From the Helm

January 24, 2025

by Greg Miarecki

Dear Friends:

Happy New Year! I hope 2025 is off to a good start for you. Let me start the New Year for the Chicago Yacht Club Foundation with a sincere THANK YOU to the more than 245 donors who contributed to our 2025 Annual Appeal. Thanks to your extraordinary generosity, we surpassed our campaign goal and raised nearly $440,000 to support a dramatic expansion of our program in 2025. I am especially proud that this number includes 46 new donors and five who had not donated to the Foundation in the past three years. Our professional team, led by Executive Director Maggie Shea, is planning an epic 2025 for our youth. Stay tuned for more details in the February Beacon. This month, please enjoy our recap of 2024 in photo form. We’re looking forward to building on our success in 2025.

I am pleased to invite all 2023 and 2024 Foundation donors to our third annual Foundation in Florida celebration in Naples, Florida. Please read below in the “On Deck” feature for more information.

Greg Miarecki

President

Chicago Yacht Club Foundation

greg@chicagoyachtclubfoundation.org