GET READY FOR HOPE IN ACTION 2019
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General Admission
$300
6:00 PM Admission
Open Bar, Cocktail Hour, Dinner, & Program featuring Special Guest and Talent Mario Bonds
VIP
$400
5:30 PM Admission
All General Benefits, Plus:
VIP Reception with Special Guest Mario Bonds, Concierge Check-In, and Other Benefits
PROGRAM
5:30 PM
VIP RECEPTION
Includes Meet and Greet with Mario Bonds
plus exclusive early access to the Silent Auction!
6:00 PM
COCKTAIL RECEPTION
Silent Auction Bidding
7:30 PM
DINNER & PROGRAM
PRESENTATION OF AWARDS
Patrick Kingston, Tyson Foods, The Chairwoman’s Award
Todd Schultz, Restoration Ministries, The President’s Award
Marc Smith, Illinois Department of Child and Family Services, The Turn Hope Into Action Award
Nannie Crudup, OHU Bridgeport Child Development Center, Ermit Finch Impact Award
LIVE AUCTION
KEYNOTE ADDRESS & MUSIC
Mario Bonds
10:00 PM
HOPE AFTER DARK
Featuring DJ Lady D
BLACK TIE OPTIONAL
MARIO BONDS
KEYNOTE SPEAKER & PERFORMER
Mario Bonds is a multitalented motivational speaker and singer-songwriter. Made famous by NBC Universal’s 2012 run of The Glee Project, season two, in which he showed the world that a person with a disability can rise to meet any challenge, Bonds enjoys entertaining and inspiring millions.
One of a set of triplets and adopted at age 16, Bonds comes from a large family of nine siblings. Born with Morning Glory Syndrome, a degenerative condition that gradually destroyed the optic nerve in both of his eyes, he was completely blind by the tender age of nine. After losing both his vision, and his parents, Bonds experienced a childhood the likes of which few of us can even imagine—suffering abuse on a number of levels, abandonment and eventually, homelessness. Amazingly, one thing he never suffered from was hopelessness.
In recognition of his work with students and the performing arts, Bonds was awarded the prestigious Imagination Award for 2012 by the Imagination Stage, a theatre arts organization for young people. He is the author of Without Sight but Full of Vision, a memoir recounting how he overcame a childhood marked by blindness, abuse and abandonment. He currently holds foster care licensing, and is in the process of adopting teenage boys.
JON HANSEN, WCIU
EMCEE
Jon Hansen is an Emmy Nominated reporter and host at WCIU-TV in Chicago. He is also a host for WGN 720AM, and a public address announcer and stadium host for the Chicago Blackhawks. Jon previously worked as a Lisagor Award nominated reporter at DNAinfo, a traffic reporter for FOX 32, and as a communications staffer for the United States Senate. Jon is a Downers Grove native who loves being able to work in the area he grew up in, and be close to family and friends!
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Starting at $25,000
Table for 10
10 VIP Tickets
- Opportunity to Speak
- Step & Repeat Recognition
- Exclusive Access to VIP Reception
- Inclusion in Media Coverage
- Verbal Recognition
- Tickets
- Print Marketing Recognition (Logo)
- Website Recognition (12 Months) (Logo w/ link to website)
- Virtual Ad Journal Recognition
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Starting at $10,000
Table for 10
10 VIP Tickets
- Step & Repeat Recognition
- Exclusive Access to VIP Reception
- Inclusion in Media Coverage
- Verbal Recognition
- Tickets
- Print Marketing Recognition (Logo)
- Website Recognition (12 Months) (Logo w/ link to website)
- Virtual Ad Journal Recognition
DO THE RIGHT THING
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5 Event Tickets
2 VIP Tickets
- Exclusive Access to VIP Reception
- Inclusion in Media Coverage
- Verbal Recognition
- Tickets
- Print Marketing Recognition (Logo)
- Website Recognition (12 Months) (Logo w/ link to website)
- Virtual Ad Journal Recognition ($500)
EMPOWER ONE ANOTHER
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2 Event Tickets
- Tickets
- Print Marketing Recognition (Logo)
- Website Recognition (12 Months) (Logo)
- Virtual Ad Journal Recognition ($500)
SEEK IMPACT EVERY DAY
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1 Event Ticket
- Tickets
- Print Marketing Recognition (Name)
- Website Recognition (12 Months) (Name)
- Virtual Ad Journal Recognition ($500)
ALWAYS KEEP IMPROVING
Starting at $500
- Print Marketing Recognition (Name)
- Website Recognition (12 Months) (Name)
- Virtual Ad Journal Recognition ($500)
DO THE RIGHT THING
EMPOWER ONE ANOTHER
SEEK IMPACT EVERY DAY
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Grant Staff, Inc.
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Ultimate Software Solutions Inc.
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WT Group
About Us
One Hope United increases opportunities for children and families by providing quality solutions that enhance lives, communities and futures. One Hope United is a private human service organization that has been investing in children and families for over 120 years, offering a diverse array of early childhood education, prevention, intervention and community-based programs.
