Third Round of Emergency Grant Funding.

A little less than three months ago, COVID-19 hit our community. Its impacts have been intense and relentless, as has our resolve to address them.

The HPCF COVID-19 Emergency Response Appeal was launched on March 17. Since then, through the generous support of more than 250 donors and a grant from the Lake County Community Foundation, we have awarded 40 grants, totaling $119,730, to provide critically needed assistance to our friends and neighbors.

Included in this is a third round of emergency grants, totaling $34,380, which the HPCF Board awarded this week to 14 organizations that serve Highland Park and Highwood children, families, and seniors.

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Become a Corporate Champion Today!

A little less than three months ago, COVID-19 hit our community. The Highland Park Community Foundation has launched a Corporate Champion Program to provide the opportunity for businesses to become our philanthropic partners at a time when Highland Park and Highwood residents need support like never before.

Mesirow Financial has signed on as HPCF’s first Corporate Champion. Mesirow, an independent, employee-owned financial services company, has generously made a 5-year commitment at the Platinum level to support the Foundation’s mission to address unmet needs of our community.

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Though we can’t Gather for Good in person this year, there are still needs to address and people to recognize and thank

Carol Louise Anspach Kohn – “Cookie” Kohn
2020 Jack Blane Community Service Award Recipient

The Jack Blane Community Service Award, launched in 2014, honors Jack Blane, a founder and long-time Board member of the HPCF, and his exemplary work in the community.

We proudly recognize Cookie Anspach Kohn as the recipient of this year’s award!

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2020 HPCF Golden Apple Award Recipients!

Josh Chodoroff, Nairy Hagopian, Katarina Tolemy

in 2010, the Highland Park Community Foundation established the HPCF Golden Apple Award to recognize outstanding teachers in the Highland Park school systems. The HPCF is forever grateful to former Chairman, Board member, and Advisory Board member Andy Livingston for initiating the award, which became a signature program of the Foundation under his leadership.

HPCF Golden Apple Award nominations are made in a K-5, 6-8, and 9-12 rotating cycle. A selection committee, composed of exemplary educators, administrators, and former Award recipients, evaluates the extensive applications and completes full-day teacher observations. A final recipient of the Award is then chosen based on instruction, content knowledge, student and staff interaction, and contribution to school and community.

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We are very fortunate to live in a community that wraps its arms around friends and neighbors in need.

With your help, during the last week of October, we awarded 52 HPCF annual grants, totaling $512,550, for programs and services young children, teens, families, and older members of our community need to thrive – and sometimes just to survive. This funding will be used to address unmet needs in five main categories: education, human services, services for individuals with disabilities, senior services, and the creative and cultural arts.

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As we look forward to a better tomorrow we give thanks for all we have today. This includes a community that cares.

Thank you for being a part of it.

With all of our best wishes for a safe and healthy Thanksgiving, shared one way or another
with those you love,

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For months, we have all known that we are in this together.

We continue to be “in this together” – that is why we ask you today to help meet urgent and ongoing needs of residents in our community.

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We end 2020 with tremendous gratitude. Your support has enabled us to provide more help than ever to address ongoing and urgent needs of Highland Park and Highwood residents.

Thank you for your dedication to the HPCF and our community. We look forward to 2021, knowing there is a vaccine that will help our community, and together, we will confront the challenges we face.

We are in this together. We are stronger as a community.

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Our Associate Leadership Council knocked it out of the park with their Inaugural Give Where You Live fun- and fund-raising event at the Highwood Bocce Club!

It was everything everyone hoped for…a fun, warm, and casual evening that introduced a whole new group of people to the Highland Park Community Foundation!

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The Coronavirus presents serious challenges for our community.

Thankfully, as we have learned from Highland Park City Manager Ghida Neukirch, a group is meeting weekly and communicating daily about COVID-19 emergency preparedness and community response. This group consists primarily of government representatives from Highland Park, Highwood, and Deerfield; School Districts 109, 112, and 113; Moraine Township and Lake County; and representatives from NorthShore University Health System. Each entity is also in communication with several state agencies, Ravinia Festival, local property owners and businesses, Family Service of Lake County, the Chamber of Commerce, and others, including the Highland Park Community Foundation. As information is developed it is brought back to the community partners group for their consideration and possible action. The extent to which everyone is

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