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Lizzy Seeberg Legacy Fund Purchases Home for CTK Jesuit Alumni Volunteers

Help Us With the Final Push to Renovate To Move Our Volunteers In Time for the Upcoming School Year

They come to CTK as enterprising young adults with a recent college degree, a passion for teaching and a desire to create positive change for our students. As members of our Jesuit Alumni Volunteer Program (JAVs), these special young people are committed to service and volunteer two years mentoring and inspiring our students on a path to college. They teach, they coach, they chaperone and plan service projects and give of their time 24/7.

Now, we're excited to announce that The Lizzy Seeberg Memorial Fund, in loving memory of the 19-year-old Northbrook youth, has helped us purchase a home across the street for our dedicated team of young adult volunteers.The renovated building will provide a much-needed closer home for our JAV team, who currently live miles away in the Pilsen neighborhood.

"Our volunteers come from Jesuit and Catholic universities across the country and are committed to helping our students grow spiritually and personally." says Rev. Christopher J. Devron, S.J.

Lizzy Seeberg

Elizabeth Anne Seeberg

1991-2010

"Privilege brings with it a greater duty to serve.”

- Lizzy Seeberg

"They give so much to our students and we are so thrilled to be able to offer them a place to call home during their time with us. The Lizzy Seeberg Volunteer House spreads our shining light and hope across the street and broadens our efforts to bring hope to the whole West Side."

The three-flat is named in honor of the Northbrook teen -- one of the first volunteers at our school -- and thanks to the generosity of her parents, Tom and Mary Seeberg, we are making the dream of a home for our volunteers a reality.

Already, 117 donors have helped us to raise $160,000. Many were close friends and Seeberg family members. We hope you would consider joining them to honor this extraordinary young woman and make it possible for more young people like her to put their faith in action and help make a difference in the lives of West Side high school students.

We're almost there, but in order to get the house in move-in shape for the fall 2011 school year, we need to raise $80,000 to pay for the restoration work needed.

We need your help to help us cover the final costs to renovate the building in time for the fall 2011 school year.

“We’re very excited about this very visible and needed opportunity to honor the memory of a wonderful young woman who was one of the first volunteers to help our students,” adds Rev. Devron.

One of CTK's first volunteers, Lizzy was a junior at Glenbrook North High School in Northbrook and a member of the St. Norbert's Catholic Church youth ministry when she rallied her friends to reach out to help CTK students, She and her friends crafted picture frames they sold to raise monies for CTK.

“Lizzy had a real sense that God had blessed her, and she wanted to give back to those who were not fortunate to have equal access to a solid education,” says Rev. Devron. “For her youthful age, she had a mature awareness about injustice and wanted to make the world a better place.”

Click here to make a donation in memory of Lizzy Seeberg

To mail a donation, please make payable to Christ the King Jesuit College Prep and send to Christ the King Jesuit College Prep, Lizzy Seeberg Memorial Fund, 5088 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60644.

If you have a question, please email or call Stephen Holte in the Development Office at 773-413-3509.

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