My name is Dr. Jennifer Zale and I’m an Associate Board member of Resilience Chicago, the largest Sexual Assault Crisis Center in the State of Illinois. Every year our non-profit cares for over 2,000 survivors. In addition to sending an advocate to the ER to counsel survivors in medical and legal matters, we offer continued longtime support by providing medical and legal professionals for survivors as they heal and navigate the legal system. We also offer individual, group, art and dance therapy. All of these services are offered to survivors free of charge. I myself am a volunteer Crisis Counselor/Medical Advocate at Resilience. Over the past 10 months I have personally worked with over 25 survivors and completed over 450 hours on-call as a Medical Advocate in the ERs of various Chicago hospitals. Thus, I understand firsthand the significance of Resilience’s work in the Chicago community. In addition to working with survivors, each year Resilience reaches around 3,000 individuals through professional trainings and 14,000 Chicago students through our preventative education programs.

We are hoping you will be able to offer us an in-kind donation to be auctioned off at our annual Evening of Impact Gala (black tie) which will take place on April 30, 2020 at the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel. We will have around 1,000 guests and prominent guest speakers that relate to our cause. You would be featured in the program on our list of donors and sponsors, and there would also be a space featuring your organization in our silent auction area where potential bidders can learn more about your company. Our Charitable Registration number is 36-3049386.

We hope that you
will be able to contribute to our mission of sexual assault prevention, and providing cost-free healing opportunities for Chicago survivors.

Resilience Central Office
180 N Michigan Ave Suite 600
Chicago, IL 60601
312-443-9603
info@ourresilience.com
https://www.ourresilience.org/

I am the Associate Board member organizing the auction so I’d greatly appreciate it if you could respond directly to this email. My phone number is 708-704-1728.

Thank you for you consideration and I look forward to hearing from you!

Jennifer Zale, PhD
Associate Board member
SA Crisis Counselor/Medical Advocate
Resilience Chicago