RON SANTO WALK SPOTLIGHT: SEKO Worldwide, LLC

SEKO Worldwide, LLC, an innovative, flexible provider of first-class transportation services, will once again be partnering with JDRF as a 2011 Ron Santo Walk to Cure Diabetes corporate sponsor. 

SEKO has been supporting the Walk since 2007, and since that time, they have raised over $40,000 through their fundraising efforts!  In addition to their sponsorship, the SEKO Walk team holds JDRF "FUNdraisers" that keep the momentum going all year round!  And they really do put the FUN into fundraising with their fun events, exciting raffles, auctions and various sports-themed pools! 
 

Members of the SEKO team at their 2011 Kick-Off

They officially began their 2011 efforts on April 7th when they held their internal kick-off, which they themed "Opening Day" to coincide with the start of baseball season.  They sold hot dogs, kicked off their season-long baseball pool, and held a raffle for various baseball themed items, including Cubs tickets.  They are also theming their 2011 Walk fundraising efforts to be "In Honor of Ron Santo".  

We asked Holly La Vine, Director, Human Resources, why they chose to support JDRF and this is what she shared:  "SEKO chose to support the JDRF in 2007 primarily because we wanted to give back to the community.  After hearing Erin Miller's JDRF presentation, we appreciated that the fundraising focus of the Illinois Chapter is on the annual Ron Santo Walk to Cure Diabetes and that there isn’t any pressure imposed to raise a minimum dollar amount.  Through our FUNdraisers, we have found that our efforts continually promote two of our five Core Values – Teamwork and Fun as well as it is heartwarming to be a part of the energy on Walk Day.  Our partnership has remained strong through a shared enthusiasm in all endeavors as well as a commitment to meet a goal!"

The SEKO team is on their way to another very successful FUNdraising year!  We look forward to partnering with them again and are so grateful for their continued support of JDRF! Thank you to the entire SEKO Worldwide, LLC team!

To learn more about SEKO Worldwide, LLC, please visit their website at www.sekologistics.com.

2009 Walk Kick-off Events

Thank you to everyone who attended one of our 2009 JDRF Illinois Walk Kick-off events. A special thank you to Jack Pillion who was the Youth Ambassador at last week's Walk Kick-off Luncheon in Arlington Heights. Jack shared his story of living with diabetes and his hope for the future - finding a cure! Thank you, Jack!

2009 Lakefront Corporate Chair, Fred Walz, CFO of Grant Thornton, will host a 2009 Corporate Team Captain Power Lunch. Lunch will be provided. Don’t miss this great opportunity to meet with other corporate team captains!

The event will take place on Thursday, August 27, 2009 from 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. at Grant Thornton located at 175 W. Jackson, 13th floor Training Room, Chicago, IL 60607.

RSVP to Katy Orender at korender@jdrf.org or 312.423.7192 by August 21st.