Category Archives: Fundraising

We Stand With Immigrant Children and Their Mothers!

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Help Life Span raise funds to send a team of 6 Spanish speaking staff (2 immigration attorneys, 2 legal advocates and 2 counselors) to Texas to join the CARA Family Detention Pro Bono Project for at least 300 hours of assistance to immigrants. Life Span’s work will help end the incarceration of children and their mothers and seek safe and appropriate immigration relief for these families.

Funds raised will be used to cover costs of travel and lodging for our team as they work tirelessly on behalf of families at the border. Any extra funds raised will be used to buy needed supplies for the families.

Be part of positive change! Help create safety for immigrant families at the border! Take a stand today!

 

Pair Up With Life Span Wine Tasting Event #PairUpWithLifeSpan

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Wine Tasting at Life Life Span's 2nd Annual Pair Up With Life Span Event

An Evening of Fun at Life Span's 2nd Annual Pair Up With Life Span

Life Span's 2nd Annual Wine Tasting Event At Paired Wine Co Life Span's 2nd Annual Wine Tasting Event At Paired Wine Co An Evening of Fun at Life Span's 2nd Annual Pair Up With Life SpanLife Span’s 2nd Annual Pair Up With Life Span wine tasting event and fundraiser was held at Paired Wine Co. on September 8th, 2014. Hosted by the Associate Board of Directors of Life Span, this was an event enjoyed by all and a fabulous success again this year.  With over 80 guests in attendance, it was an evening of mingling, wine tastings, hors d’oeuvre and learning about Life Span.

Life Span's 2nd Annual Wine Tasting Fundraising Event At Paired Wine Co, Held September 8th, 2014

Life Span’s 2nd Annual Wine Tasting Fundraising Event at Paired Wine Co., Held September 8th, 2014

 

 

Executive Director Denice Wolf Markham, Recipient of the 2014 Thomas H. Morsch Public Service Award

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Life Span's Executive Director, Denice Wolf Markham is the Recipient of the Chicago Bar Foundation 2014 Thomas H. Morsch Award

Life Span’s Executive Director, Denice Wolf Markham was awarded the Chicago Bar Foundation 2014 Thomas H. Morsch Public Service Award for Public Service.

Denice Wolf Markham at the Podium for the Thomas H. Morsch Award Acceptance Speech2014 Recipients of the Chicago Bar Association and Chicago Bar Foundation Pro Bono and Public Service Awards

The Chicago Bar Foundation, Thomas H. Morsch award honors an attorney who, in choosing to devote him or herself to a career of public service, has demonstrated lifelong excellence in the quality of their work, leadership within their agencies and significant leadership and service on behalf of the poor and disenfranchised. The award includes a $10,000 gift provided by the family of Thomas H. Morsch, a former partner at Sidley & Austin and currently the Director of the Small Business Opportunity Center at the Northwestern University School of Law, and an advocate of public interest law for over 40 years.

http://chicagobarfoundation.org/wpcbf/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Awards-Luncheon-Press-Release-7.17.pdf

Congratulations Denice!

Half Marathon Run for Life Span

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“At least 16 people were killed last year in domestic-related incidents in Chicago, according to police statistics through late December. In recent years, 2007 had the most domestic violence homicides, with 44.” – Chicago Tribune, 1/24/12

Life Span was founded in 1978 to address the crucial need for services for women abused by spouses or intimate partners and has been at the forefront of the domestic violence movement by combining legal and counseling assistance to clients.

For the past 34 years they have continually increased their programming, staff, and the services provided to thousands of women and children each year.

We will be running in the Spring Half Marathon on May 20, 2012 in Schaumburg. All the money we raise will go toward helping Life Span continue to provide education, counseling and legal support that will change lives for the better.

Help us out by donating to this amazing cause! :)

Runners: Natalie Kempa & Stacy Bayner (if you’d like to help us raise money and run with us let us know… the more the merrier!)