Josh Gilbert, Jenny Arrington PHOTOGRAPHY BY NAN STEIN
More than 350 people from across Evanston and Skokie came out to support Foundation 65’s annual benefit at Smylie Brothers Brewing Company. More than $147,000 was raised during the event, exceeding fundraising goals and allowing even more support for District 65. It was an exciting evening with delicious bites, dancing to music by DJ Dustin Harris, and fantastic raffle packages. The highlight of the evening was a spoken word performance by three District 65 middle school students: Ruta Baraki, Dystona Clark, and Keanna English, and a presentation by Kevin Coval, founder of Louder Than A Bomb: The Chicago Youth Poetry Festival, and the artistic director of Young Chicago Authors. foundation65.org/giving/65-benefit
Susan Stilwell, Terri Nelson
Craig Likhite, Lise Jinno
Valerie Gonin, Tiffany Nash, Jennifer Karter, Ellen Donovan, Isabel Machado
Deborah Silver Fagel, Jeff Fagel
Cathy & Nitin Jain
Jacob Madsen, Mike Thomas
Dustin Harris
Aim Larrabee, Ailie Ayres
Tim & Meg Boarini
Kevin Coval
Keanna English, Ruta Baraki, Dystona Clark
Keith Robinson
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