The Midtown Educational Foundation’s (MEF) 27th Annual Reach for Excellence Dinner provided an electric energy as roughly 450 new and old friends converged at the Four Seasons on a brisk October night. The familial atmosphere was evident to each guest, mirroring the feeling one feels when walking into one of MEF’s centers. As Executive Director, Glenn Wilke, said, “what we teach at the centers, we practice at our events.”
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Juan Vasquez, a Midtown alumnus and current member of MEF’s Board of Directors, recently joined the apprentices for an engaging discussion on perseverance toward one’s mission. Juan currently works for CyrusOne, a tech company that builds warehouses to house large servers which handle sensitive and important data.
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Midtown Educational Foundation (MEF) was the grateful recipient of a $100,000 grant from the PwC Charitable Foundation, Inc.! This grant will help fund MEF's College Orientation Program (COP) for low-income high school youth in Chicago.
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Over 540 advocates and friends came out this past Tuesday, October 17th to support Midtown Educational Foundation (midtown-metro)! Over $1MM was raised on behalf of students and their families as Ed Wehmer of Wintrust and Kristi Savacool of Aon Hewitt were honored as some of Chicago's finest executives!
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MEF has been selected as one of seven Chicago nonprofits to receive a truly historic grant from Invest for Kids.
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MEF is featured broadly in the 2017 Crain's Giving Guide.
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Dr. & Mrs. Don Haider and Tonise Paul received the Reach for Excellence Award at MEF's 25th Awards Dinner on October 11, 2016. Over $966,000 was raised to support Chicago youth!
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MEF will honor Dr. Don Haider, board member of nearly 20 years and distinguished professor at the Kellogg School of Managment at the October 11th Reach for Excellence Awards Dinner.
Read MoreMEF, Midtown Center for boys, and Metro Achievement Center for girls all received The Gold Star Mentoring Program Award from the Illinois Mentoring Partnership.
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A record-setting crowd of 540 guests enjoyed MEF's 50th anniversary gala on November 3 at the Four Seasons Hotel Chicago. The event raised more than $1.1 million, a record amount, to support virtue-based academic enrichment programs at Midtown & Metro.
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An open letter to the Chicago business community by Glenn Wilke.
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Ruby Bridges shared her very personal story with 350 guests attending the 15th Annual Metro Advancement Council Luncheon at the Union League Club of Chicago on May 14.
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Eight MEF sophomores attending one of hundreds of “On the Table” conversations orchestrated by the Chicago Community Trust on May 12 reflected on the importance of giving back to community.
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Since 2011, the John Austin Cheley Foundation has awarded over twenty students from Midtown Center for boys and Metro Achievement Center for girls with scholarships to attend extended stay wilderness camps across the United States.
Read MoreJohn J. Conroy, Jr., immediate past Chairman of Baker & McKenzie and current Head of the Firm's Global Strategic Initiatives, will lead the board of Chicago's Midtown Educational Foundation (MEF).
Read MoreMEF's 23rd Reach for Excellence Awards Dinner raised more than $750,000 toward programs for Chicago's at-risk youth!
Read MoreThe award, now in its 23rd year, honors individuals of strong character and integrity who lead exemplary professional and personal lives.
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Savacool is responsible for leading strategy, client solution design and operations for Aon Hewitt.
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