When you donate to or volunteer at YouthBuild Lake County your support helps to break down barriers to academic excellence, college access and career access.
Our youth rely on the generous donations, volunteer hours, mentoring and support from the community. They recognize that support from the community helps them achieve their education and career goals and are grateful for it.
There are many ways to invest in the young men and women working to achieve success for themselves and their families. Whether you would like to show your support by making a donation or corporate sponsorship, volunteering, or attending an event, YouthBuild Lake County and the community of youth we serve are grateful for your support.
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Thank you for investing in the future of the youth of our community. Through your support and generosity opportunity youth can be career-bound—using the high potential that is already within them to fulfill their education, career and life dreams. Below is a listing of donors from the past year that have donated $2,500 or more. Thank you for your generosity!
Cornerstone Donors
Diamond
$25,000 and above
- AbbVie Foundation
- Allen and Leslie Berger
- EMCO Chemical Distributors
- Healthcare Foundation of Northern Lake County
- Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital
- Old National Bank
- Steans Family Foundation
- Gwen Tustison
- W.W. Grainger, Inc.
- YouthBuild Global
Platinum
$10,000 – $24,999
- AbbVie
- Charles and M.R. Shapiro Foundation
- Regis and Leigh Ann Charlot
- Discover
- Bob and Kristina Foltz
- Mark Foster and Alyssa O’Neill
- PGIM
* all or a portion of the gift was goods or services
Gold
$5,000 – $9,999
- Anonymous x2
- Jim Biel and Lesly Marban
- City of Waukegan
- John Friedman
- Ron and Joanne Gerlach
- Indiana-Illinois-Iowa Foundation for Fair Contracting-FFC
- Kevin and Kay Kneeland
- Marc and Clare Michelotti
- Nielsen-Massey Vanillas
- Michelle Raine-Shepherd
- Bill and Lisa Sligh
- The Lake County Community Foundation
- Uline
Silver
$2,500 – $4,999
- Anonymous
- Baker McKenzie
- Todd and Lauren Berger
- Steve Blinderman
- Blinderman Construction Company, Inc
- Dave and Nisha Burns
- Jeff Cercy
- Richard and Mary Charuhas
- Citi
- Michael Coglianese and Jamie Denz
- Integrated Facilities Solutions
- Corey and Lauri Jackson
- Dan and Sharon Kane
- Kiki and Stephen Katz
- Bill and Joanie Kelley
- Krügel Cobbles, Inc.
- Lake County Workforce Development
- Phil and Johanna Lehner
- National Tek Service, Inc
- Edward and Tamra Polen
- Sean and Linda Ramsey
- Henry Butterfield and Mary Ryan
- SAS Architects and Planners, LLC
- Nicholas and Lissette Trotter
- Jake and Katie Turner
- Waukegan Community Bank
- Wintrust Financial Corporation
Bronze
$1,000 – $2,499
- American Place Casino
- Anonymous
- Nyerere and Kerri Billups
- City of Hope
- Chris and Julie Compisi
- Exchange Club of Gurnee
- Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
- Friedman Family Charitable Fund
- The George Sollitt Construction Company
- The Grainger Foundation
- Great Lakes Credit Union
- John and Jamie Hill
- William and Cindy Holman
- Insuresource, LLC
- Jack and Jill of America Foundation, Inc.
- State Senator Adriane Johnson
- Knauz Auto Group
- Robert Korman
- Anthony Kuykendall and Angie Vondra
- Lakeside 360 Partners LLC
- Ken and Deneen Matson
- Richard and Tera McBlaine
- Carl and Sheila Michelotti
- Kelly Moritz
- North Shore Unitarian Church
- Brandon and Stephanie O’Connor
- Torrance and Sachi Ramaker
- Mike and Lauri Reinhart
- Richard Wolf Medical Instruments Corporation
- Edward Marder Family Foundation
- Todd Smith
- Jay and Carol Sorkin
- Danna and Michael Staff
- Deron Strickland
- Robert and Jennifer Warrington
- Christine Wiedmayer
- Richard and Nadine Woldenberg
- YWCA of Lake Forest and Lake Bluff
- John Zachara and Sara Edney
Copper
$500 – $999
- Anonymous x2
- Lewis and Lois Barr
- Michael Bielski
- Michael and Adriana Capone
- Jeff and Kelly DeJesus
- Raul and Patricia Dominguez
- Mark Ferrari
- Orvil Gutierrez and Lisa Meggs
- Tom and Sandy Hart
- Michael and Deborah Hersh
- HITZ Pizza
- Kroll Patterson Family Charitable Fund
- Yaish and Cheryl Levi
- Kathy Levin
- David and Mimi Liebman
- Scott and Ashley Lubeck
- Jim and Renee Lynch
- Gabe Monroe
- Mollye Oler
- One Stop IT
- Mitchell and Ruthie Rabin
- Scott Sams
- Antoine and Adriane Shaw
- Terrence and Amanda Smith
- Michael and Mary Faith Terkildsen
- Brad Thompson and Ellen Kogstad Thompson
- UBS Financial Services
- Katie and Keith Wilhelm
Aluminum
$100 – $499
- Abbott Laboratories, Inc
- Adam’s Auto Body Shop
- Mike and RoniSue Alber
- Bill and Kerry Almond
- Alan Alport
- Anonymous
- Carlos and Adriana Argueta
- Frank Bass
- Marvin and Susie Berger
- Anita (Paulie) Beutel
- Jim and Melissa Brody
- Kevin and Lori Burns
- Philip Callahan
- Mark and Betsy Carroll
- Daniel Chavez
- Chinni Chilamkurti
- Ben Chrischilles
- Steve and Melissa Cieslica
- Nadine Clarkson
- Matthew and Sandi Croll
- Sam Cunningham
- Dave and Deb Digby
- Josh and Sarah Duncan
- Katie Easthon
- Bob Echales
- Mary Edly-Allen
- Berry and Sheila Ellis
- Mitch Erickson
- Exchange Club of Grayslake
- Farmers Insurance – Daniel Cahue
- Andrew and Katie Feit
- Michael Fickes
- Lynn Florian
- Paul and Barbara Friedman
- Leif Gamrath
- Amileo Glover
- Andy Goodfellow
- Bobbie Gordon
- Paul Hamann
- Hank’s Cleaners
- Brad and Molly Harper
- Teri Heyden
- Herb and Karen Hill
- Jon and Lisette Hirsch
- Kathy Howard
- Tom and Margie Hurwich
- Fred and Adriane Hutchinson
- Greg and Joanne Jackson
- Lisa Jacobs
- Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago
- Nadine Johnson
- Erin Joslin
- Greg and Merle Kalisky
- Leo and Suzanne Kane
- Tom and Ellen Kaplan
- Emily and Kraig Knas
- Alan and Nancy Kovitz
- Emily Kunschke
- Charles and Alice Kurland
- Heather Lane
- Connie and Tim Lavin
- Kevin Lazarski
- Jerrold Levy
- Gloria Lewis
- Fred and Patricia Lurie
- Matt and Beckley Maggio
- Amanda Marshall
- Mark and Heather Massart
- Courtney Meseck
- Max Michelotti
- Robert and Galen Minetz
- Alan and Fran Mintz
- Lilly Moss
- James Moyer
- Eileen Mullen-Gasteier
- Phil and Diane Mullenix
- Donald and Karen Norman
- Todd O’Brien
- Steve Olson
- Tom and Lucy O’Neill
- Kevin and Pam Paradies
- Thomas and Sue Pingel
- Aline Raine
- Ivan Ramirez
- John and Vanessa Reakes
- Wendy Kay Reitz
- Monique Reynolds
- Tom Richey
- Kevin Riggs
- Matthew Rizzie
- Gina Roberts
- Mayor Leon Rockingham and Yvonne Rockingham
- Nina Rockingham Tate
- Pamela Ryan
- Janice Schnobrich
- Neil and Adrienne Schwartz
- Sandro and Sue Serra
- John Shepherd Jr.
- Larry and Joy Shulruff
- Bruce and Barbara Siegal
- Ryan and Jennifer Snell
- Lou and Diane Summers
- Stuart and Marianne Taussig
- Joe and Katie Tess
- Jackie and Astrid Tompkins
- Jessica and Marlon Tucker
- Scott and Adriane Turow
- Elizabeth Valdez
- Jed Van Zante and Tobbie Walter
- Lynette Vega
- Vehicle Electronics Repairs
- Ivon Vidal
- Jeff Wehmeyer
- Alex and Bob Wilson
Steel
$1 – $99
- Ruthann Birkinshaw
- Lee and Vanessa Brown
- Helyn Carlson
- Danny Collins
- Timothy Richard Eddy
- Theresa Ford
- Pamela Glover
- Nathaniel Harris and Yolanda Denise Buckner-Harris
- Townsend and Marilyn Jones
- Nicole Kneeland-Woods
- Gregory Lewis
- Aerica Love
- PayPal Giving Fund
- Mrs. Barbara Pierce
- Arlene Raine
- Elayne Raine
- Richard Ray
- La’Nell Roland
- Kathryn Short
- Dan Starck
- Michelle Sommerfield
- Alex Wilkosz
Words From Our Partners
Sunny Ruiz
“We partnered with Youthbuild to provide an opportunity for young adults to gain work experience and learn a skillset while at Santana Equipment. A few of these trainees stayed on after their training and were hired on as employees with us. We appreciate the invitation for new trainees and hope to continue to assist young adults with gainful employment.” -Sunny Ruiz, Administrator of Santana Equipment Training Co.
Brad Cowell
“YBLC trainees are eager to work and come to us with positive attitudes and a willingness to learn and industry knowledge. When hiring we look for candidates that have completed the YouthBuild program." -Brad Cowell, Owner of Servpro
About Youthbuild Lake County
2025 Annual Report
YouthBuild Lake County had an incredible year with a huge amount of impact, serving over 100 participants through our 2 programs! To learn more about the programs, projects, and participants from last year, click the button below!