Stokes

Carol and John Stolte

Richard Stomper and Maria Garcia

Margaret Stone

Paul and Teri Storrs

Edith Stotler

Jeff and Shawn Strack

Dick and Ella Strubel

Terrill Stumpf

Ed and Joyce Sturrus

Scott and Melissa Suckow

Catherine Sullivan

Jeanne Sullivan

Dean and Mary Sundberg

Renato and Susan Suntay

Judy Sunvold

Catherine Swanson

Marilyn Swanson

Miriam Swanson

Flora Swearingen

Richard and Maryam Sweet

Marena Swenson

Marie Swenson

Melody Swink and Edward Heil

Joe and Cecy Szuba

Edward and Mary Tamminga

Darlene Taylor

Denise Taylor

Pauline Taylor

Margaret Telford

Aaron and Shannon Temple

Nancy Temple

Brooke Ternes

Frederick Thatcher

Carol Thomas

Larry and Alison Thomas

Richardson Thomas

Samme and Janet Thompson

Susan Thompson

James and Ann Thornton

Frank and Nina Thorp

Theresia Thurman

Margery Tibbetts

Barbara Timberlake

Mark and Brooke Timmerman

Scott and Cindy Tinervia

Heidi Tischer

Daniel and Annette Tomal

Julia Toman

Simona Tomuletiu

Shirley Tower

Jennifer Townsel

Virginia Townsend

Ken and Janny Travers

Barton and Jennifer Tretheway

Peter and Ilse Tribby

Howard and Joyce Trier

Judy Trombley

Elinor Turbov

Bob Turnbull

Jason and Sarah Tuscher

Seth Tuscher

Scott Ullem and

Elizabeth Daley Ullem

Robert and Nancy Unglaub

Jane Upin

Elizabeth Urech

Liberty Valance

Brendan Vamos

Adriane Van Bergen

Charles Van Gorp and Louis Houkal

David and Susan Van Hooser

Frank and Cathy VanderPloeg

Ken and Linda Vanderweele

Gloria Vaughan

Heidi Vazquez

John and Anna Vest

Harry and Nancy Vincent

Jan Viscum

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Contributions 2008

Total: $2,029

(All figures in thousands)

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Disbursements 2008(All figures in thousands)

Total: $2,029

Elam DaviesSocial Service Center

$241 (12%)

Fundraising$254 (13%)

Center forLife and Learning

$306 (15%)

Tutoring $501 (25%)

Literacy and Arts (NNMC)

$110 (5%)

Interfaith Homes$18 (1%)

Free Write Jail Arts (NBJ)

$125 (6%)

Summer Day$80 (4%)

Center forWhole Health

$191 (9%)

Management and General$203 (10%)

Foundations/Corporations$579 (29%)

IndividualContributions

$656 (32%)

ProgramReceipts

$224 (11%)

Fourth ChurchSupport

$419 (21%) Draw fromInvested Funds

and Interest$151 (7%)

Source: The Chicago Lights 2008 unaudited statement. An audited statement will be available after June 30, 2009.

2008 Financial PictureGuild for the BlindHales Franciscan High SchoolHappiness ClubHazelHeartland Health Outreach H.E.L.P.Highland Park Community Nursery School

and Daycare CenterHoly Name CathedralHoly Trinity High SchoolIMC ChicagoING DIRECT CafeInspiration CorporationInterfaith Council for the HomelessIntuit: The Center for Intuitive ArtJane Addams Senior CaucusJesuit Volunteer Corps MidwestJenner Academy of the ArtsJosephinum AcademyLaSalle Street ChurchLevy RestaurantsLincoln Park Community ShelterLorene Replogle Counseling Center Loyola AcademyMagic Tree BookstoreManierre SchoolMarcel MediaMayor’s Office on Domestic Violence, City of ChicagoMidtown Educational FoundationMobile DentistsNancy B. Jefferson Alternative SchoolNational Alliance on Mental Illness, IllinoisNeighborhood Institutional Advisory

Council (NIAC)North Side Housing and Supportive Services Northwestern Memorial HospitalNotre Dame High School for GirlsNova Med, Inc. Office of Secretary of State Jesse WhitePark Community ChurchPathways to Promise: Ministry and Mental Illness

Premier Relocation & Real Estate ServicesPresbytery of Chicago Public Interest Law Society of Loyola Law SchoolQueen of Peace High SchoolRavinia FestivalRenaissance CourtRenaissance LearningRespitory Health Association of

Metropolitan ChicagoR.E.S.T. Resurrection High SchoolRock for Kids Rush University College of NursingRush University Medical Center, Women’s Heart CenterSt. Luke Church of God in ChristSt. MalachySt. Matthew United Methodist ChurchSt. PiusSt. Xavier University, School of NursingSanctuary PlaceSchiller SchoolSinai CongregationSteans Center for Community-based Service LearningSusan Welter Media LimitedTen Thousand VillagesThresholds Psychiatric Rehabilitation

CentersUniversity of Chicago, School of Social Service AdministrationUniversity of Chicago Lab SchoolUniversity of Illinois at ChicagoUrban CPE ConsortiumUrban Initiatives, Inc.Urban MeadowsWalk4LifeWalther Lutheran High SchoolWayman AME ChurchWomen’s Bean ProjectYoga Laughter

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Abbott FundAon FoundationAriel Investments, LLCBank of AmericaBP FoundationCA, Inc.Illinois Tool Works FoundationKaplan Higher Education

Land America FoundationThe John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur

Foundation Macy’s FoundationMicrosoft CorporationNorthern Trust Charitable TrustThe USG Foundation, Inc

$100,000 +Charles E. Marks Jr. Charitable TrustsNational Recreation Foundation

$50,000–$99,999The Mary A. Ackermann Trust and G.A. Ackermann Memorial FundJPMorgan Chase Foundation

$25,000–$49,000Kraft Employee FundPolk Bros. FoundationThe Retirement Research Foundation

$15,000–$24,000The Chicago Community TrustThe Lloyd A. Fry FoundationCarl Hendrickson Family FoundationMcCormick Foundation, Chicago Tribune Charities The William G. McGowan Charitable FundCol. Stanley Reed McNeil Fund

$10,000–$14,999AnonymousElement 79Ford Motor Company FundMcCormick Foundation, WGN Radio 720

Neediest Kids FundNational Material LLPNorthern Trust Charitable TrustThe Edmond and Alice Opler FoundationGeorge L. Shields Foundation

$5,000–$9,999ATGRobert W. Baird & Co. Bank of America FoundationBlue Cross Blue Shield of IllinoisBusiness Objects FoundationJenner & Block LLPMcCormick Foundation, Chicago Tribune

Charities Holiday Campaign

RSM McGladrey Financial Process Outsourcing John B. Sharp and Alice R. Sharp FoundationSidley Austin LLPSouper Bowl of CaringWoods Fund of Chicago

$1,000–$4,999Anonymous15 Letters, Inc.George J. and Theresa L. Cotsirilos Family FoundationGreater Chicago Food DepositoryIBM Community GrantsThe Donald P. and Byrd M. Kelly FoundationThe Kirk Foundation TrustLatherow Law OfficeThe Magnificent Mile Charitable FoundationP.D.S.S.S., LLCRush University Medical CenterWert Family Foundation

$500–$999Citi FoundationCNA FoundationIllinois Humanities CouncilGeorge P. White Foundation

$100–$499Abbott LaboratoriesAmerican Academy of Implant Dentistry American Association of Colleges of Podiatric MedicineThe Harris Family FundHaywood and Fleming AssociatesOlive Branch Counseling Associates, Inc.San Francisco Foundation

The support of 70 foundations, corporations, and organizations, and 139 partners, extended Chicago Lights services in 2008.

Corporate and Foundation Contributors Matching Gifts

Partners

18th District Community Policing of the Chicago Police Department

A New LeafAchnacarry FoundationAdler School of Professional PsychologyAdrian Graham Hair LoungeAlbert Schweitzer Fellows, ChicagoAmerican Academy of Implant DentistryAmerican Bar AssociationArchbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary Archdiocese of Chicago, Commission on

Mental IllnessArthritis Foundation–Greater Chicago Between FriendsBostrom ConsultingBoys Hope, Girls HopeThe Breaking Bread MinistriesBreakthrough Urban Ministries Brooks, Faucett & Robertson LLPBrother Rice High SchoolBrothers and Sisters of LoveBuehler Center on Aging, Northwestern UniversityCabrini ConnectionsCabrini-Green Legal Aid ClinicCabrini-Green TutoringCampaign for Community SchoolsThe CARA Program Catholic CharitiesCenter for Community Art Partnerships at

Columbia College Chicago Chicago Academy for the ArtsChicago Alliance to End Homelessness Chicago Cares

Chicago Christian Industrial LeagueChicago Coalition for the HomelessChicago Department on AgingThe Chicago Housing AuthorityChicago Public HealthChicago Public SchoolsChicago Sinai CongregationChicagoland CaregiversChopin TheatreColette Hair Salon & Day SpaColumbia College ChicagoCongressman Danny Davis’s OfficeConsortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago ChildrenCouncil for Jewish ElderlyDeborah’s PlaceDePaul Community Mental Health CenterDeVry UniversityDr. Vesna Skul’s Center for Well-BeingEarth Tech, Inc.The Employment Project Enterprising KitchenETA TheatreFaith & FellowshipFeeding AmericaThe Field GroupThe Field MuseumFranciscan Outreach AssociationGo Team OutreachGordon Tech High SchoolGrand FamiliesGreat BooksGreater Chicago Broadcast MinistriesGreater Chicago Food Depository