36th Annual Dinner unveils the National Latino Education Institute
36th Annual Dinner and Silent Auction - April 22, 2008
“For 36 years,
SCJ has worked to build a strong community through education
and job placement. The success of our dinners is a testament
to the positive changes we have made in the lives of
our students,” explained Mary Gonzalez-Koenig,
President, CEO and founder of SCJ.
Dinner chair was Guy F. Gorney, Chairman,
President of Midwest Generation.
Proceeds for the evening’s event help to support
SCJ programs which provide exceptional training opportunities
for students leading to economic independence. In 36
years, SCJ training programs have graduated thousands
of students, and placed over 25,000 into employment.
2008 SCJ
DINNER SPONSORS & CONTRIBUTORS
CHAIR
Midwest Generation
CO-CHAIRS
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois
Charter One Bank, Illinois
Exelon Corporation
HSBC - North America Holdings Inc.
Trench-It, Inc.
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
BENEFACTOR
American Honda
The Nielsen Company
PLATINUM
Abbott Fund
The Boeing Company
Comcast
Harpo Productions, Inc.
TCF National Bank
United Airlines
Walgreen Company
GOLD
ABC 7 Chicago
American Family Insurance
Asplundh Tree Expert Co.
AT&T Illinois
AztecAmerica
Bank of America
CBS 2 Chicago
Citibank
Coca-Cola Enterprises, Lakeshore Division
Dominick’s Finer Foods
Drinker Biddle Gardner Carton LLP
Fifth Third Bank
Hayes Mechanical
Illinois Tool Works Inc.
McDonald's Corporation
McCormick Tribune Foundation
Meade Electric Company, Inc.
Metropolitan Bank
NBC 5 Chicago/Telemundo Chicago
The Northern Trust Company
Rosenmayer Family
S. Gary and Patsy T. Snodgrass
State Farm Insurance Companies
SILVER
American Community Bank & Trust
Anheuser-Busch
Best Buy
Chicago Tribune
Chico & Nunes, P.C.
Children's Memorial Hospital
Columbia College Chicago
COUNTRY Financial
Crain's Chicago Business
Dennis Swanson
F.H. Paschen,
S.N. Nielsen & Assoc., LLC
Fox Chicago / My 50 Chicago
Goya Foods
Hanrahan Excavating, Inc.
Hill & Knowlton
IBM Corporation
Illinois Dept. of Commerce & Economic Opportunity
Jewel-Osco
MacNeal Hospital
Metropolitan Pier Exposition Authority
Midwest Generation Crawford Station
Midwest Generation Fisk Station
Motorola
Nicor Gas
Peoples Gas
Power Associates
Primera Engineers, Ltd.
RHR International Company
Skyway Concessions
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
Towers Perrin
Tropical Optical Vision Center
Univision Television & Radio
United Building Maintenance, Inc.
WGN-TV
WSCR-AM
W.W. Grainger, Inc.
CONTRIBUTORS
Aetna
Alderman Edward M. Burke
The Allstate Corporation
Ancora Associates
Azteca Foods, Inc.
Cabrera Capital Markets, Inc.
Car OutletThe Chicago Community Trust
CentrePoint Properties
Daniel Schmidt
Del Technical Services
Dr. Melvin Glick III
Emma M. Villarreal
Foxen Financial
Gordon Flesch Company
Highway Safety Corporation
Holy Cross Hospital
Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
K and M Insurance
Lucky Locator
Maestros Ventures, llc
Menchaca Family
Mesirow Financial
Michael Reese Hospital
Midwest Valve & Fitting, Inc.
National-Louis University
Pioneer Mechanical Maintenance
Precision Payroll of America, LLC
Rausch Construction
Rebecca M. Sanchez
Rudy Juarez
Saint Anthony Hospital
Sarina Butler
Siegman Consulting Services Ltd.
Shore Bank
University of Illinois at Chicago
USG Corporation
Villalobos & Associates
