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Welcome!
C H I L D R E N ’ S P L A C E A S S O C I AT I O N

                       presents
          Once Upon a Time...
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                  OM      C H I C AG
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      Annual Gala Celebrating
    Children’s Place Association’s

          CH AM PI O N F O R C H I C AG O ’ S
        M O ST V UL N E R A B L E C H I L D R E N

     T H U R S D AY, A P R I L 2 9 , 2 0 2 1
            C H I C AG O, I L L I N O I S
Ce Upon a Time... Welcome! presents
OUR TEAM

                                                                               CAT HY K RIE G E R, LCSW, MA, MA, M BA

                                                                                                       Pres i dent & CE O

                                                           JO HN SW E E N E Y, MBA                                          SHAN TAL A LO N SO, J. D.
                                                            De put y E x ec ut i v e Di rec t o r                 Chi ef De v el o pm ent & C om m u n ic ation s Of f ic e r

                                                              DAN IE L L. D E VE R                                            MAU RICE F E A R S, SR .
                                                        R et i red Di rec t o r o f De v el o pm ent                            Chi ef Ini tia tiv e s Of f ic e r

                                                    SU SAN RE YNA-G U E RRE RO, LCSW                               LAU RE N M. SMI T H , M J -L E L , SPH R ,
                                                              Chi ef Pro g ram O f f i c er                                            SHR M -SC P
                                                                                                                           Chi ef H um an R e sou rc e s Of f ic e r

      OUR MISSION
B ui l di ng a se c u re an d hop e f u l t od ay
   so chi l dre n fa ci n g he a l t h i ss u e s                                  ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
    and po v e rt y su c c e e d t om or ro w             Children’s Place Association extends a special thank you to the following companies
                                                                       and individuals who made the 2021 Gala a tremendous success:

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                                                                                                         B ad ger Pres s
                                                                                                          Cy Fred r i cs
                                                                                E mp l oyees o f Ch i l d ren’s Pl ace As s o ci ati o n
                                                                                                    F l y i n g Ho u s e Med i a
                                                                                                Je wel l E ven ts Cater i n g
                                                                                                    Jo s e p h Lei gh D es i gn s
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                                                                                    This evening would not be possible without you.
Ce Upon a Time... Welcome! presents
FROM TONIGHT’S CO-CHAIRS

                                                                                                                                                           I first learned about Children's Place Association in 2009 through work
                                                                                                                                                           colleagues. I was invited to visit the Early Learning Center in Humboldt Park to
                                                                                                                                                           spend a day with the children in their classrooms. I immediately felt their sense
                                                                                                                                                           of energy, passion and joy of youth. It was at this moment I knew Children's
                                                                                                                                                           Place Association was doing incredible, life-changing work for some of the most

From the President and CEO of                                                                                                                              vulnerable children and families in Chicago.

CHILDREN’S PLACE ASSOCIATION                                                                                                                               As a Gala Co-Chair, I have had an opportunity to work with a wonderful group
                                                                                                                                                           of people to help spread the message of the unbelievable work being done to
When children are overwhelmed by illness and poverty, it takes the courage and compassion of a champion to
                                                                                                                                                           support the organization.
transform their lives. Once upon a time, a group of caring Chicagoans took on that role, creating a place where the
most vulnerable children can grow and thrive.
                                                                                                                           My family and I currently reside in the near west side of Chicago, not that far from the Early Learning Center.
                                                                                                                           I believe there is a fundamental responsibility to support the most underserved communities in our city, to
For thirty years, Children’s Place Association has persevered, helping Chicago’s most vulnerable children and families –
                                                                                                                           make the families in these communities stronger, and provide these children with opportunities they would not
those struggling with serious health issues, poverty, hunger, homelessness and isolation. Our programs continue to
                                                                                                                           otherwise have without out support. We sincerely appreciate your support and thank you for joining us for our
provide nursing care, early education, emergency assistance, secure homes, mental health counseling and more to nearly
                                                                                                                           2021 Virtual Gala.
400 children and caregivers every year. International programming, launched in 2007, brings services and resources to
hundreds of the world’s most vulnerable children in the Caribbean and Africa.
                                                                                                                           George Aliaga, 2021 Gala Co-Chair, Marsh

This year, Children’s Place is again doing what we do best-gearing up to meet the challenges of a new generation of
children and families, a generation struggling to make their way in a westside community long beset by decades of
systemic racism and disinvestment. Working with community members and nonprofit and corporate partners, our
                                                                                                                           I first became involved with Children's Place Association in 2012. I knew
collective vision is to transform West Humboldt Park into a place where children thrive.
                                                                                                                           immediately after I met the families and children supported by the organization
                                                                                                                           that I needed to get involved. The positive impact this organization has made in
Launching this spring, Child Thrive will provide mentoring for youth, health and wellness for children and families,
                                                                                                                           the Chicago community is tremendous.
economic development and a wealth of other opportunities in our own Child Thrive Resource Center.

                                                                                                                           As Gala Co-Chair, I have learned so much about Children's Place and its people –
For 30 years, the vision and generosity of our founders and supporters have transformed thousands of lives. And you
                                                                                                                           the people that commit their lives to ensuring Chicago's most vulnerable children
make that possible. You are truly champions for Chicago’s most vulnerable children.
                                                                                                                           have a bright future ahead of them. I am excited and honored to be a part of an
                                                                                                                           organization that makes such a meaningful and lifelong impact.
I want to express our thanks to the 2021 Gala Co-Chairs, Danielle Haddad and George Aliaga, for their leadership and
to the entire Gala Committee for their dedicated efforts. Special thanks to our honorees, Alex Kotlowitz and Maria
                                                                                                                           The committee and I have put a lot of hard work into tonight's program, and we sincerely thank you for joining
Woltjen, and our emcee Robin Robinson. Finally, thank you to our sponsors, contributors, and auction/raffle donors for
                                                                                                                           us. We hope you walk away from this event feeling empowered that your contributions, however large or small
their extraordinary generosity.
                                                                                                                           they may be, can make a life-changing difference. Thank you again for making the time to attend and learn
                                                                                                                           more about an incredible organization.
Please enjoy yourself this evening, and thank you for your support!

                                                                                                                           Danielle Haddad, 2021 Gala Co-Chair
Cathy Krieger, LCSW, MA, MA, MBA
President & CEO
Ce Upon a Time... Welcome! presents
2021 CHAMPION FOR CHILDREN AWARDEES
Thank you for celebrating Children’s Place Association’s 30th anniversary with us. In
honor of this occasion, we recognize two Chicagoans who have helped change the lives
of vulnerable children over the past three decades – husband and wife Alex Kotlowitz                                                                                     ROBIN ROBINSON
and Maria Woltjen, our Champion for Children Awardees.                                                                                                                  Distinguished Gala Moderator

ALEX KOTLOWITZ
2021 Chicago Champion for Children Award Honoree                                                                              Robin Robinson is an award-winning journalist and respected thought leader whose three decades of reporting
                                                                                                                              is marked by in-depth coverage of social justice issues, politics, significant people and events.
Alex Kotlowitz has spent his career writing about America’s poorest neighborhoods –                                           Her passion is connecting people to their collective power to create change.
deeply intimate tales of struggle and perseverance. His most recent book, An American
Summer: Love and Death in Chicago, tells the stories of individuals altered by gun violence.                                  As a facilitator, moderator, interviewer and convener, Robin believes relationship is everything and that every
His other books include the national bestseller There Are No Children Here, which the New                                     relationship begins with a conversation. From sharing the stories of individuals to reveal common goals, to
York Public Library selected as one of the 150 most important books of the twentieth century. His acclaimed                   amplifying the purpose that drives an organization, Robin works to harvest collective wisdom and produce
documentary, The Interrupters, premiered at Sundance and was awarded an Emmy and a Film Independent Spirit Award.             action. “The difficult topics that we are most afraid to address are often the things that matter most. Creating
His other honors include two Peabodys, a George Polk Award and the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award. Alex is a              a safe space for divergent voices to be heard and honored is not only possible, but necessary.”
professor at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. He lives in Chicago with his wife, Maria Woltjen.
                                                                                                                              In 2016, Robinson’s activism in social justice and neighborhood empowerment led her to an executive role
Tonight, Alex will discuss finding empathy through the power of stories. He will share accounts of those touched by gun       within the Chicago Police Department as Director of Restorative Justice Strategies. Her mission to build trust
violence in Chicago neighborhoods – and the love and forgiveness he’s witnessed in the aftermath in these communities.        among officers and their fellow community members, founded in the importance of relationship, led to several
                                                                                                                              culture-shifting initiatives and unprecedented dialogue processes that remain part of policy and training.
                                 MARIA WOLTJEN                                                                                Robinson describes her mission in public safety “among the most important work I have ever done.”
                                 2021 Chicago Champion for Children Award Honoree
                                                                                                                              Robin is trained in the restorative practice of Circle Keeping and the public participatory dialogue models
                                 Maria Woltjen is the Founder and Executive Director of The Young Center for                  of World Café and Open Space Technology. She also holds certification as a trainer from the International
                                 Immigrant Children’s Rights. A national organization with offices in eight cities, The       Association of Trauma Professionals.
                                 Young Center is a champion for unaccompanied and separated immigrant children who
                                 are detained and subject to deportation. It advocates for their best interests, safety and   The recipient of numerous awards, including 6 EMMYs from the
                                 well-being. The Young Center pioneered the implementation of the “best interests of          Midwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and
                                 the child” standard for children caught up in the immigration system. The Young              Sciences, the Excellence in Reporting award from the National
                                 Center also conducts national policy advocacy to incorporate children’s best interests       Association of Black Journalists and, in 2013, she was honored by
                                 into practice, policy and immigration law. Maria is the recipient of the 2013 American       the national Women's Media Center for her investigative reports on
                                 Constitution Society Ruth Goldman Award, the 2017 UNICEF Chicago Humanitarian                human trafficking.
                                 Award and one of Chicago Magazine’s 2018 Chicagoans of the Year. She lives in
                                 Chicago with her husband, Alex Kotlowitz.                                                    Born in Chicago, Robinson spent her younger years in California,
                                                                                                                              earning a B.A. in Journalism from San Diego State University and
Tonight, Maria will be talking about the importance of listening to vulnerable children and their families to better          starting her news career at KGTV in San Diego. In 1983, she
understand their lives. According to Maria, “In order to help these children, we must first understand what they want         returned to the Chicago as a reporter/anchor for WBBM-TV
and what their families want… we have to take our lead from them and guard against imposing what we think is best.”           before moving to WFLD-TV in 1986 to launch the station’s
                                                                                                                              inaugural newscast, where she remained for 28 years.
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30 th An n i v ersar y                                                                       After two years of fundraising and
                                                                                              construction, Children’s Place                                                                                                                                    1994
                                                                                              Association opens a 10-bed Residential
 C H ILD REN’S PLAC E                                                                         Center providing 24-hour nursing care                         1993
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          The Auxiliary of Children’s Place
                                                                                              for HIV/AIDS-affected children, one
 ASSO CI ATIO N MILE STON E S                                                                 of the first in the nation.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Association is founded to provide a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         platform for volunteer involvement
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          and financial support; the group’s
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         primary project is the annual Once
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Upon a Time Gala.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Children’s Place launches a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Foster/Adoptive Care program to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         provide substitute care for children
                                                                                                                                                                         Volunteers organize a black-tie                                 orphaned by AIDS.
                A small group of concerned                                                                                                                               fundraiser to benefit Children’s Place;
       individuals comes together to address                                                      Thanks to a $1 million anonymous gift and the                          the annual Once Upon a Time Gala
                                                                                        1991      support of many other donors, The Children’s Place
         an urgent issue – infants and young           1989                                                                                                              will become a major source of
       children neglected, abandoned or left
                                                                                                  Association opens its doors as the Midwest’s first
                                                                                                                                                                         support. Held at The Art Institute of                                                         1995
                                                                                                  pediatric residential center for HIV/AIDS-affected
           parentless because of HIV/AIDS.                                                        infants and children. The 10-bed group home is
                                                                                                                                                                         Chicago, the event netted $94,000.
          The founders’ goal was to create a      April 10, 1989:                                 located in Chicago's Humboldt Park community.
        nurturing place where these children      Children’s Place Association                    Pictured in 1991 (from left to right): Founding                        Respite and case management services                                         A Summer Day Camp opens
             could get the care they needed.      received its nonprofit status.                  board member Tony Bale, CEO Cathy Krieger,                             are launched to support low-income                                               for HIV/AIDS-affected
                                                                                                  Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, Illinois                               HIV/AIDS-affected families.                                                     children, the only one its
                                                                                                  Governor Jim Edgar and Alder man Luis Gutierrez.
                           A Junior Board is created to                                                                                                                                                                                                          kind in Chicago.
                           encourage young professionals to
                           take an active role in service
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       1996
       1999                projects and fundraising, called:
                                                                                                                             1998
                           Professional Partners of Children’s
                           Place Association.
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Responding to the need for       On World AIDS Day, the U.S.
                           Supportive Housing Program is                                                                                                                                                     specialized daycare for      Department of Health and
                           launched with three fully furnished                                                                                                                                         HIV/AIDS-affected families,        Human Services and the Chicago
                           apartments for formerly homeless                                                                                 The “Building Hope” capital campaign raises                         The Children’s Place      Department of Public Health
                           HIV/AIDS-affected families.                             KaBOOM! and volunteers from                              $2.7 million, and construction is completed on           launches the “Building Hope”         present separate awards to
                                                                                   CNA HealthPro and Levy                                   the Arthur E. Jones Early Childhood Care &                 capital fundraising campaign       Children’s Place, recognizing
                                                                                   Restaurants install a playground                         Learning Center, serving 57 infants and                   to develop its second building      the organization’s pioneering
                                                                                   at the Early Learning Center.                            preschool-age children per day and Supportive             in the Humboldt Park/Logan          work in developing services for
                           Legendary singer Barry Manilow                                                                                   Housing for families facing homelessness.                                   Square area.      children affected by HIV/AIDS.
                           donates his performance at the
                           annual “Once Upon a Time” Gala,
                           drawing a crowd of 840 guests.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       2005
                                                                                                                     2003                                                             2004
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 CONTINUED
                                 2001
                                        Children’s Place Association                                                                                                                                                                      The Early Learning Center
                                                                                                                                                                             With the transmission of HIV from
                                        celebrates its 10th anniversary                                         The first Chicago Champion for
2000                                    at the Once Upon a Time
                                                                                                                                                                             mother to child diminishing due to                           partners with Ounce of
                                                                                                                Children Award is presented to Mesirow                                                                                    Prevention Fund to launch
                                                                                                                                                                             medical advances, Children’s Place
                                        Gala, raising $520,000.                                                 Financial at the annual Gala. Then-CEO                                                                                    Head Start programming
                                                                                                                                                                             adapts and widens its focus to help
                                                                                                                of Mesirow Financial, Jim Tyree, accepts                                                                                  for pre-K children.
                                                                                                                                                                             children and families with other
                                                                                                                the award. Pictured: the late Jim Tyree with
                                                                                                                                                                             life-changing health conditions.
                                                                                                                Richard Price of Mesirow Financial.
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Two new classrooms are added           Through the lease of six                                                                                                      2008                     The organization launches
   to the Early Learning Center,         additional apartments,                                                                                                                           Children’s Place International to                       2007
                                                                                                                                 Children’s Place International
  making room for 16 additional          Children’s Place expands its           The original 10-bed Residential                                                                        help children overcome poverty and
                                                                                                                                 begins work in Haiti, providing
        children, increasing total       Supportive Housing program             Center is renovated, enhancing                                                                        disease in the Caribbean and Africa.
                                                                                                                                 food, clean water, housing support,
                   capacity to 73.       for families to nine units.             its capacity to serve medically
                                                                                                                                 school tuition and access to medical
                                                                                              complex children.                                                                           The “Once Upon a Time” Gala
                                                                                                                                 care to 382 HIV/AIDS-affected
                                                                                                                                 children and adults in year one.                       raises a record-breaking $606,000
                                                              2010                    The Christopher Family                                                                         net at Chicago’s Civic Opera House.
                                                                                Foundation grants $125,000 to
                                                                                    support the opening of the                                                                              The first “Illinois Youth and
        2011                                                                      Administration Center in the                                                                       HIV/AIDS Forum” is hosted by The
                                                                                West Loop and the re-design of                                                                        Children’s Place, bringing together
                       Children’s Place adds two new                             the Residential Center offices    2009                                                                medical experts, service providers,
                       classrooms to its Early Learning                                         and playroom.                                                                        policymakers, and youth themselves.
                       Center, expanding daily capacity
                       to 73 children; eligibility is also
                       widened to serve children with
                       other health conditions.                                                                                                                      2015

                       Children’s Place International                                                                                                                                                                               2016
                       expands to Southern Africa,                                                                                                                              Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago presents
                       partnering with the Marang Child                                                                                                                         Community First Award to Children’s Place in
                       Care Network Trust in Botswana.                                                                                                                           recognition of the new West Humboldt Place                Children’s Place weathers state
Cathy Krieger,                                                                                                          Children’s Place opens West Humboldt
                                                                                                                                                                                     development (opened in 2015), providing               budget crisis. With extra help
President & CEO,                                                                                                           Place, a 13-unit apartment building
                                                                                                                                                                              apartments and support services for families who             from supporters, Children’s Place
receives “2011                                                                                                                 offering Supportive Housing for
                                                                                                                                                                                      face health issues and housing insecurity.           maintained all programming – with
Advocate of the                                                                                                           families challenged by serious illness
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           no cuts in services – during 2016-17
Year” Award from                                     2014                                                                      and homelessness. The building
                                                                                                                                                                               Children’s Place celebrates its 25th Anniversary.           State of Illinois budget crisis that
AIDS Legal Counsel                                                                                                              includes on-site social services.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           forced many nonprofits to curtail
of Chicago.                                                       Children’s Place breaks ground on its                                                                         Children’s Place International Launches Global             human services.
                                                                  third building, West Humboldt Place,                          Takeda Pharmaceuticals grants
                                                                                                                                                                             Fellows, partnering with Midwest-area universities,
              Children’s Place launches Child                     to expand housing availability and                    Children’s Place International $305,000
                                                                                                                                                                                    teaching hospitals and nonprofits to provide           Margaret Scotellaro, MD, and
              Thrive to address the impact of                     support services for families challenged                      to improve health outcomes for
                                                                                                                                                                                    pro bono expertise to frontline child-serving          husband, Paul Kent, MD, honored
              violence and disinvestment in                       by health issues and poverty.                         vulnerable children and families in Haiti.
                                                                                                                                                                            international partners in Africa and the Caribbean.            for commitment to pediatric
              the West Humboldt Park
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           medical care and their personal
              neighborhood of Chicago.
                                                                                                              Foster/Adoptive Care helps 82                                                                                                dedication as adoptive parents.
              Child Thrive project awarded                      Responding to the COVID-19 health             abused or neglected children,
              historic $550,000 in startup                      crisis, Children Place secures more than      including 47 with health issues
                                                                $100,000 in special funding to help 140       and disabilities. Ten children                                                          Through in-country partners,
              funds through State of Illinois
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Children’s Place International
              R3 (Restore, Reinvest and                         vulnerable Chicago families – including       were adopted or reunited with                                   2018                    impacts the lives of 2,000
              Renew) program.                                   200+ children – ensuring they had             their birth families.
                                                                access to food, medical care, housing                                                                                                 children/youth in Africa and
                                                                and other essentials.                                                                                                                 the Caribbean.

                                                                4,000+ children and youth in Haiti,                                                                                                   Children’s Place secures a
                                                   2020         Kenya, Tanzania and the Dominican
    2021                                                                                                                                   2019                                                       boost in government support,
                                                                Republic benefit from health and                                                                                                      including funding to make
                                                                educational programs supported by                                                                                                     needed capital improvements
                                                                Children’s Place International.
                                                                                                              Children’s Place completes                                                              at the Early Learning Center.          2017
                                                                Original Children’s Place program,            renovation of the Early Learning
                                                                                                              Center outdoor play area, with                                                          More than 300 volunteers
                                                                the Residential Center, closes after 29
                                                                                                              funding from Head Start/Ounce of                                                        assist through hands-on              Employees from corporate partners
                                                                years of caring for medically-complex
                                                                                                              Prevention, City of Chicago and                                                         projects, fundraising activities      lend helping hands for first annual
                                                                abused/neglected children.
                                                                                                              State of Illinois.                                                                      and Board leadership.                         Volunteer Day of Service.
Ce Upon a Time... Welcome! presents
2 0 2 1 Fund- a - Prog ram
                                                                                                                                                 FO U N D IN G RE SO U RCE PART N E R - CHILD T H R I V E
                             C HI L D T H R IVE

For 30 years, Children’s Place Association has partnered with local communities to
build a better tomorrow for Chicago’s most vulnerable children – those challenged
by health disparities, poverty and racial injustice. Our services stabilize vulnerable                                                                        PRE SE N T IN G AN G E L SPO N SO R
children and strengthen families so they can build a more promising future. While
we are proud of how far we’ve come in the past 30 years, there is still an urgent
need to help children facing health inequities and violence in their communities
feel safe and have access to critical support services that allow them to thrive. We
                                                                                                                                                              PLAT IN U M AN G E L SPO N SO RS
are excited to have you be part of this work.

                                      Later this year, Children’s Place will launch Child Thrive, a new initiative
                                                based in West Humboldt Park – a high-need area struggling with the
                                      impact of systemic racism and disinvestment. The goal is to help this westside
                                      community transform from one of the harshest places to be a child into a great
                                                                                                                                                               Danielle Haddad and James Litinsky
                                      place to grow up… a neighborhood where every child can THRIVE.
                                                                                                                           G O L D A N G E L S PO N SO R S           I N D I V I D UA L A N G E L   F RIEND S OF CH ILD REN’S
                                      A core element is creation of Child Thrive Resource Center, where residents will                                                       SP O N SO R S             PLACE A SSOCIATION
                                      access mental health, primary health care, youth programming and initiate                                                             Brenda Asare                     Elizabeth Lee
                                                                                                                                                                           Joseph Fabusiwa              Laura and Steven Litinsky
                                      community sponsored activities to bolster response to neighborhood violence
                                                                                                                             Dr. Oron and Kristen Daihes                    Paul Ingersoll                Jennifer Livingstone
                                      and social determinants of health. Children’s Place Association leads the project,
                                                                                                                                 Nancy and Ted Otto                  HSBC Philanthropic Programs              Cara McCall
                                      with partners JPA (Juvenile Protective Association), Rush University Medical                                                          Thomas Myers                      Carol Miller
                                                                                                                               Diana and Bruce Rauner
                                      Center and West Humboldt Park Development Council.                                                                                    John Sweeney                      Leslie Mulert
                                                                                                                           John F. Ward and Amy Hardgrove
                                                                                                                                                                              Anne Wick                       Janet Myers
                                      By contributing during tonight’s                                                                                                                                        Cheryl Potts
                                                                                                                             3 0 T H A N N I V E R SA RY
                                      Fund-a-Program segment, you                                                                                                  FRIENDS OF CHILDREN’S                     Larry Pusateri
                                                                                                                                   SU PPO RT E R S                                                          Robin Robinson
will help us launch Child Thrive and ensure that Children’s Place has                                                              Anonymous Donor                   PLACE ASSOCIATION
                                                                                                                                                                                                             Matthew Roma
the financial resources to make this new project a success.                                                                           Robert Bale                           Shantal Alonso
                                                                                                                                                                                                             David Roseman
                                                                                                                                      Devon Bank                           David Armstrong
                                                                                                                                                                                                            Shayda Safapour
                                                                                                                                    Patrick Frangella                       Fredi Bensdorf
Please stand with Children’s Place and help change the future for                                                                                                                                             Gordon Scott
                                                                                                                                     Marie Godush                          Kathryn Bergin
Chicago’s most vulnerable children.                                                                                                                                                                            Breck Seitz
                                                                                                                                     Robert Howe                         Henrietta Bertelsman
                                                                                                                                                                                                             Catherine Ryan
                                                                                                                                         Marsh                               Joseph Burke
                                                                                                                                                                                                          Kathleen Ryan Sellew
                                                                                                                                   Raymond Mulligan                         Eric Cittadino
                                                                                                                                                                                                            Elizabeth Sheedy
                                                                                                                                       Bob Ryan                             John Connors
                                                                                                                                                                                                              Erik Skamser
                                                                                                                                     SmithBucklin                          Robert Coulton
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Cornelia Maude Spelman
                                                                                                                                                                             Sam Dewey
                                                                                                                                                                                                               Sarah Swift
                                                                                                                             I N D I V I D UA L L E A D E R               Michael Donavan
                                                                                                                                                                                                             Robin Therme
                                                                                                                                     SP O N SO R S                         Cheryl Gelfond
                                                                                                                                                                                                            Sabrina Timmins
                                                                                                                                     Brian Collins                          Kate Gronstal
                                                                                                                                                                                                             Shawn Vaughn
                                                                                                                                   David Finkelstein                  Toni and Patrick Hanrahan
                                                                                                                                                                                                              Diana Ware
                                                                                                                               Julia and David Fleischner                    Kristin Kelly
                                                                                                                                                                                                             Maureen West
                                             Founding Resource Partner                                                              Brian Greenblatt                         Meg Kevane
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Adrienne Whitney-Boykin
                                                                                                                                     Harold Kessler                      David Koucherkavich
                                                                                                                                                                                                                MJ Wood
                                                                                                                                    Binita Kwankin                          Stephanie Krol
                                                                                                                                  Andrew Rubenstein                          Bridgid Kyle
                                                                                                                                    Courtney Wright
Ce Upon a Time... Welcome! presents
BOARD OF DIRECTORS                            LEADERSHIP ADVISORY COUNCIL
                                                                          Bob Ryan, Chair                                      Robert T. Bale*
           WINDY CITY RAFFLE                                             Goldfish Swim School                               Founding Board Member

              FIRST PLACE PRIZE                             Christopher Murphy, Vice Chair/Treasurer                          Langdon D. Neal*
                                                                           RSM US                                             Neal & Leroy, LLC
                  Windy City Diamonds!
                                                                   Josephine Calderon, Secretary                               Richard S. Price
           Shine like the Magnificent Mile with
                                                                           Northern Trust                                      Mesirow Financial
          this stunning suite of diamond jewelry!
                                                                          Brenda B. Asare*                           Mrs. John R. Walter, Co-Founder
Diamond and white gold Jennifer Yamina Bar Necklace from
                                                                           The Alford Group                       The Auxiliary of Children’s Place Association
 Dana Rebecca. Diamond and rose gold Sarah Leah Four
  Burst Huggie earrings with a hinged, snap-back closure.                  Robert T. Bale*
                                                                                                                          * Indicates past Board Chair
               Luxury Package valued at $2,750                          Founding Board Member

                                                                            Kristen Daihes                      Cathy Krieger, Ex Officio, President & CEO
                       Courtesy of:
                                                                            Opex Analytics                                Children’s Place Association
                                                                   John J. Durso, Attorney at Law

                                                                           Joseph Fabusiwa
                                                                              DLC Group

                                                                          Danielle Haddad                     2021 ONCE UPON A TIME GALA COMMITTEE
                                                                                CNA
             SECOND PLACE PRIZE
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                                                                       Raymond J. Mulligan                                 Danielle Haddad, CNA
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                                                                            John F. Ward                            Bryan Luedecking, Northern Trust
                                                                            Jenner & Block                             Nancy McCallum, Ventas, Inc.
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                    TOWARDS A
                                                                Place Association.
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               BRIGHTER FUTURE.
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                                                                children facing health
                                                                issues and poverty
                                                                succeed tomorrow.

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congratulations

   

             IMPACT!
Thank you to everyone who has made the 30-year journey with
                 Children’s Place Association!

If you believe in our mission, please join us for the next 30 years!

           Please contact Shantal Alonso, Chief Development
                      and Communications Officer.
                    salonso@childrens-place.org
                            773-923-4505

          700 North Sacramento Boulevard, Suite 300
                   Chicago, Illinois 60612
                   CHILDRENS-PLACE.ORG
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