2011 Women Who Make A Difference Awards

Do you know of an extraordinary woman who goes above and beyond to make a difference in the lives of others? Are you one of those women? If so, you'll have a chance to nominate her or nominate yourself for Lakeside Bank’s 2011 Women Who Make a Difference Awards.

This award coincides with Make a Difference Day. Created by USA WEEKEND Magazine, Make A Difference Day is the most encompassing national day of helping others – a celebration of neighbors helping neighbors. Make A Difference Day is an annual event that takes place on the fourth Saturday of every October. For more information about Make a Difference Day visit www.makeadifferenceday.com.* October is also National Breast Cancer Awareness Month – visit www.NBCAM.org* for more information.

This award is presented each year to two women customers of Lakeside Bank. The objective of this award program is to recognize women who have made extraordinary contributions in the workplace (outside of their official job duties) and/or in their communities by going above and beyond – thus truly “making a difference” in the lives of others.

For example, outside of work, does this nominee visit nursing homes or coordinate blood drives? In addition to her daily job duties, does the nominee volunteer at a food bank or a homeless shelter? After she picks up her kids from school/day care, does she mentor at-risk youth and then go to a Board of Director meeting for another organization? This award is for that multi-tasking, do-gooder "superwoman" we all aspire to be – who continues to inspire, and still manages to keep the work/life balance intact.

Prizes

Winners will be honored at a special awards ceremony on Tuesday, October 18th, 5:30 PM at Petterino’s Restaurant, 150 N. Dearborn. Each winner will win a $1,000 donation to the non-profit organization of her choice. In addition, winners will each receive an engraved Swarovski crystal vase, a bouquet of flowers, a framed invitation of the event, and a lovely Lakeside Bank gift bag full of goodies.

Nomination Form

Sorry! The nomination deadline has passed. But if you've got a great candidate, be sure to attend this year's event and keep an eye out for the Women Who Make A Difference Award's call for entries next year.

Invitation

The formal invitation is available for download. To view the invitation online, click here.

Register

FREE “Bag of Swag” Sponsorship Opportunity

Do you have a giveaway to help promote yourself and/or your company? If so, the “Bag of Swag” sponsorship is a wonderful opportunity and is FREE to everyone who is interested in participating!  We hope to fill our bag with goodies everyone will enjoy and remember you and your company by!  

Please plan to include 275 of each of your company’s promotional giveaways that you would like to include in the bag given to each person in attendance that night.  Everyone enjoys a little goodie!

All items need to be delivered no later than Tuesday, October 11th to:
 Jennifer McCracken
Marketing Department
1055 W. Roosevelt Rd.
Chicago, IL 60608

To see information from last year’s event, please click here.

 

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