Charitable giving at PeopleFoundry

A special thank-you to ongoing corporate sponsor and supporter PeopleFoundry! PeopleFoundry's Michelle Joseph served on the JC Executive board for many years and now continues to support our cause with her company. Our donations to the clinic would not be possible without the support of company's like PeopleFoundry. Thank you!!

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We believe in the importance of giving back to our communities and helping others whenever we can. That’s why as a former Junior Council co-chair of Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Michelle Joseph wanted PeopleFoundry to show our support. We did so by making a charitable donation to the Junior Council’s 15-member team who ran in the “Move for the Kids” 5k race.

The Junior Council supports the Pediatric and Adolescent HIV and AIDS programs at the hospital—a program that cares for more children and adolescents than any other pediatric service in the region.

“PeopleFoundry is a long-time supporter of us and it’s donations like this that make it possible to gain the interest and support of the community.” — Diana Arand, Junior Council President

The race itself saw over 3,500 participants raise funds to help heal and save more children’s lives and to support the patients and their families. Beyond our close ties to Children’s Hospital we choose this event in particular because you really get to see the bigger impact that the Council works towards.
In 2012 charitable giving by corporations increased 12.2 percent, totaling $18.15 billion. This is definitely a trend that we hope continues.