Thank you for your participation in the Legacy Partner program this season. Through your generous contribution we were able to redefine possible, achieving great success on and off the court, during the 2014 season.
Our on-court success included:
• In 2013, the Sky made history with its first-ever WNBA Playoff appearance. Last season the Sky built on that momentum and became 2014 WNBA Eastern Conference Champions earning their first trip to the WNBA Finals. • Guard, and Chicago native, Allie Quigley earned the WNBA 6th Woman of the Year honor. • Jessica Breland was named to the WNBA Eastern Conference All-Star team for the first time in her career and Elena Delle Donne was named an All-Star for the second consecutive season. • This preseason the Sky took their show on the road playing in front of a sold out crowd at Forward Elena Delle Donne’s alma mater, the University of Delaware.
Our off-court success included:
• Participating in a service learning project with City Year as part of WNBA Cares week. The entire team, along with Sky staff, spent the day painting murals, sprucing up the playground, landscaping, building benches and picnic tables and creating an outdoor basketball court. • Donating over 30,000 tickets to 500 nonprofit groups. • Providing 170 buses to various nonprofits in the Chicagoland area to enjoy games throughout the season. • Hosting clinics with the Special Olympics led by Sky forward and Special Olympics Global Ambassador Elena Delle Donne. • Honoring 10 high school girls basketball teams through our High School Team of the Week program. After online voting, Glenbrook United was named the Chicago Sky’s 2014 High School Team of the Year. • Teaming up with Home Depot for a renovation project at Lincoln Park High School. The renovation will include additions to their gymnasium and space for their ROTC program.
• Partnering with the American Cancer Society (ACS) to #GETPINK for our Breast Health Awareness (BHA) Night. Teaming up with Weiss Memorial Hospital we raised over $25,000 for the cause this year. • Launching Hoops for Health as an interactive assembly school program to inspire and educate future generations to lead a healthy lifestyle. • Engaging more than 700 youth at the Sky Cares Fitness Festival. Kids participated in basketball, zumba, jump rope, rugby, scooter hockey, football, dance and health & wellness activities prior to watching the Sky game. Participants were also treated to a healthy dinner donated by Jewel. • Teaming up with Polished Pebbles to host a basketball clinic and lesson on Title IX for 50 young girls at UChicago Charter Donoghue Campus as part of National Girls and Women in Sports Day. • Adopting Moos Elementary School & Hamilton Elementary School through World Sport Chicago’s Athlete Ambassador Program. The Sky visited each school over the course of the school year to undertake health and wellness activities with the students. The Sky also donated tickets to all 25 participating Chicagoland schools in the program.
• Hosting a movie screening with Charles Schwab & Co. for a 100 young ladies to view Girl Rising, a movie about 9 girls as they journey around the globe to witness the strength of the human spirit and the power of education to change the world. The girls were also treated to dinner and a Sky game. • Motivating kids to read by participating in our All-Star Reading Program. We had 20 schools and 700 libraries participate in the program. Over 900 kids redeemed tickets to a Sky game as a reward for reading. • Taking part in City Year’s Martin Luther King, Jr. day of service at Roger C. Sullivan High School. Head Coach Pokey Chatman, Assistant Coach Christie Sides and Forward Elena Delle Donne worked alongside Sky staff to beautify the school. • Hosting a Veteran Hiring Expo that resulted in 51 veterans being hired (39% hired). • Welcoming 50 girls and their dads to the P&G “My Black is Beautiful” event at Allstate Arena including a panel featuring Chicago Bulls assistant coach Adrian Griffin, his wife and teen daughter. • Donating a stove to the Carl Linne Elementary School in support of their culinary arts program through the State of Illinois Culinary Kids program. • Working with Packages 4 Patriots throughout the season to collect items and donations to be sent to the soldiers.
Thank You!
FOR HELPING US MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
SKY CARES MISSION The Chicago Sky Cares Foundation’s mission is to enrich the lives of our community’s youth and families by demonstrating the positive impact a professional women’s basketball team can make in the community by inspiring greatness through strong, athletic and educated roles models. Sky Cares Foundation is able to actively support the mission through a series of programs and events built around the importance of education, health and fitness.
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Greg & Ann Jones Family