By Judy Carmack Bross
Alicia Waters, Sophie Goodwillie, Julia Van Nice, Errett Van Nice, Margie Stineman, Carmen Koloskov
The Founders’ Board of Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago hosted its annual Winter Wishes Holiday Cocktail Celebration, presented by Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) and Sterling Bay, at an elegant private Gold Coast club. Over 425 guests gathered for a festive evening of cocktails and hors d’oeuvres in support of the Edwards Family Division of Genetics and Rare Diseases and the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Lurie Children’s.
Caroline & Keating Crown
Dan Fahner, Randy Burt, Lindsay Walter Carlton, Kimberly Burt
Winter Wishes Co-Chairs Anne Edwards, Nicole Scheer Barry
Nicole Scheer Barry and Anne Edwards co-chaired and were joined by Founders’ Board President Margie Stineman and many of the Founders’ Board members and friends.
Rahm Emmanuel, Anne Edwards, Don Edwards, Amy Rule, Tom Shanley, Maureen Shanley
Bess Cooney, Cindy Yingling, Jeff Yingling, Clare Colnon
This year’s Winter Wishes set a new event fundraising record, raising $638,602 towards the Founders’ Board’s three-year $3 million commitment to the Edwards Family Division of Genetics and Rare Diseases and the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Lurie Children’s.
Dr. Michelle Butler, Dr. Priya Verghese, Dr. Brenda Bohnsack, Dr. David Winlaw
Christine and David Wear
Donors who attended Winter Wishes made gifts to Lurie Children’s through the evening’s Wish List, which helped to fund the personnel, training, and equipment needed to create a future where every family has an answer and an option for treatment, no matter how rare and complex their child’s diagnosis may seem.
David Wu, Nicole Tao, Even Reppen
Dr. Michelle Butler, Dr. David Winlaw
The event welcomed speakers Dr. Carlos Prada, Head of the Edwards Family Division of Genetics and Rare Diseases and Dr. Shannon Haymond, Chief of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Lurie Children’s patient parent Beth Robinson. Each spoke to the importance of providing early and accurate diagnoses, offering targeted treatments, and serving more children with rare genetic disorders.
Cristina Llort Cklamovski, Mike Zafirovski, Todd Zafirovski, Robin Zafirovski, Dan Broderick
Dan Barlow, Brian Tracy
Dan Fahner, Randy Burt, Lindsay Walter Carlton, Kimberly Burt
In addition to presenting sponsors Packaging Corporation of America and Sterling Bay, the evening could not have been possible without the support of following: The Christopher Family Foundation, May River Capital, Kirkland & Ellis, Anne & Don Edwards, Mr. & Mrs. John R. Walter, along with many other sponsors and individuals.
Dr. Carlos Prada, Dr. Shannon Haymond, Beth Robinson, Benny Robinson, Jerry Robinson, Nicole Scheer Barry, Anne Edwards, Margie Stineman
Amy Rule, Anne Edwards, Rahm Emmanuel
Photo credit: Robin Subar
Briana Fosnaugh, Lindsay Walter Carlton
Chris Olson, Charlene Olson, Mimi Murley, John Growdon, Gillian Growdon
Cristina Llort Cklamovski, Michael Cklamovski, Lisa Berghorst, Dan Broderick
