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THE BIG SHOULDERS FUND PRESENTS HUMANITARIAN AWARD
TO RITA AND JOHN CANNING
T Thursday,
April 10, 2008 - Big Shoulders Fund Humanitarian Award Dinner
honored Rita and John Canning will be held on Thursday, April 10,
2008 at the Hilton
Chicago & Towers.
More than 600 of Chicago’s business and civic
leaders turned out to honor Rita and John Canning at the Big
Shoulders Fund 2008 Humanitarian Awards Dinner, Thursday, April 10
at the Chicago Hilton. The event raised over $1.6M, the proceeds of
which will benefit the more than 25,000 children attending the 93
inner-city Catholic schools supported by the Big Shoulders Fund.
Recognizing the
numerous contributions the Cannings have made to improve access to
quality values-based education in Chicago, Big Shoulders Fund
co-chairman, James J. O’Connor presented the couple with the Joseph
Bernardin Humanitarian Award. The Cannings currently are the
Patrons for Holy Angels School and they provide scholarships to more
than 100 students in 15 Big Shoulders Fund schools. The event
featured special guest speaker, Commissioner of Major League
Baseball, Bud Selig. Monsignor Kenneth Velo, president of Big
Shoulders Fund, emceed the event lending his sense of humor to keep
guests entertained, and premiering a video on the history and work
of Big Shoulders Fund.
Notable guests in attendance included Renée and Lester Crown, Andy
and Joanie McKenna, Ellen and Jim O’Conner, Ernie Banks, Napoleon
Harris of the Kansas City Chiefs, Michael Ferro, Glenn Tilton, Miles
White, John Buck, Pat Ryan, Jr. and Francis Cardinal George among
many others.
Society: City tragedy draws
couple into a cause
By: Mary Cameron Frey April 07, 2008
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/mag/article.pl?articleId=29623
SOCIETY: Big Shoulders Fund
By: Mary Cameron Frey April 11, 2008
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/society.pl
Photos
from Event
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/society.pl?smid=eb3148c0-e8c2-4093-bf16-907c6afc932e
2005-2006 BIG SHOULDERS FUND YEAR IN REVIEW
ANNUAL
REPORT WINS NATIONAL RECOGNITION
The
annual Business Marketing Association Pro-Comm Awards competition
recognizes the work produced for clients who possess
the foresight and understanding
to direct superior communications, by agencies
that demonstrate the ability to transform
ideas into effective information that produces
results.
The annual report designed by Mark Masseur,
Principal/Creative Director of
Symmetri Marketing Group, LLC was recognized with the
Award of Excellence in the
Annual Report category of this national
competition.
LOCAL CATHOLIC SCHOOLS LEAN ON BIG SHOULDERS
By
Brittney Bain
Medill
Reporter - April 16, 2008
Catholic schools in inner-cities across the country are struggling,
but a local organization is making sure Catholic schools in the
neediest areas of Chicago have the support and funding they need to
keep theirs doors open. To continue,
click here.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, JOSH HALE, APPEARS ON APRIL
18, 2008 ON WGN-AM 780 TO
DISCUSS INNER CITY CATHOLIC SCHOOLS.
THE BIG SHOULDERS
FUND HELPS TO BUILD SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
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THE BIG SHOULDERS FUND IMPROVES
ITS RATING TO FOUR STARS
[CHICAGO, June 23, 2007]-
Big Shoulders Fund has received a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator,
America's largest independent evaluator of charities.
Click here to read more.
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2006-07
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