Will County Take Back the Night

2011 Committee

KATRINA CRONE, Co-Chair
Office of Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow

JULIE GOETTEN, Co-Chair
Big Brothers Big Sisters

April Balzhiser
Guardian Angel Community Services - Groundwork

Sue Bloch
Will County Children’s Advocacy Center

Carrie Jo Claussen
University of St. Francis, Zonta Club of Joliet

KATHY CRAVEN
Office of Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow

Rev. Sandy Costa
Activist

SAMANTHA GEHRIG
Guardian Angel CS - Sexual Assault Services Center

Connie Head
Joliet Junior Women’s Club

Mary Jaworski
Joliet Region Chamber of Commerce

Carolyn Khan
Bridges to a New Day

Laurie Knick
Lincoln Way High School

Lisa Morel Las
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Zonta Club of Joliet

Marsha Lega
Marsha Lega Studios
Zonta Club of Joliet

Jean Mandeville
Lambs Fold Center for Women and Children

Glen Marcum
Bertino’s Auto Service

Beth Ann May
Joliet Township Government
Zonta Club of Joliet

Lora McGuire
Joliet Junior College
Zonta Club of Joliet

Roxane Geraci Militello
Zonta Club of Joliet

Sr. Albert marie Papesh, osf
Sisters of St. Francis of Mary Immaculate

Denise Payton
Will County Children’s Advocacy Center
Zonta Club of Joliet

CHERRY POWELL
Chestnut Health Systems

Yolanda Reyes
Prairie State Legal Services, Zonta Club of Joliet

LYNETTE SHEA
Will County Circuit Clerk's Office

Jodi Wartenberg
Community Volunteer

Mardi Wunderlich
Joliet Police Department

Thanks to ALL who came out to our 2011 vigil & march!

More photos of 2011 TBTN at facebook.com/WillTBTN

Jan Larsen~For Sun-Times Media

Marchers hold signs during the 15th annual Take Back the Night march and vigil Thursday,
Oct. 6, 2011, at Joliet West High School in Joliet, Ill. | Jan Larsen~For Sun-Times Media

More than 50 battery-powered candles are "lit" to honor women and children killed in the past
10 years in Will County on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011, during the 15th annual Take Back the Night
march and vigil Thursday at Joliet West High School. | Jan Larsen~For Sun-Times Media

Scott Slocum's interview with Carmina Salcido on WJOL »

Joliet’s Take Back the Night event shines light on abuse of women, kids »
By Jan Larsen, The Herald-News - October 6, 2011

2011 Take Back the Night Sponsors
PLATINUM SPONSORS - $500
Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center			Adventist Bolingbrook Hospital
GOLD SPONSORS - $250
E. Illinois NECA-IBEW Local 176			Will County State's Attorney James W. Glasgow
Ramada Limited Joliet South		Mark Fritz, M.D.		University of St. Francis
SILVER SPONSORS - $100
Dr. Cheryl McCarthy Joliet Twp. High Schools	Senior Services of Will County				Senator A.J. Wilhelmi
NuMark Credit Union	Tezak Funeral Home				Jodi Wartenberg
Laborers Int'l Union Local 75	National Hook-Up of Black Women				Dr. Casey Moauro - Joliet Women's Health Center
Nowacki Insurance Agency	Will County Executive Larry Walsh				Joliet Junior Woman's Club
Universalist Unitarian Church of Joliet	ATI Physical Therapy				Jack & Denise Payton
BankFinancial	Prairie State Legal Services
BRONZE - $50
The many "Bronze" level donors are listed in the program booklet, distributed at the vigil. For information on how you can be a sponsor, click here >>

Sign interpreter provided by:
Will Grundy Center for
Independent Living

Sound provided by:

University of St. Francis

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