Awards Dinner

Thursday, May 15, 2025

For more information on this one-of-a-kind event, please contact Amelia Drozda (312.751.3850).

2025 Humanitarian Awards Committee

Special thanks to these individuals for their commitment to the Big Shoulders Fund:

  • Kent Dauten, Honoree
  • Monsignor Ken Velo   
  • Gerald Beeson   
  • John Canning 
  • Elizabeth Cole   
  • Lee Henderson 
  •  Steve King   
  • Larry Richman   
  • Beth White 
  • Elizabeth Cole, Co-Chair   
  • Ellen O’Connor, Co-Chair 
  • Martha Abbinante 
  • Jennifer Beeson 
  • Maria Braham
  • Clarisol Duque 
  • Kristina Kelleher  
  • Kim Henderson 
  • Danielle Hoeg 
  • Leigh-Anne Kazma
  • Christy King  
  • Eileen Murphy  
  • Sue Sullivan  
  • Jennifer Tengelsen  
  • Beth White 

See below for moments from the 2023 Humanitarian Award Dinner!


Previous Award Dinners

May 24, 2023

May 21, 2021

May 24, 2018

May 26, 2016


May 22, 2014

May 24, 2012

April 10, 2008