2006 Spirit of Youth

The 4th annual Spirit of Youth (SOY) benefit, held at Chicago’s Standard Club, on November 3rd 2006 took on great significance because it was an occasion to highlight the great work that the National Runaway Switchboard does and to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the organization. This year’s SOY benefit raised over $120,000 for NRS.   

                                                                    Award winners Georgia Howland,      

                                                                     Martha Dudman, and Laurie                                                                                   Goldstein at the 2006 Spirit of Youth

The 2006 Spirit of Youth Awards were presented to the Family Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) and Lifetime TV, while the following were Special guests: Curtis Porter – FYSB Youth Development Division Director- and Deborah Yatsko –FYSB Grant Officer- and Martha Dudman and Georgia Howland, the mother and daughter whose real-life story would become Lifetime’s film “Augusta, Gone”.

CBS 2’s Steve Baskerville was the Master of Ceremonies for the second year in row and entertainment was provided by Leslie Byers and the Jazz Cats. 

                Past Board members celebrated their role in NRS' 35-year history

              (left to right): Susan Siska, the Honorable Julian Frazin, Caryn

                       Platt Tatelli, Susan Frankel, and Chris DeAngelis.