Now That Was a Good Month.

August was a fantastic month for LLI.

On August 12th, we celebrated with our Chicago and global community about the work being achieved in Huaycan. Thank you to all who came out and the support of the Glessner House and Taste of Peru restaurant. Be sure to check out photos from the night on our Light and Leadership Facebook page!

A special thanks also to our Alpaca Club Members and those who donated raffle tickets. Check the list below and please support those who have supported us!

Lia Sophia Jewelry

Gift certificate to Binnys Beverage Depot
Wine Tasting from Wines for Humanity
Francescas
GAP gift card

Sunrise Nursery Basket and Card

Entertainment Cruises Chicago - Two architectural tour cruises (VIP Passes)

Everything Alpaca - Alpaca Throw

2KingsCoffee - Coffee Gift Basket
Chicago FIRE tickets
Passes to the Shedd Aquarium
Gift certificate from Houlihan's
Gift certificate from Ottimo in Orland Park
Gift certificate from Between Cafe and Pisco Bar

Gift certificate from Nail Boutique at 2142 W Division

Gift certificate from Crust (an organic pizza place)
Gift Certificate to Rock Bottom
Light and Leadership pendant

Later in the month, Chicago Public Radio WBEZ hosted Light and Leadership on their Worldview program. Missed it on the air? Listen to it here! Thanks to WBEZ for selecting LLI!

Glessner House-- THIS WEEK!

Don't forget to RSVP for Light and Leadership's event being held at the Glessner House Museum this Friday, August 12th from 7-10pm. Come and eat great food provided by Taste of Peru and enjoy live Peruvian music. Let us know if you will be there by contacting Louella@lightandleadership.org.

What's more... you can WIN stuff :)

Check out the awesome list of raffle prizes:

Lia Sophia Jewelry

Gift certificate to Binnys Beverage Depot
Wine Tasting from Wines for Humanity
Francescas
GAP gift card

Sunrise Nursery Basket and Card

Entertainment Cruises Chicago - Two architectural tour cruises (VIP Passes)

Everything Alpaca - Alpaca Throw

2KingsCoffee - Coffee Gift Basket
Chicago FIRE tickets
Passes to the Shedd Aquarium
Gift certificate from Houlihan's
Gift certificate from Ottimo in Orland Park
Gift certificate from Between Cafe and Pisco Bar

Gift certificate from Nail Boutique at 2142 W Division

Gift certificate from Crust (an organic pizza place)
Gift Certificate to Rock Bottom
Light and Leadership pendant

Top Performer Field Trips!!!

At the end of last month, Light and Leadership celebrated the end of our semester by applauding the hard work and dedication of a select group of students. In all, 33 students, who had perfect or near perfect attendance and high participation in classes, were invited on a special field trip! We took two groups: our kids ages 6-13 years checked out Divercity, a fun and interactive way to learn (where kids get to be grown-ups, group pictured to the right) and our students ages 14+ checked out Chengdu, a Chinese acrobatic show. Way to go everyone!

This would not have been possible without our volunteer team and our donors. THANK YOU for allowing us to celebrate with LLI's Top Performers!

After enjoying the show and dinner. Keep up the good work :)

Published by Lara DeVries on behalf of Light and Leadership. Special thanks to Sarah Renkert for the photo. We miss you :(