2025 Annual Meeting Program

Created and produced 9 ads and 2 editorial articles for Forest & Bluff magazine and 4 cover strips for North Shore Weekend . Produced and created 12 signboards displayed in three locations throughout the City of Lake Forest. Featured in the City of Lake Forest eNews as well as spotlights in the City’s Dialogue. Sponsored the Lake Forest High School Talent show, including an ad in the program and an introductory slide on LFOLA before the show. Researched new databases for shopping cart functionality as well as fundraising capabilities. Integrated a more complete system to enhance our grant receipts throughout our communication network. Development Milestone for record-breaking annual fund revenue. Membership revenue also hit a new milestone on record! The average membership level continues to climb well above the Columbine $250 level. Proud to have close to 1,400 LFOLA member households. The Associate Board worked tirelessly to promote our organization. They hosted Cattails & Kiddies and Cattails & Cocktails . Thanks to co-chairs, Heidi Clifton and Tyler Lisenby for their hard work and to the entire Associate Board for meeting their budget goals. Bagpipes & Bonfire, chaired by the Deromedi family, was very successful. 1,750 people of all ages attended. This event is the longest consecutive September ongoing family fundraiser on the North Shore. Special thanks and recognition to our presenting sponsor, Northern Trust and to all our sponsors including PCA, Mariani, North Shore Gas, Knauz, and Price Insurance. Our ongoing partnership with the Citadel Theatre provided outdoor family programming for hundreds of families last July. Achieved the highest possible rating in fundraising and program efficiency as would be measured by Charity Navigator. Offered the Eldridge Environmental Classroom to a variety of community organizations to host meetings at no charge.

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