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Recent Event:

SJMF "Dancing with the Stars" Benefit (April 26, 2010)

Naperville Sun Feature: "Lysacek's fans raised $5000 for memorial fund"

SJMF hosted a screening party of "Dancing with the Stars" on April 26. About 100 fans cheered Evan Lysacek and his partner Anna Trebunskaya, together with Evan's parents, Stephanie's parents and Naperville Mayor Pradel at Raffi's at 5th Avenue in downtown Naperville. The evening also included appetizers, dinner, silent auction and dance demos and mini-lessons.

 

Recent Event:

"Meet & Greet" with Olympic Champion Evan Lysacek (March 26, 2010)

Check out these news coverages and photos:

Lysacek's call to support

Country Stars Central Interview with Evan
News features in Daily Herald and Naperville Sun Times

Evan Lysacek returned to his Naperville hometown to celebrate his gold medal in men's figure skating at the recent Vancouver Winter Olympics. As part of his homecoming appearances, Evan hosted a "Meet and Greet" reception at Rosebud Restaurant in downtown Naperville (48 W. Chicago Avenue).

The sold-out reception was from 5:00 to 7:00pm and Evan was on hand between 5:00 and 6:00pm. The proceeds from the sales of admission tickets to the event will benefit the Stephanie Joseph Memorial Fund.




Evan with SJMF Board member Lloyd Fredendall (left) and Mary and Joe Joseph (right)

"Meet & Greet" crowd

Evan and some young fans
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Past Events:

"An Evening of Hope" (2008)

Check out these news coverages and photos:

Lysacek and friends host "An Evening of Hope" (icenetwork.com, Sept 29, 2008)
Congratulations to Evan on his gold medal win at the World Figure Skating Championships (Mar 26, 2009)

SJMF board members present a check donation for $40,000 to Make a Wish Foundation at a reception on November 8, 2008 hosted by Joe and Mary Joseph at their Naperville home.

The donation was from the proceeds of "An Evening of Hope".

"An Evening of Hope" was held on September 27, 2008 from 7:00-9:00 pm at Fox Valley Ice Arena in Geneva. Starring two-time national champion, two-time world medalist and Olympian Evan Lysacek, the show benefits the Stephanie Joseph Memorial Fund in collaboration with the Make-A-Wish Illinois Chapter.  Starring with Evan were current World champion, Olympic bronze medalist and six-time Canadian champion Jeffrey Buttle; Olympic silver medalists Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto; World Champion Kimmie Meissner; U.S. Pairs Champions Brooke Castile and Ben Okolski; World Champion ice dancer Shae-Lynn Borne; Canadian National Champion Jennifer Robinson; U.S. Bronze Medalist Ryan Bradley; two-time U.S. Pairs Champions Rena Inoue and John Baldwin; two-time National bronze medalist Dan Hollander; and more.   Ten local up-and-coming skaters and three synchronized skating teams, including the Chicago Jazz, also performed. The evening included a Silent Auction and 50/50 Raffle, and autograph signing session with the ice skaters.

Photos by Melanie Hoyt and used with permission. See more of her photos at ice-dance.com photo gallery of the event

Stars of Evening of Hope

Evan and Friends

Event organizer Katherine Hill

Chicago Jazz Synchro Team

Stars autograph for fans

Evan Lysacek

Jeffrey Buttle

Tanith Belbin & Benjamin Agosto

Kimmie Meissner

Brooke Castille & Ben Okolski

Shae-Lynn Borne

Jennifer Robinson

Ryan Bradley

Rena Inoue & John Baldwin

Dan Hollander
For more photos, see also TruViz Photo gallery of the event


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