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11/21/2011 - Lend-A-Hand Accepting Nominations for Auxiliary Board

Lawyers Lend-A-Hand to Youth is pleased to announce the creation of its Auxiliary Board.  For more information click on the title above or download the nomination form by clicking here.

All nominations are due Wednesday, February 1, 2012.




09/23/2011 - My Hero Honoree Gene Niezgoda Profiled in the Sun-Times
The Sun-Times described Gene Niezgoda as Municipal Court's unsung hero. Niezgoda received the Judge Marovitz Mentoring Award at the 8th Annual My Hero Awards Luncheon on Thursday, September 22.



08/03/2011 - Lawyer Lifts 3/4 Ton Annually to Support Inner City Mentoring Programs

Lawyers Lend-A-Hand to Youth Board Chair and attorney Dan Cotter will "Lift to Lend-A-Hand" on August 27, 2011, when he competes in the Quad City Sports Performance powerlifting meet to raise money for Lawyers Lend-A-Hand.




07/01/2011 - Judge Marovitz' Colleagues Support Lend-A-Hand
The Library of the United States Courts of the Seventh Circuit collected over 200 new and "gently used" children's books in honor of the late Judge Abraham Lincoln Marovitz during the 2011 National Library Week. 



06/27/2011 - A Rose by Any Other Name . . .
Our thanks to Jerry Latherow, President of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, for ITLA’s $2,500 donation to Lawyers Lend-A-Hand to Youth.   Latherow chose, in lieu of flowers at his installation dinner as President of ITLA, that the money go to two charitable groups serving children. 



04/01/2011 - 2011 Most Successful Awards Dinner

Lawyers Lend-A-Hand to Youth raised close to $125,000 at its March 31 Awards Dinner.




11/15/2010 - Lend-A-Hand Grantee Profiled by EvanstonPatch

Project SOAR, or Serving Our Youth Responsibility, was featured in an article by EvanstonPatch.  Click on the title above for more information and a link to the story.




05/14/2010 - Town Hall Held on Youth and Violence

Lawyers Lend-A-Hand to Youth participated in the planning and production of at town hall on Youth and Violence.  The Chicago Bar Association's Interfaith Committee presented the town hall in partnership with WYCC-TV Channel 20.  The town hall was moderated by Bill Campbell, the host and executive producer of "Chicagoing" (ABC 7 Chicago) and president of Campbell Quest, and the event featured a panel of students, parents, law enforcement officials, court officials, and clergy.

To learn more about the town hall and for a link to videos of the event, please click on the title above.




10/05/2009 - ED Comments on the Power of Mentoring at ChicagoTribune.com

The Chicago Tribune published a letter by Lend-A-Hand executive director Genita C. Robinson.  The letter discusses the power of mentoring.