06/18/2010 - Lifting for Lend-A-Hand Campaign Begins

Former board member and Chicago Bar Association treasurer Daniel Cotter will compete in a powerlifting contest on Saturday, August 14, to raise money for Lawyers Lend-A-Hand to Youth.  Click on the title above to find out how you can support Dan and Lend-A-Hand!




05/13/2010 - Cluster Tutoring Wins Sun-Times Literacy Award
The Cluster Tutoring Program, based in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago, is the recipient of the 2010 Sun-Times Literacy Award.  John Barron, publisher of the Sun-Times, awarded the $10,000 prize Thursday, May 13, at First United Church of Oak Park. Administered by Lawyers Lend-A-Hand to Youth, the award has been presented for the last three years to a tutoring or mentoring program whose primary focus is literacy.



05/03/2010 - Judge Marovitz' Colleagues Support Lend-A-Hand
In honor of the late Judge Abraham Lincoln Marovitz, the Library of the United States Courts of the Seventh Circuit collected close to 200 books to support Lend-A-Hand and its programs.



03/19/2010 - Barristers Big Band Benefit Ball Raises $100,000

Lawyers Lend-A-Hand to Youth raised close to $100,000 to benefit disadvantaged Chicago-area youth at the Ninth Annual Barristers Big Band Benefit Ball. The Ball was held Saturday, March 13, 2010.




02/26/2010 - Four-Year Mentoring Program Receives Thomas A. Demetrio Award of Excellence

The 2010 Thomas A. Demetrio Award of Excellence was awarded to PEAK (The Partnership to Educate & Advance Kids). PEAK provides mentoring to at-risk youth and scholarships for them to attend Holy Trinity High School.




01/27/2010 - Uptown Tutoring and Mentoring Program Honored with Award

Inspired Youth, a northside tutoring/mentoring program, was recognized Wednesday, January 27, by Lawyers Lend-A-Hand to Youth  for its work on behalf of children in the Edgewater and Uptown neighborhoods.  Inspired Youth was honored with the Much Shelist Founders Award, a $7,000 award donated by the law firm Much Shelist Denenberg Ament & Rubenstein, P.C.




10/15/2009 - Governor Quinn Appoints Genita C. Robinson to the Serve Illinois Commision

Governor Pat Quinn appointed Genita C. Robinson, Lend-A-Hand's executive director, to the Serve Illinois Commission. The Commission enhances and supports community volunteerism and administers the AmeriCorps state program in Illinois.




10/05/2009 - ED Comments on the Power of Mentoring at ChicagoTribune.com

The Chicago Tribune published a letter by Lend-A-Hand executive director Genita C. Robinson.  The letter discusses the power of mentoring. 




07/30/2009 - Horizons for Youth Students Attend Unique Equestrian Performance
Students from the Horizons for Youth scholarship and mentoring program attended Cavalia, a combination equestrian and acrobatic performance. The tickets were donated to Horizons for Youth through a partnership between the Alderman Bob Fioretti and Lawyers Lend-A-Hand to Youth.



07/16/2009 - Sixth Annual My Hero Awards Luncheon Draws Leaders in Law and Education
Attendees at the Sixth Annual My Hero Awards Luncheon included leaders of the legal, educational/youth development, and nonprofit sectors. This group of diverse professionals celebrated the legal community's contributions to tutoring and mentoring.