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
- Anonymous
- Regis and Leigh Ann Charlot
- Michael and Melissa Filipatos
- Bob and Kristina Foltz
- Hunter Family Foundation
- Bill and Joanie Kelley
- Jerry Warner
Platinum
$10,000 – $24,999
- Todd and Lauren Berger
- Jim Biel and Lesly Marban
- Charles and M.R. Shapiro Foundation
- City of Waukegan
- Michael Coglianese and Jamie Denz
- Consumers Credit Union
- Discover
- John Friedman
- Ron and Joanne Gerlach
- Dan and Sharon Kane
- Kevin and Kay Kneeland
- The Lake County Community Foundation
- David and Mimi Liebman
- Marc and Clare Michelotti
- Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital
- Old National Bank
- Robert and Debbie Render
- Nicholas and Lissette Trotter
- Gwen Tustison
- Warner Charitable Trust
* all or a portion of the gift was goods or services
Gold
$5,000 – $9,999
- Shelia and Joe Banks
- Blinderman Construction Company, Inc.
- Steve Blinderman
- Citi
- Healthcare Foundation of Northern Lake County
- Patrick Hirsch
- Indiana-Illinois-Iowa Foundation for Fair Contracting-FFC
- Andrea Mendoza
- Northern Trust Charitable Giving Program
- Edward and Tamra Polen
- Michelle Raine-Shepherd
- John and Nancy Thurow
- Uline
- W.W. Grainger, Inc.
- Lisa Wilkerson
Silver
$2,500 – $4,999
- Baker McKenzie
- The Bass Group
- Baxter Credit Union
- Jennifer Blitz
- Richard and Mary Charuhas
- Steven and Sara Colberg
- Denice and Timothy Cooper
- Sam Cunningham and Denise Simon
- Jeff and Kelly DeJesus
- Hayley Filipatos
- Kiki and Stephen Katz
- Krügel Cobbles, Inc.
- Angie and Luis Lopez
- Ken and Deneen Matson
- McMaster-Carr Supply Company
- Kingston Neal
- Nielsen-Massey Vanillas
- Oldcastle APG, Northfield
- Matt and Flavia Orscheln
- Sean and Linda Ramsey
- RBC Foundation USA
- Mike and Lauri Reinhart
- Jeff and Elizabeth Resmer
- Serving Up Success with a Splash!
- Robert and Jennifer Warrington
- Waukegan Community Bank
- John Baker Welch
- YWCA of Lake Forest and Lake Bluff
Bronze
$1,000 – $2,499
- Laura Adams
- American Place Casino
- Trechy and Derrick Beasley
- Jheri and Deloco Bevil
- Brad Schneider for Congress
- Brian and Jaime Lane Cargerman
- City of Hope
- Bob and Kristen Clifford
- ComEd
- Complete Cleaning Company
- Andrew and Katie Feit
- Mark Ferrari
- Andrew Friedman
- Paul and Barbara Friedman
- The George Sollitt Construction Company
- Great Lakes Credit Union
- William and Cindy Holman
- Jason and Claudia Huertas
- Integrated Facilities Solutions, Inc.
- Darnell and Patricia Jones
- Knauz Auto Group
- Robert Korman
- Kroll Patterson Family Charitable Fund
- Julie McSweeney
- Ronald and Tressa Milton
- The Mulch Center
- Richard Ray
- S. Edward Marder Family Foundation
- SAS Architects and Planners, LLC
- Ryan and Jennifer Snell
- Jay and Carol Sorkin
- Patrick and Olena Thompson
- Robert and Lydia Trotter
- True Conglomerate
- UBS Financial Services
- Richard and Nadine Woldenberg
Copper
$500 – $999
- William Andres
- David and Lori Carlson
- Tim and Lindsey Cohen
- Convergint Technologies, Inc.
- Denis E. and D. Roselyn Springer Fund
- Josh and Sarah Duncan
- Erickson Coaching & Consulting
- First Bank Chicago
- Friends of Fisher House – Illinois Inc.
- Bobbie Gordon
- Great Lakes Construction Association
- Tom and Sandy Hart
- Katie and Travis Heitzinger
- Michael and Deborah Hersh
- Leo and Suzanne Kane
- Susan Kinde
- Jack and Marci Lampo
- Kathy Levin
- Jim and Renee Lynch
- Partners in Capacity
- PRP Wine
- Tepper Family Fund
- Joseph and Katie Tess
- Brad Thompson and Ellen Kogstad Thompson
- United Muslim Minority Alliance Center (UMMA)
- University Center of Lake County
- Brenda Wakefield
- Sean and Tameka Wilson
Aluminum
$100 – $499
- Abbott Laboratories, Inc.
- Adelante Center for Entrepreneurship
- Bill and Kerry Almond
- Alan Alport
- Anonymous x3
- Carlos and Adriana Argueta
- Jill Barbacovi
- Lewis and Lois Barr
- Kevin Behling
- Marvin and Susie Berger
- Kevin and Lori Burns
- Kevin and Katie Cassman
- Steve and Melissa Cieslica
- Colley Elevator
- Danny Collins
- Candy Cooper
- Marvin and Francine Cooper
- Tom and Kim Corning
- Al Davidson and John Zimmerman
- Carolyn Eason-Tzomes
- Robert Echales
- Brandon and Monique Ewing
- Charles and Pamela Ex
- Michael and Ellyn Feinzimer
- Rose Lewis Goodwin and James Goodwin
- Sheldon Gulinson
- Orvil Gutierrez and Lisa Meggs
- Teri Heyden
- Herb and Karen Hill
- Jon and Lisette Hirsch
- Neil Hochstadt and Shellie Kaiser
- Tom and Margie Hurwich
- Fred and Adriane Hutchinson
- Hamaas and Kanicia Ibrahim
- Joseph and Martha Ingino
- Lisa Jacobs
- Jerry and Ann Jaeger
- Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago
- Nadine Johnson
- Tami Johnson
- Erin Joslin
- John Kane
- Thomas and Ellen Kaplan
- Matthew Karner
- Dave Kerpel
- Emily and Kraig Knas
- Hornsby and Cynthia Kneeland
- Steve Koppel
- Nancy Kovitz
- Steve and Kathy Krusie
- Emily Kunschke
- Charles and Alice Kurland
- Heather Lane
- Connie and Tim Lavin
- Yaish and Cheryl Levi
- Gloria Lewis
- Tim and Cori Lukomski
- Gerardo Manjarrez
- Tim Marabella
- Claudia Marban
- Amanda Marshall
- Joshua and Kelley May
- Carl and Sheila Michelotti
- Marc Michelotti
- Robert and Galen Minetz
- James Moyer
- Brian Mui
- Phil and Diane Mullenix
- Nancy Naranjo
- Donald and Karen Norman
- Todd and Deanne O’Brien
- Mike and Jennifer Olson
- Nick Papa
- Ron Paulson
- Julie Pawl
- Noemi Perales
- Ben Perkins
- Thomas and Susan Pingel
- Joseph and Laura Powers
- Aline Raine
- Ivan Ramirez
- Matthew Rizzie
- Bob and Terri Rizzo
- Leon and Yvonne Rockingham
- Nina Rockingham Tate
- Henry Butterfield and Mary Ryan
- Mark Samuels
- Neil and Adrienne Schwartz
- Sandro and Sue Serra
- Michael and Michelle Shalin
- Kathryn Short
- Bruce and Barbara Siegal
- Rao Surapaneni
- Jackie and Astrid Tompkins
- Jessica and Marlon Tucker
- Scott Turow and Adriane Glazier
- Jeff and Julie Wehmeyer
- David Weil
- Richard Wrigley
Steel
$1 – $99
- Vince Bass
- Tomas Castro
- Loren Saxton Coleman
- TreDarius and Kashmir Crump
- Matthew East
- Michael Fickes
- Kathy Howard
- Lynfred Winery
- Dona Murphy
- Barbara Pierce
- Ahmad and Angela Qawi
- Sharon Silverman
- Alan and Elaine Weisz
Words From Our Partners
Steve Blinderman
“Blinderman Construction has been an enthusiastic Employer-Partner of Youth Build Lake County for many years. We have found our YBLC hires to be grateful for the opportunity and highly motivated. Seeing them become part of our permanent crew is our ultimate reward. The benefit to these young adults is profound.” -Steve Blinderman, CEO of Blinderman
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
2026 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!