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Our Mission:  The Sun-Times Judge Marovitz Lawyers Lend-A-Hand to Youth Program (Lawyers Lend-A-Hand to Youth) channels the legal community’s resources to promote best practice mentoring & tutoring programs in disadvantaged communities that foster consistent, long term bonds between adults and youth.  

The various means by which we accomplish our mission include: 

  • Awarding approximately $200,000 in grants a year to exemplary tutor/mentor programs
  • Recognizing outstanding youth mentoring programs through the Thomas A. Demetrio Award of Excellence, the Much Shelist Founder's Award, and the Sun-Times Literacy Award
  • Raising the legal community's awareness of the importance of mentoring disadvantaged youth
  • Recruiting lawyers to serve on the boards of tutor/mentor programs
  • Recruiting volunteers from the legal community to serve as tutors/mentors in area programs
  • Promoting best practices in the tutor/mentor community
  • Expanding cultural, educational, and athletic opportunities for young people through our "Tickets-for-Kids" program
In 2011, Lend-A-Hand awarded $219,000 to 38 programs serving 12,000 Chicago area youth.   Since its founding in 1995 by former Chicago Bar Association President Thomas A. Demetrio, Lawyers Lend-A-Hand to Youth has awarded over $1,200,000 in grants and positively affected the lives of tens of thousands of youth throughout the Chicago area.

Our Leadership: 

Board Members
Daniel A. Cotter, Chair
Tasneem K. Goodman
Daniel M. Kotin, Secretary
Preston L. Pugh
Jack Schwager, Treasurer
Elizabeth C. Scott
Joseph A. Sheils
Timothy S. Tomasik
Hon. E. Kenneth Wright, Jr.

Genita C. Robinson, Executive Director

Lawyers Lend-A-Hand to Youth is a 501(c)(3).