Annual Benefit

Jazzin’ with the Village!

On behalf of The Village Chicago Benefit Committee and Board of Directors, thank you for your support in making our 2023 Annual Benefit Jazzin’ with the Village a record-breaking success on Monday, September 18th, 2023!

We celebrated our 2023 Trailblazers—Rev. Dr. Sandy Siegel Miller and Jonathan Miller for Sounds Good! Choir; DePaul University for exceptional community engagement, accepted by President Robert Manuel; and Author Dr. Tracey Gendron for Ageism Unmasked. Porchlight Music Theatre gave a rousing jazz concert that brought down the house!

Your support raised a record $199,000 in gifts and pledges to fund vital programs for older adults including social connection, support for memory loss and family care partners, and reduced fee memberships.


Thank you to our Underwriting Sponsors and Host Committee members.

Click here to join the Host Committee or become an Underwriting Sponsor!

Underwriting Sponsors

$10,000+

Anonymous
Marsha & Phil Dowd
David D. Hiller
Susan & Tom Kuczmarski
Robert R. McCormick Foundation

$5,000+

Carol Rosofsky
Wintrust Bank

$2,500+

Dianne & Tom Campbell
Char & Larry Damron
Nancy Felton Elkins
Joan Goldstein
Catherine Grahn
Kathie & Bob Kolodgy
Norman L. Sandfield
Estelle Spector Benefit Fund
Emily & Bob Spoerri
Dick Sullivan
Liz Ware & Wally Shah

$1,500+

Susanne & David Baker
Beacon Pointe
Alice Brunner
Deborah & Estia Eichten
Judith Gethner
Alan & Janet Lougée
Gail Moss
Marcia Opp & Jon Ekdahl
Raymond James
Sikich LLP
Lois & Richard Stuckey
Karen & Tom Terry
Janet & Anthony Walters
Pam & Mel Washburn
Joyce Winnecke & George Houlihan

Host Committee

$1,000+

Ellen Stone Belic
Belmont Village Senior Living Lincoln Park
Boka Restaurant Group
Stefanie Clark
Darcy L. Evon
Catherine Grahn
Melissa Haley
Home Instead
Ira Kohlman
Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises
Angie Levenstein
Angela Lustig & Dale Taylor
Therese Meike
G.C. Quarterman
Linda Randall & William Schey
Mary Ann Schwartz
Jerome H. Stone Foundation
Ruth Ann & Tom Watkins
Louis Glunz Wines

$500+

Anonymous
ACO Commercial
Ann Allison & Richard Vitkus
Laurel Baer & Andy Hiken
Eloise & Tim Barron
Giovanna & Joe Breu
Judy Carmack Bross
Chuhak & Tecson, P.C.
Nancy Cooper
Betty Dayron
Victoria & Tom Eley
Reven & Reed Fellars
Diane Fitzgerald & Burt Richmond
Patti & Mike Frazin
Marjorie Freed
Robyn Golden
Hayes Family Foundation
Bob & Dorothy Hernquist
Eva & Lynn Maddox
Susan & Ted Oppenheimer
Agnes Ptasznik
Grisel Rodriquez-Morales
Rush University Medical Center
Leatrice Berman Sandler & Stephen Sandler
Hon. Michele Smith & Leigh Weber
Elaine & Richard Tinberg
Marcia & John Volk
Dirk & Donna Vos
Pam & Doug Walter
Patricia Werhane

Fund-a-Need

Christine Albright & Larry Gill
Ann Allison & Richard Vitkus
Laurel Baer & Andy Hiken
Eloise & Tim Barron
Alan Bass
Aleen Bayard
Katherine Bendix
Alison Bliss Feldman
Jacie Brandes
Alice Brunner
Lynne Carpenter
Richard Christian
Lynne Clark
Stefanie Clark
Char & Larry Damron
Kathy Deane
Denise & Donald Delves
Laurie Desmond
Phil & Marsha Dowd
David Edelberg M.D.
Ellen Dreyer & John Eiffert
Deborah & Estia Eichten
Rebecca Engstrom
Darcy L. Evon
Edith & Jerry Falk
Debra Feldman
Reven & Reed Fellars
Jeannine Forrest
Paul Foster
Susan Foster
Patti & Mike Frazin
Aviva Futorian
Judy Gaynor
Madeline Gelis
Constance Goldberg
Joan Goldstein
Judith & Steven Goode
Belle Gordon
Lynne Clark
Joy Gorodess
Catherine Grahn
Kathy Deane
Melissa Haley
Francia Harrington & Vern Broders
Donna Higgins
David D. Hiller
Daryl Isenberg
Arnie & Carol Kantor
Rosemarie & Tom King
Paul Kitti
Gale & John Klein
Sanford & Melva Klein
Ira Kohlman
Thomas & Susan Kuczmarski
Laura & Kevin LeClair
Laurel Baer & Andy Hiken
Angie Levenstein
Alan & Janet Lougee
Maria Lubliner
Lynn & Eva Maddox
Mary Marshall
Molly Matthias
Dan Miller
Sandra & Jonathan Miller
Maureen Mooney
Marcia Opp & Jon Ekdahl
Susan & Ted Oppenheimer
Pamela Passis
S. Neil Peck
Beth & Dale Primer
Mary Ellen Reynolds
Emily Rice Reynolds
Shelley Riskin
Jeff Robison
Nik Rokop
Clayton Root
Carol Rosofsky
Norman Sandfield
Barbara Schaffer
Mary Ann Schwartz
Emily & Bob Spoerri
Lois & Richard Stuckey
Dick Sullivan
Rita Sussman
Corinne Svoboda
Michael Taitel
Harve Tucker
Marcia & John Volk
Mary von Mandel
Liz Ware & Wally Shah
Ruth Ann & Tom Watkins
Maxine Weintraub
Lori & David Wylly
Gail Zelitzky

 

Benefit Committee

Judith Gethner and  Ira Kohlman, Co-chairs

Callie Alton, Laurel Baer, Jacqueline Boland, Ellen Briskman, John Craib-Cox, Thomas C. Eley III, Victoria Eley, Darcy L. Evon, Jacqueline Falk, Niki Fox, Joan Goldstein, Kathie Kolodgy, Kelly Leiseca, Molly Matthias, Therese Meike, Maureen Mooney, Linda Randall, Carol Rosofsky, Dick Sullivan, Karen Terry, Ruth Ann Watkins, and Joyce Winnecke.

Special Thanks: This event would not have been possible without the dedicated Village staff, board, committee members and volunteers – and support from the Chicago History Museum and Blue Plate Catering

Event Logistics: Callie Alton, Laurel Baer, Niki Fox, and Kelly Leiseca

Multimedia Designer: Kathy Krick

Video Production: Laurel Baer and Steven Rosofsky