By Judy Carmack Bross
Winter Wishes Co-Chairs Libby Holdren and Ginger Hecht
With co-chairs Ginger Hecht and Libby Holdren at the helm, along with new Founders’ Board President Margie Stineman, no wonder that the recent Winter Wishes Holiday cocktail celebration was an extraordinary success for the Founders’ Board of Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.
Libby Holdren, Margie Stineman, and Ginger Hecht
Emma Park
Over 350 guests attended the jubilant event, presented by Sterling Bay, at an elegant Gold Coast private club to help raise $527,000 for Lurie Children’s Heart Center and their work to provide world class care at the heart of the community.
Laura Dietzel
Donors attending made gifts to Lurie Children’s through the evening’s Wish List, which included items and services to help ensure proper training and access to lifesaving devices to treat sudden cardiac arrest along with preventive education programs to promote better heart health.
Jadale Mitchell, Dr. Stuart Burgr and Pastor Contrell Jenkins
Pastor Contrell Jenkins
Phillip Van Vlack, Kate Van Vlack, Lynne Worsham
The night’s speakers Dr. Stuart Burger, Division Head of Pediatric Cardiology and Co-Director of the Heart Center at Lurie Children’s Hospital; Pastor Contrell Jenkins, CEO of Stone Community Development Corporation and Austin HOPE Center Co-Developer; and Lurie patient Jadale Mitchell told of the importance of reducing barriers to specialty health care access and providing cardiology services in the highest risk communities in the Chicago area.
Robin Zafirovski, Maureen Shanley, Shelley Patenaude
Mike Zafirovski, Robin Zafirovski, Todd Zafirovski, Cindy Yingling, Jeff Yingling
In addition to presenting sponsor Sterling Bay, the evening’s lead sponsors were Christopher Family Foundation, May River Capital and Packaging Corporation of America along with many other sponsors and individuals.
Sri Sullivan and Molly Kelly Spainhour
Amanda Todd Ogden, Ana Silva Ernst, Lig Goodwillie, Jenny Kernins
Sarah Vihtelic, Catherine Hurley, Haritha Dukkipati, Lindsay Walters Carlton, Mary Watts
The over half a million dollars raised at this year’s Winter Wishes will go towards the Founders’ Board’s two-year $4 million commitment to Lurie Children’s Heart Center.
Missy Greenberg, Briana Fosnaugh, Natalie Tadin, Anita Shastri
Fatema Zanzi
David Wu, James Yeung
Photo credit: Heather Eidson.
