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Community Involvement
At Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione we recognize that it is important to serve not just our clients, but our community as well. Throughout the years, our attorneys and staff have dedicated themselves to become involved within our communities. Some of our recent efforts include:
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- Letters to Santa - The firm has adopted George Leland Elementary School, an inner-city elementary school with students whose families struggle to provide necessities, much less holiday gifts. Each Christmas season, these students compose letters to the "Santas" of Brinks. Each child is matched with an attorney or member of the staff, and we deliver gifts to the children just before the holidays.
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- Cristo Rey Program - Brinks sponsors four students each year as part of the Corporate Internship Program at Cristo Rey Jesuit High School. Each student works at the firm one day a week to offset the cost of his or her education and to experience a real-world work environment. The firm pays a flat fee that goes directly to the students' tuitions, covering 74 percent of the cost of the private college preparatory school that was started in order to provide a quality education to students who could not otherwise afford it.
- Chicago Cares - Our attorneys and summer associates are involved with Chicago Cares, a volunteer organization that coordinates service projects throughout the city. Over the years, we have painted an orphanage, a school gymnasium, and a city park.
- KidStart - The firm participated in Mayor Richard M. Daley's KidStart program, which provides summer employment and job training to young residents of Chicago. Jennifer Sherr, Benefits and Recruiting Specialist at Brinks, and Kimberly Franker, Senior Human Resource Generalist at the firm, facilitated a Job Readiness Training program designed to teach participants how to succeed on the job.
- Whitney M. Young Magnet High School - Brinks has an ongoing partnership with Chicago’s Whitney M. Young Magnet High School. In conjunction with a program founded by Mayor Richard M. Daley that brings business and civic leaders together to support Chicago public schools, Brinks president Gary Ropski, past president Jerold Jacover and ITC Group chair Laura Beth Miller, served as "Principals for a Day" at the school.
Also pictured are Dr. Joyce D. Kenner, principal of Whitney Young and Dorothy Capers, City of Chicago Department of Law. Attorneys and staff have judged the school’s science contest and have participated in the school’s "Career Day." Additionally, the firm donated refurbished computers to the school for the students.
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Firm History
