John R. Burgess nominated to receive the American Spirit Medal

$6,000 Donation to the Hispanic Heritage Organization

$50,000 Donation to the Roger Baldwin Foundation of the ACLU

$25,000 Donation to POWER

$3,000 Donation to Local Choir and St. Mary Parish

$10,000 Donation to the Hispanic Heritage Organization

IPA Charities Has Contributed $2,500 to the Chicago Foundation for Women.

Special Olympics

Martin Luther King Dinner

Red Cross

Hispanic Heritage

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Business Civic Leadership Center

Columbine Memorial

Operation Hope

Operation HOPE’s Banking On Our Future (BOOF) Program

IPA Charities Supports Womens Networking Community Event

IPA Charities has contributed $25,000 to POWER®: Opening Doors for Women, a celebratory evening of networking opportunities for Chicago-area women of all ages and business levels.

"We are thrilled to have the opportunity to impact the more than 500 women who participate in this event," said Dana Burgess, president of IPA Charities. "We sincerely hope that every charitable act we contribute to will make a difference in the lives of those around us."

POWER® 2008 will be held Thursday, May 22 at Adler Planetarium and will celebrate its five-year anniversary. The event is hosted by Women’s Networking Community (WNC), a 501(c)6 not-for-profit organization committed to enabling professional women to transcend the traditional boundaries of the workplace and society.

POWER® 2008 will begin with a kick-off reception followed by 18 simultaneous theme-based dinners hosted by notable Chicago women in private homes and venues throughout Chicago. The dinner topics are wide-ranging including subjects such as Women in Finance, Women in Arts and Entertainment and Women in Corporate Leadership, among others. Each dinner features prominent women speakers who are business and community leaders.

Throughout the years, POWER® has grown from 12 dinners with 250 women participants to 18 theme-based dinners with more than 500 women participants in 2007. It is estimated that more than 700 women will participate in 2008. Corporate sponsorship has doubled since the organization’s inception, and POWER® will be launched in four new markets in 2009.