Join us Nov. 5 as we honor 2010 Jefferson Awards Winners including Rocky Wirtz at Chicago Celebrate Service Gala The Jefferson Awards for Public Service is pleased to announce that ffice:smarttags" />Chicago Celebrates Service – 2010 Jefferson Awards Annual Gala Dinner will be held on Friday evening, November 5, 2010 at lace w:st="on">Roosevelt Universitylace>. The evening promises to be a service star-studded evening as we honor the 2010 Jefferson Awards and celebrate the great American and lace w:st="on">Chicagolace> tradition of service and volunteering.
ffice  ffice" /> >> 2010 Jefferson Award Honorees: This year the honorees include, Rocky Wirtz – Chicago Blackhawk Charities; Erin Vaughan – ARAMARK; Jonny Imerman – Imerman Angels; and the student leaders at Adlai E. Stevenson High School, the 2010 Chicago Region Jefferson Awards Students In Action High School Leadership Program champions. >> About Chicago Celebrates Service 2010 Jefferson Awards Annual Gala Dinner: The event will be held on Friday, November 5, 2010 at Roosevelt University located at 430 South Michigan Avenue in Chicago. Cocktails & Hors d’oeuvres will begin at 6:00 p.m. followed by the ceremonies and dinner. There are sponsorship opportunities and tickets can be purchased for $150 per person. We will have some special surprises, but seating is limited. Tickets may be purchased on-line at http://chicagocelebratesservice.kintera.org or by calling Charlene McMann, Jefferson Awards National Board of Selector and Co-Chair of Jefferson Awards Chicago at (630) 399-3690. Proceeds will benefit the Jefferson Awards Chicago area youth leadership, volunteer service, and student health programming. >> >> About the lace w:st="on">JeffersoChicago Celebrates Service -- 2010 Jefferson Awards Gala - Homenlace> Awards: In 1972, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, U.S. Senator Robert Taft, Jr., & Sam Beard founded the Jefferson Awards for Public Service to establish a “Nobel Prize” for public and community service. National Jefferson Award recipients represent a “Who’s Who” of outstanding Americans, including Oprah Winfrey and Mayor Daley from lace w:st="on">Chicagolace>. On the local level, Jefferson Awards recipients are ordinary people doing extraordinary things without the expectation of recognition. Jefferson Champion Awards are presented through our corporate partners to recognize extraordinary volunteer efforts of their employees. Last year, the Jefferson Awards and All Stars Helping Kids partnered to create a national program to recognize professional athletes for their philanthropy and service. Jefferson Awards Students in Action High School Leadership program – in conjunction with our national partner Deloitte – is in approximately 50 lace w:st="on">Chicagolace> area high schools. >> >> Board of Selectors: Jefferson Awards are lead by a prestigious Board of Selectors, including: Hank Aaron, Douglas C. Adams, Norm Asbjornson, George L. Ball, Susan H. Ball, Corbin Bernsen, Hon. Julian Bond, William Burleigh, Ellen Burstyn, Laura W. Bush, Lee Ault Carter, Deanna Castellini, Hon. Max Cleland, Chris Collinsworth, Tatiana B. Copeland, Myra Janco Daniels, Thomas A. Daschle, Katherine C. DeWitt, Kirk Douglas, Michael Douglas, Albert R. Dowden, Ben du Pont, Rae Forker Evans, Hon. William H. Frist, M.D., Whoopi Goldberg, Earl Graves, Sr., Paula M. Grigsby, Roger Horchow, Teresa Heinz Kerry, Dr. Mary King, Thomas B. King, Janet Lang, Alex Lòpez-Negrete, Hon. Trent Lott, Hon. Richard Lugar, Brent Magid, Paul Maslansky, Peter Max. Jewell Jackson McCabe, Charlene McMann, Hon. Mitch McConnell, Scott McClelland, Adam Meyerson, Hon. Harry Reid, Hon. Joseph P. Riley, Jr., Mario Rodriguez, Elliott Roosevelt, III, Jack Russi, Robert Sakowitz, Scott Seaman, Neil Simon, Dr. Jane Smith, Lesley Stahl, Mrs. Potter Stewart, and George Strawbridge, Jr. Jacob V. Stuart, Robert D. Stuart, Jr., Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., Cicely Tyson, Chris Wallace, and Hon. Harris Wofford. >> Jefferson Awards Chicago board members and trustees, include: Dr. Damon Arnold, Andrew Block, John P. Foley, Thomas Johnson, Chris Kennedy, Charlene McMann, Jane Mentzinger, Newt Minnow, John Nicols, Jerry Reinsdorf, Sergio Rojas, John R. Schmidt, Wally Scott, Scott Seaman, William K. Skinner, Roxanne Tata, and Clarence Wood. >> |