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2019 NG ANNUAL SOARI REPORT ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE COLLEGE READINESS LIFELONG MENTORING
Dear Friends,
HFS CHICAGO SCHOLARS HELPS economically disadvantaged, academically motivated kids succeed in high school and beyond via our educational enrichment program of Academic Excellence, College Readiness and Lifeline Mentoring. Since our inception over 25 years ago, HFS Chicago Scholars has provided a passport to success for each of our scholars. Our scholars are capable and resilient and go the extra mile every day, taking the necessary steps to fulfill their dreams. Their path can be filled with obstacles, and the road is not always smooth, but our scholars move forward with a determination that is astonishing.
Princeanna (featured on the back cover) strives for excellence while supporting her mother’s ongoing battle with cancer. Her mother’s strength and HFS are guides for her continued success. After achieving all A’s senior year, she is attending Pomona University this fall on a full-tuition scholarship.
Angelic, a first-generation college-bound scholar, studies hard, stays up late, and does not let anything diminish her confidence. Although her mother A Road to passed away at a young age, Angelic is determined to make a difference. Excellence is said With the support of HFS, she gained self-confidence to do well in school to be “A journey and is now a freshman at the University of Dayton. of a thousand miles beginning The HFS Family – our staff, mentors, alumni and board members – provides with one step.” an extended family to support our scholars’ journey of excellence and their
Chinese proverb road to success. Our scholars not only make the grade, they are leaders in their schools and communities, providing service to those in need. There is no stopping them!
We thank you for your generous support. We will continue to provide opportunities to underserved scholars so that they may continue their journey to success, reach for the stars, and shine.
Sincerely,
DESIRÉE PEPPER-VENZANT MICHAEL J. KENNELLY Executive Director Founder & Chairman
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R R R E R E E L E R L LY R F FY L E W VE ST Y F E IRS E SOPHOMOREE YEAR / LY F ALUMNI / O RA AHFSNDB Chicago ScholarsLY strives to T TIM WO AV FR T F OF RLD T ING FR F RLD TR EQUEN LIFT SOAR make sure thatEQ everyUENT scholar is a well- FREQUENT FLYER SOARING rounded person who helps to serve others. Explore colleges & careers College campus support We perform over 40 hours of service each year and are involved in many clubs and Financial literacy workshops Scholarship & internship activities. We are individually paired with resources a mentor, and we meet monthly with a HFS College & Career Fair Connection with HFS network Director of Academics who helps to keep Continue STEM academic us on track. With guidance from my HFS enrichment program College Director, I will attend the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.” — Chavon
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MIKE KENNELLY EDWARD KELLER JOHN SIKORA ANDREW WEIL SENIOR HFS Board Chairman, Navigant Latham & Watkins LLP DLA Piper LLP Ankura Consulting Group YEAR/FREQUENT HON. MATTHEW KENNELLY GREGORY TEEGEN JASON WHITE ALEX AGRAN U.S. District Court, Northern JPMorgan Chase Morgan Lewis Bockius LLP Endurance District of Illinois SOPHOMORE DAVID TRACY SCOTT WILLIAMS HEATHER ALBRIGHT DAVID KUCERA Wells Fargo Advisors Sidley Austin LLP Stout Capital One LAURA VAN PEENAN SUZANNE YOON JIM ALLEGRETTI JAMES LENTZ William Blair & Company Kinzie Capital Partners Deloitte LLP VERNIS LIKES CHRIS VARONES BRIAN ZYGMUNT SHAY BAHRAMIRAD Samuel, Dewitt Proctor Aesop Communications Group Crowe LLP ComEd Conference Inc. JOY WALTON DEAN BEKAS KERRI LIN Huron Consulting Group PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP KHL Consulting Services LLC FF JOSHUA BENJAMIN JASON LOVELACE LIFT O R Exelon SPINS E L E KEVIN BLITZ SUZANNE MARTINEZ • •V FUNDW ATR A SCHOLAR Capital One ORLD KEVIN MCCARTY Your gift to HFS Chicago Scholars can ensure another R KEVIN CALLAHAN West MonroeE Partners bright and talented student has a passport to success. LY Fairway Capital Management F Our program depends entirely on the support of private F MARKNT MCCARVILLE R REQUE donations. Fund a scholar today and make a lasting E JOANNE CAMPANILE Braydon Partners L Y Byline Bank investment in the life of a deserving scholar. F JOHN MCLAUGHLIN IME T T KATHY CLOLINGER Arthur J. Gallagher HFS Chicago Scholars $10,000+ FUND SPONSOR Fully fund a scholar for two SEAN MEEHAN academic years. This magnanimous investment JEN CLUNE LaSalle Investment Management Clune Construction ensures that our scholars are able to obtain a SCOTT MEYER passport to success to achieve their goals and JIM CONVERY Willis Tower Watson become meaningful contributors to our society. Laner Muchin Ltd. TAMARA MEYER CHRIS COOLEY WellCare Health Plans Inc. $5,000+ S ENIOR SPONSOR Fully fund a scholar for one Kirkland & Ellis LLP academic year. This significant investment ensures ALISON MILLER that one more student in our community has the DENNIS CROWLEY Omni Management Group opportunity to reach their potential. JORDAN CURNES II J. JAMES O’MALLEY MicroTransponder Stanton Chase $2,000+ JUNIOR SPONSOR Fund a scholar’s academic JOSEPH DIMBERIO CARMEN ONTIVEROS* enrichment and mentoring program and ensure Twin Bridge Capital Partners Scott D. Pollock & Associates P.C. their participation in an ACT prep course. JENNIFER DRISCOLL JOE ORLANDO $1,000+ SOPHOMORE SPONSOR Fund a scholar’s academic Northern Trust Financial Renaissance enrichment program and send them on two ERNEST FIORANTE GEORGE N. PANAGAKIS college visits. Hilco Global Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher $500+ FRESHMAN SPONSOR Fund a required summer & Flom LLP BRIAN GALLAGHER school prep class for an incoming freshman. Twin Bridge Capital Partners DONOVAN PEPPER Walgreen Co. TONY GARCIA Boeing NANCY PETERMAN Greenberg Traurig LLP MARK GERTZOF 300 8th Grade TCW Direct Lending FRANK PETITO + Vivid Seats HFS applications received KARA GOODWIN Pillars for Success for the seventh year BMO Harris Bank CHRISTOPHER PETRINI-POLI in a row. HBR Consulting STEVE GRIMES EXCELLENCE ACADEMIC READINESS COLLEGE MENTORING LIFELONG Winston & Strawn LLP JERRY PRASSAS We accepted 50 Emeritus DAVID HILGER scholars this year Wintrust CHRIS RAUB who will make up PPM America JON HINARD our class of 2023. CLAUDIA SARAN JOHN KELLER KPMG LLP Protiviti Inc. Our students will MICHAEL SCOLARO attend one of our JAMES P. JONES BMO Harris Bank The Edward Don & Company 35 different partner JAMES SHEEHAN high schools. JOHN KAVANAUGH City of Naperville EY
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SHAYAN AHMAD MICHAEL MULROE THE HFS CHICAGO SCHOLARS Board of Directors conducted a West Monroe Partners Mulroe Company LLC strategic visioning process in 2017-2018 designed to chart our future. The Board determined that the highest priority to ensure ERNESTO ALMAZAN CONNER MURPHY Pepper Construction Pikes the long-term organizational strength was to further invest in our educational enrichment programs: AFRA ASHRAF WENDY PEREZ* PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP North Shore Pediatric Therapy Academic Excellence • College Readiness • Lifelong Mentoring CAROLINA AVILA* MICHAEL PINCKNEY Power Plan Services Bank of NY Mellon To that end, we invested in our program resources, creating positions for a full-time Director of Operations and Director CARY BLACK MICHAEL PRALJAK of College Advancement, launching our HFS Alumni Board, Crowe LLP Water Street establishing uniquely branded academic programs with sponsors DANIEL BRESNAHAN ANNEMARIE PUMA (such as the ComEd-HFS Create-A-Spark STEM program) and KPMG JARRETT BROTZMAN adding College Persistence and Alumni Connection as core focuses PPM America DANIEL QUINTANA* within our existing Lifelong Mentoring program. Twin Bridge Capital Partners JESSICA BROWNING We followed that investment by launching the Say Yes! campaign, The Mom Project BOBUR RASULOV PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP our first-ever endowment campaign, at the end of 2018 to help WENDY CAMPNELL ensure the long-term growth and financial stability of HFS Chicago AARON ROBERTSON* PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Scholars. The goals of Say Yes! are to: Constellation Brands AZEEM CHOUDHURY PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP MELISSA SEREDA 1. Ensure our financial stability and continued growth; Kennedys CMK LLP LIBBY COSTIGAN 2. Build a $2,5000,000 endowment to safeguard the PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC JAMIE SHAH long-term stability of the program; McDonald’s Corporation MALCOLM DOUGLAS 3. Create donor legacy programs to establish scholarships Guggenheim Partners MICHI SLOAN VERGANO into perpetuity; and KPMG SARA DRIGGERS 4. Invest in additional scholars and continue to grow HFS. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC MATT SMITH BDO SARAH ELLISON We are grateful for the receptivity to the program thus far. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP SCOTT SMITH • Board member Jordan Curnes, who served as an HFS mentor Ankura MICHAEL FERTL and helped launch the HFS Young Professionals Board, observed, Pareto Intelligence ALEX STOGIN “I’ve seen the scholars I mentored transform from timid 8th PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC SONJA FILIPOVIC graders into business professionals with jobs in private equity BMO Harris Bank MICHAE SULLIVAN and consulting. HFS fundamentally changes the trajectory of the Kinzie Capital Partners LLC COURTNEY GRUBB scholar’s lives. Dynamic programs deserve an endowment.” PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC KIM TALIANKO • Filtration Group Board member Chris Cooley, who chairs the Say Yes! Campaign, CAITLYN HALLER notes that “Elizabeth and I interview prospective HFS scholars Greenberg Traurig LLP JESSE TREVINO every year and are energized by the recipients but struck by how Century 21 HILLARY HOTHAN many amazingly qualified kids we just aren’t able to fund. We’re Vistex Inc. BRANDON WALKER going to close that gap one scholar at a time.” Guggenheim Partners NATHAN HOWZE Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP MOLLI WARSH Please contact HFS Executive Director Desirée Pepper-Venzant at Jellyvision KEARA JENNINGS [email protected] if you would like to take part in Exelon RAY WHEARLEY* this mission-driven opportunity to make a difference in the life of a Walsh Construction Company SONIA JONES high-achieving, academically motivated, economically disadvantaged LEARN Charter JORDAN WISE Chicago high school student. WisdomTreeYEAR/FREQUENT Asset Management ERIN LINE PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC JEROD WOLFGRAM ENDOWMENT COMMITMENTS: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC ALEX MAAS SOPHOMORE $100,000 - $250,000 $50,000 - $99,999 Constellation KEVIN YOUNG Christian & Elizabeth Cooley Kevin & Peggy Callahan SENIOR PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC MEREDITH MANSINNE Jordan Curnes John & Kara Goodwin Cushman & Wakefield Joseph Dimberio John Kavanaugh Brian Gallagher James & Tamara Meyer EMILY MCDERMOTT * HFS Alumnus Mike Kennelly Mark & Kathryn McCarville DLA Piper J. James & Debbie O’Malley LUKE MEISSNER Nancy Peterman TetraVX The Sikora Family TIFFANY MILLER Sears Holdings Up to $49,999 KELLEY MONZELLA Ernie Fiorante John McLaughlin
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Evelyn Aguayo Ariel Barr Chavon Bowers-Strong Joy Bowling Erik Cebrero De La Salle Institute Fenwick High School Fenwick High School DePaul College Prep St. Ignatius College Prep Augustana College University of Illinois University of Illinois at University of Illinois at University of Illinois at at Chicago Urbana-Champaign Urbana-Champaign Urbana-Champaign
G SOARIN Angelic Edwards-Rojas Nathalia Espinoza Ramses Flores Sergio Gaona Caylan Gates Loyola Academy St. Benedict Fenwick High School Marist High School Providence St. Mel High School University of Dayton Preparatory School DePaul University Purdue University University of Illinois at Denison University Urbana-Champaign
Jessica Kissi Elizabeth Kryvokulsky Karina Lechuga Moises Lopez Daniela Navarro De La Salle Institute Fenwick High School Loyola Academy St. Ignatius College Prep De La Salle Institute Bates College Loyola University University of Wisconsin - University of Illinois at Saint Xavier University Madison Urbana-Champaign
William Quiroz Kavita Ram Nia Sosa LaKeisha Williams Indya Woods Cristo Rey Jesuit High School Trinity High School St. Ignatius College Prep St. Benedict Preparatory School Fenwick High School Dominican University University of Michigan American University DePaul University University of Illinois at Chicago
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Cecilia Chavez Paulina Correa Cristian Cortez Nicholas Cruz Marcos Cuzco, Jr. Cristo Rey Jesuit High School Mother McAuley High School DePaul College Prep DePaul College Prep St. Ignatius College Prep St. Augustine College Pitzer College University of Illinois at University of Illinois at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana-Champaign Urbana-Champaign
Princeanna Gibson Brian Guzman Jadore Hernandez Natalie Huff Aniyha Jones Trinity High School Cristo Rey Jesuit High School Trinity High School Loyola Academy Providence St. Mel High School Pomona College Arrupe College Saint Xavier University Dominican University University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
YEAR/FREQUENT SOPHOMORE Alondria Nelson Jasmine Parras Berenice Perez Britney Pham DeJanne Phillips Fenwick High School Josephinum Academy De La Salle Institute St. Ignatius College Prep Holy Trinity High SchoolSENIOR Saint Louis University of the Sacred Heart St. Olaf College Northwestern University North Central College Trinity College
THANK YOU for your investment in our future. We are so excited to attend college this year. 82% of us are first-generation college students! Our journey would not be possible without your support. R R E R E L E EL Y —W HFS CLASSAV OF 2019 FF F FL ORLD TR LIFT O Citlalli Zavala REQMarcUENT Zavala De La Salle Institute St. Rita of Cascia High School Trinity College Robert Morris University
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13th Annual Leadership Breakfast HFS Chicago Scholars 13 th Annual Leadership Breakfast FS Chicago Scholars is pleased to honor Steve Lombardo, Founder and Owner, Gibsons Restaurant Group, at the 2019 Thursday, September 26, 2019 HLeadership Breakfast. We are also excited to welcome our keynote 7:30 – 9:00 AM speaker, alumnus, Yi Wei ’06, valedictorian of St. Ignatius College Prep and a Harvard University graduate. Thank you to our wonderful co-chairs The Palmer House Hilton who generously support the mission of HFS Chicago Scholars. 17 E. Monroe Street Chicago, IL 60603 CO-CHAIRS: Tom Andreesen, Protiviti Dave Kucera, Capital One Bob Clark, Clayco Steve Lombardo, III, Gibsons Restaurant Group
Photos from HSF’s 12th Annual FINANCIAL OVERVIEW Leadership Breakfast. HFS Chicago Scholars Statement of Activities for the years ended June 30, 2019 and 2018. 2019 2018 HONOREE & KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Operating Endowment Total Total Revenues $ 888,295 $ 361,396 $ 1,249,692 $ 889,215 Patrick Fitzgerald, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Investment income 33,001 10,562 43,562 9,199 Meagher & Flom LLP Expenses Former U.S. Attorney, Program expense 721,827 – 721,827 656,467 Northern District of Illinois Management expense 51,668 – 51,668 72,200 Fundraising expense 109,902 – 109,902 84,997 CO-CHAIRS: Total expenses 883,398 – 883,398 813,664 Change in net assets 37,898 371,958 409,856 84,750 Patrick Canning, KPMG LLP Net assets – Beginning of year 1,280,945 – 1,280,945 1,196,195 Tom Fitzgerald, Winston & Net assets – End of year $ 1,318,844 $ 371,958 $ 1,690,802 $ 1,280,945 Strawn LLP Steve Fort, Turner Construction As of June 30, 2019, endowment commitments total $1,090,000 to be received over the next five years.
8 HFS CHICAGO SCHOLARS | 2019 ANNUAL REPORT EVENTS & NEWS ComEd-HFS STEM Program
he ComEd - HFS Stem CREATE a Spark program launched this year to great success. This first- of-its-kind program is part of ComEd’s Community of the Future in Bronzeville, a collaborative T effort of local residents and ComEd to use smart grid technologies to create a connected, green and resilient community and enhance people’s everyday lives.
Throughout the 2018-2019 school year, HFS Chicago Scholars freshmen ventured to ComEd’s Chicago Training Center (and one memorable session at the Art Institute of Chicago) for Saturday sessions to learn about smart grid technology and how it can be used to increase the sustainable use of resources.
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Our Scholars were instructed and mentored8TH GRADEby ComEd and Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) scientists and engineers. The sessions culminated in an end of year competition between and among the students, who formed groups to propose innovative ideas that would help the community better sustain energy.
R FI The HFS teams were led by Directors of Academics (and HFS alums) Lucia Botello and Wendy PerezYE with RST TIM FL support from Director of Operations Jennett Wilson. Team BACK (Bryce Choice from DeS LaTA NSalleDBY Institute, Austin Ayite and Chris Iwuoha from St. Patrick High School, and Kamron Brown from St. Joseph High School, supported by their ComEd mentor Hiva Nasiri) won first place for their Smart Pathway framework designed to save energy and make it safer for people to walk neighborhood streets at night. This “bright idea” earned Team BACK a $2,000 scholarship to use toward their high school tuition and the opportunity to share the HFS Chicago Scholars and ComEd Create a Spark programs with the entire Chicago community. These Scholars were featured on ABC 7 Chicago morning show.
We are so grateful to ComEd President Terence Donnelly for his active leadership of the ComEd-HFS STEM program, and to (HFS Board member) Shay Bahramirad and Sandor Williams for creating the program and partnering with HFS Chicago Scholars! We look forward to doubling the program in the 2019-2020 school year, when our sophomores will continue the program and we will have a separate program for the new HFS freshmen!
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ENDOWMENT AND HBR Consulting Peter Malecek Mark Mandich Adam Ortega FUND SPONSORS Thomas E. Hill John McLaughlin Maron Electric Company Donovan Pepper and Heidi BMO Harris Bank Philip Hodson and Lynn Mechanical Inc. Daniel Marszalek Waltner-Pepper Byline Bank Bliesath-Hodson Trisha Mowbray Suzanne Martinez PPM America Inc. Kevin and Peggy Callahan Huron Consulting Group Navigant Rocco and Roxanne Martino Daniel Quintana* Christian and Elizabeth James and Ellen Jones New Frontiers Foundation Archibald McNeill Rosemary Rehak, Cooley Jones Day Newmark Knight Frank Alison Miller on behalf of my great Jordan and Jennifer Curnes King & Spalding LLP Nixon Peabody LLP, Mimecast nieces and nephews Daniel P. Haerther Kevin and Robyn McCarty James E. Lentz James and Sharon Daniel Rimkus Charitable Trust Matt Moore Pavey Family Foundation O’Sullivan Anne and Barry Sabloff Joseph and Amy Dimberio Peoples Gas The Cleveland Foundation John and Lynn Peterson Michi and Andrea Ernest Fiorante PNC Bank Performance Contracting Inc. Guy Petrelli Sloan Vergano Brian and Lauren Gallagher Protiviti Inc. Chris and Emily Raub Points of Light Luke and Leeane Stifflear Glass Solutions Inc. Jim and Sarah Sheehan Res Publica Group Jill Powell Jesse Trevino Greenberg Traurig LLP Skadden, Arps, Slate, James and Laura Roth Jerome and Abigail Prassas USA Fire Protection ITW Meagher & Flom LLP Joseph W. Schmidt PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Brandon Walker Jackson National Life Skender Foundation Harry Seigle Sonali and Chidambaram Donovan Pepper and Heidi Waltner - Pepper Insurance Company TalentRISE Gregory Soroka YEAR/FREQUENTRammohan Debbie Warsh John and Carolyn Kavanaugh The Hill Group The Northridge Group Inc. Michael Scolaro Sheri Warsh STANDBY FLYER Michael Kennelly The Inland Real Estate The Robert Thomas Bobins MatthewSOPHOMORE and Kirkland & Ellis LLP Group Inc. Foundation Mary Beth Smith Nelson Zamora KPMG LLP The Northern Trust Company Thomson Reuters Joe and Kristin Taylor Brian Zygmunt Latham & Watkins LLP The Willis Foundation Thorne Associates Inc. Daniel and Lisa Tiemann Kerri Lin West Monroe Partners Dave and Aimee Tracy Topel Forman LLC MISSION SPONSORS Mark and Kathryn McCarville Jason and Laura White Jerry Turner Vistex Inc. Ann Marie Achille Tamara Meyer Suzanne Yoon and UPS Robert and Sheila Wentland, Aesop Communications J. James and Debbie Luke Molloy Wells Fargo Advisors in memory of Dan Kelly Group O’Malley Mary Therese Wolf Steven and Elizabeth Young Murat Ahmed Nancy Peterman JUNIOR SPONSORS Karl Albrecht Rivers Casino AAC Inc. SOPHOMORE SPONSORS FRESHMAN SPONSORS Allstate Insurance Co. Claudia Saran and Ernesto Almazan Shayan Ahmad Alex Agran Rina Alvarez Todd Zayti Amazon Smile Heather Albright Shay Bahramirad Ascher Brothers John and Lacey Sikora Bruce and Kenna Anderson James Allegretti Big Shoulders Fund Anthony Balestrieri Sterling Bay Gregory and Kendell Applied Finance Group Ltd. Aileen Blake Bernadette Barron Turner Construction R R Associated Bank E Josh Benjamin Anderson YE L Boeing R FWalgreenL Co. F FY YE Niki Annes W STANDBY Jamerson & BauwensIRST T I ME Stephen and Diedra Burns NathanaelF Brown FL OR Scott Williams REQUENT Julia Argentieri Electrical, Ken Bauwens Joanne Campanile Wendy Campnell Winston & Strawn LLP Zachary Auerbach Bill Bartholomay Foundation, Chatham Financial John and Kathryn Chandler Wintrust in honor of Scott Meyer Jennifer Augustian Continental Painting & Carol and John Teresa Backes Citigroup Decorating Inc. Clavadetscher Brian Backus SENIOR SPONSORS ComEd Jessica Daniels Robert and Isabel Curley Thomas Bajorek Ankura Conagra Brands Tom and Claire Dannenberg James Czarnecki Brian Barnabas Antares Capital LP Dennis and Renee Crowley Fitzgerald Marketing & David and Michelle Joseph Antunovich Crown Corr Inc. Communications LLC Dermenjian John Barone YEAR/FREQUENT Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Deloitte LLP Jack and Stephanie Flynn Malcolm Douglas Sean Barrett Management Services Inc. F.E. Moran Inc. Richard Forand Sarah Ellison Jeanne Bartels Bank of America FirstSOPHOMORE Merchants Bank Anthony Garcia Sam Fusco Gene Batenga Dean and Mary Bekas Dean and Jennifer Fischer GEM Realty Capital Thomas and Marilyn Douglas Battaglia Kathy and David Clolinger Thomas P. Fitzgerald Jon Hinard Gallagher Benjamin Bayles Clune Construction Company Great Lakes Plumbing and J&M DiDonato Family Gary Gatton Mary Beth Beatty Dennis and Sharon Coughlin Heating Company Foundation John and Karen Gordon Kyle Benton Crowe LLP David Greer Jesse Trevino Richard Gray Kyle Bentz Bunker Curnes Irish Woods Foundation Real Estate Chicago, Guggenheim Partners Allyson Birchmeier DLA Piper LLP JLL Century 21 SGR Inc. Patricia and Joseph Hinkel Susan Birnberg Environmental Systems John Keller Gary and Ann Karch JDI Realty LLC Krista and Robert Black Design Inc. Kelso-Burnett Co. Edward Keller Keara Jennings Elisabeth Blaha R EY LaSalle Investment Key Bank National Matthew and Leigh Kennelly Kent Born Patrick and Jennifer Management Association Kinzie Capital Partners Martin Boulanger Fitzgerald Joseph Learner Patrick Lanigan Vincent Lazar Bourbon Tile & Marble Goetz Family Foundation Amy Lee Michael and Carolyn Tiffany Majors Wesley Braun Kara and John Goodwin Todd Lippman, CBRE Laughlin Sallie B. Mansinne Daniel Bresnahan Gurtz Electric Co. Locke Lord LLP LexisNexis Tim and Bobbi McGrath Philip and SusanSENIOR Brewster FR EQ R UENT FLYE
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SOA HFS CHICAGO SCHOLARS PROVIDED ME WITH resources and lessons QUICK FACTS: HFS Chicago Scholars RIN necessary to succeed in life. HFS is more than a scholarship for me; it »»Founded in 1993 is a family that I can always rely on for anything. They helped me work »»Helps economically disadvantaged Chicago high school through the emotional struggles of my mother having cancer, as well as students who show academic and leadership promise self-esteem issues of feeling worthy of attending a private school. HFS »»Provides financial assistance for its scholars to attend helped me become comfortable with express- top Chicago private high schools With every ing my leadership skills and embracing things »»Provides each scholar with a young professional mentor in my life that are important to me, like service. and educational enrichment and group activities outside new day comes the classroom Feed My Starving Children is one of my favorite »»Provides each scholar with an academic director, new strength and HFS events. It is a time that every scholar and an HFS Passport high school continuum and offers new thoughts.” mentor is together bonding, making memories an enriched curriculum Eleanor Roosevelt and a difference in the world. »»Provides HFS college visits and college fairs, and employs a full-time College Readiness Director to During freshman year we began our college and career readiness journey provide guidance regarding college evaluation, selection and admissions support with HFS. They stressed the importance of taking advantage of every opportunity available. Without HFS I would not have been able to attend »»Each scholar signs a Contract for Success holding scholars to a set of performance expectations Trinity High School and experience a new environment. I was able to step out of my comfort zone and create everlasting relationships and networks. Thanks to HFS, I am a Posse Scholar! In the fall, I will attend my dream Donations by Mail: school, Pomona College, on a full ride. I am worthy of — and grateful for 1074 West Taylor Street, No. 201, Chicago, Illinois 60607 — the opportunity to have received a wonderful education. I will continue Donations Online: to do my best and make my mother and my HFS family proud! www.hfschicagoscholars.com/give-today Contact Us: ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE COLLEGE READINESS LIFELONG MENTORING Phone: (312) 421 - 4070 | Fax: (312) 421 - 4071