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RIPPLES OF HOPE GALA

Celebrating 30 Years of Service

Thursday, April 18th | Field Museum

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Learn more about Ripples of Hope, our awardees, and the 30 year history of City Year Chicago.

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Event Details

Honorees

Michael Alter

City Year Chicago

Founder

2024 Legacy Award Winner

Liz Thompson

City Year Chicago

Founding Executive Director

2024 Legacy Award Winner

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Co-Chairs

Les Coney

Stephen Quazzo,

Co-Founder & CEO,

Pearlmark Real Estate

John W. Rogers, Jr.,

Chairman & Co-CEO,

Ariel Investments, LLC

Jennifer Steans,

President & CEO,

Financial Investments Corporation

Ripples Program:

6:00 – 7:00pm – Cocktail Reception

7:00 – 9:00pm – Dinner & Program

9:00 – 11:00pm – Desserts & Dancing

Attire: Business / Cocktail

Sponsors

Platinum Sponsors

Anonymous

Barbara Goodman Manilow

Anniversary Sponsors

Wendy and Jim Abrams

Eleven Eleven Foundation

Ravin and Sonal Gandhi

Patrice R. Louis

Silver Sponsors

Ariel Investments | Leslie Bluhm & David Hefland | BMO | Christopher Burke Engineering | Clayco | Michelle L. Collins | Mary Dillon

Stephanie Morimoto & Matt King | Cathy & Bill Osborn | Pritzker Pucker Family Foundation | Pritzker Traubert Foundation |

Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan | SPACECO | Julie & Brian Simmons Foundation | Jennifer Steans & James Kastenholz

Noemie & Jonathan Tilghman | The Academy Group | Kimbra & Mark Walter

Bronze Sponsors

BakerHostetler | Susan Beverly | Ernst & Young | Mintz Group

Table Supporters

Dan Alberti | Ash, Anos, Freedman & Logan | Avante Capital | Bill Jacobs Motors | John & Jacolyn Bucksbaum Family Foundation

California Bank of Commerce | Chapman Spingola, LLP | Chicago Bulls | Chicago Community Trust | EncourageMe.com | Expedia Group | Bill Gerstein | John Buck Company | Josh Keller + Clara Yom | KPMG | Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC | Paul Levy | Mathematica | National Basketball Association | Northwestern Mutual-Chicago | Lee Rosenberg & Pamela Roussos |

Julie and Brian Simmons Foundation |John Stefanek | USI Insurance | The Vistria Group | Women’s National Basketball Association

Media Sponsor

About Ripples of Hope

Ripples of Hope is City Year Chicago’s largest annual fundraiser, raising more than $1,200,000 to support our mission.


At Ripples of Hope, City Year strives to mirror Robert F. Kennedy’s 1966 address in South Africa through the civic contributions of our honorees and the service of City Year Chicago’s AmeriCorps members.


Kennedy proclaimed that a stand against injustice can create a small “ripple of hope” and eventually build a “current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.”


For more questions, contact Alex Michel

at Alex.Michel@cityyear.org.