Members of Chicago’s legal community gather each year to raise funds for Lawyers Lend-A-Hand to Youth at its Spring Awards Dinner, which honors a prominent attorney with the Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Philanthropic Award. This year’s honoree is Illinois Secretary of State, Jesse White. The dinner also raises a significant amount of Lend-A-Hand’s annual budget. In 2019, the Spring Awards Dinner was a lively affair that had 400 guests and raised over $200,000.
Highlights of the Spring Awards Dinner
Cocktail hour
Three-course seated dinner
Presentation of the Thomas A. Demetrio Award to an outstanding tutoring or mentoring program
Presentation of the Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Philanthropic Award to Judge Lorna E. Propes
Mystery Gift Raffle, Live Auction, and Paddle Raise