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Lakeview Resident Honored!
Art Salon Owner Laurie Glenn Receives the "Community Sustainability Award" From HHCD (NFP)
Photo caption: HHCD Founder and Board Chair Jackie Holsten (left) and Holsten Real Estate Founder Peter Holsten (right) congratulate Art Salon Owner Laurie Glenn (center), Community Sustainability Award recipient.
Jackie Taylor Holsten, Founder & Chair of the Board of HHCD (Holsten Human Capital Development), not-for-profit, was pleased to honor Lakeview art salon owner Laurie Glenn with HHCD’s “Community Sustainability Award” for her efforts in aiding the growth of HHCD. Says Holsten, “Laurie Glenn opened up her art gallery for HHCD’s first ever fundraiser. Among HHCD’s earliest supporters, Laurie remains a faithful and enthusiastic advocate of our work. We’re pleased to honor her with this award as our way of saying thanks for all of her support from our beginning.”
Laurie Glenn is founder, president, and CEO of Thinkinc., a Chicago-based international strategic public affairs and political consulting firm. Glenn also launched Th!nkArt in 2006 as an art and policy salon to feature established and emerging artists from across Europe, the United States, and South America.
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The 2018 Community Sustainability Awards cocktail reception held at Loyola University’s Kasbeer Hall– themed “Come Help Us Grow” – also honored architects Pete Landon, Doug Farr, and Chris Lee. The annual fundraiser raised a landmark amount of money, bringing HHCD closer to being able to purchase an HHCD van and expand the HHCD food pantry in Joliet.
Holsten Human Capital Development is a 501c3 non-profit organization with the mission of strengthening at-risk populations by expanding their access to viable resources that promote self-sufficiency, wellness, and stability. The agency provides social services to nearly 3,000 residents (low-income families, seniors, and single adults) of fifteen newly-built or rehabbed housing communities on the south, west and north sides of Chicago, and also Riverwalk Apartments in Joliet. HHCD works daily to empower clients to reach personal goals to improve their lives and their communities. https://www.hhcd.org/