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

