ADL's Rising Stars Awards Luncheon

For the second year, it was a privilege to photograph Anti-Defamation League's annual Rising Stars Awards Luncheon honoring inspiring women under 40.

(Left to right Nicole, Loftus, Ivy Walker, Arin Reeves, Lindsay Avner)

Lindsay Avner, Founder & Executive Director, Bright Pink
Ms. Avner has created the only national non-profit organization with an exclusive focus on the prevention and early detection of breast and ovarian cancer in high-risk young women.

Arin Reeves, Founder & President, The Athens Group
Ms. Reeves is founder and president of the premier consulting firm specializing in diversity strategies for the legal profession.

Ivy Walker, CEO, World Health Imaging Alliance
Ms. Walker's leads the effort to help deploy sustainable imaging and telemedicine solutions in resource poor areas worldwide.

Nicole Loftus, Founder & CEO, Zorch International
Ms. Loftus has worked with Mayor Daley and the Chicago Public Schools to assist high school students in finding their entrepreneurial spirit.

Karen Jordan, ABC7 News was the event's Emcee

One Step Camp Video

Over the last few weeks I had the privilege of being part of a short video created for Children's Oncology Services One Step Camp program for their awareness and fundraising efforts. It was an amazing experience that introduced to me a Julie Campbell, a super talented young musician, and I can't wait to hear more work from her.



Special thanks to CPE Sound for a fabulous job with Julie in the studio and to Sally Films for putting it all together.

Julie's Recording Session at CPE Sound

Yesterday we recorded One Step Camper Julie singing Over the Rainbow on her ukulele for a video we are making for One Step and it was AMAZING! She is going to be an incredible performer as she gets older! A HUGE thanks to Tom and Jim at CPE Sound for helping us record Julie for the video. I can't wait to hear the final version.

After the recording session we took Julie to a nearby park to capture some additional footage.

Light the Night - Chicago and North Shore Kickoffs

A couple of weeks ago I had the honor of photographing the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's annual Light the Night Kickoff for both the Chicago and North Shore walks. I took pictures for walker's fundraising pages and participants listened to motivating and inspiring stories from this year's honored heroes and other walkers. They also offered great fundraising ideas and supplies.

This year's dates are:
Chicago: September 26th
Western Suburbs: September 12th
North Shore: October 11th

To learn more, register to walk, volunteer, or donate visit:
www.lightthenight.org/

Miriam was one of the Honored Heroes of the night. She and her husband Hal eached shared their touching and inspiring story of her battle with CLL over the last 12 years.


Peyton is Chicago's other Honored Hero. Battling ALL since she was 6 months old, she is getting stronger every day.

Some people shared their personal stories or fundraising ideas.


Jory is North Shore's Honored Hero. After an initial misdiagnosis, he went through a different regimen and has been in remission since 2003.

One Step Camp in Lake Geneva

Last Monday I had the privilege of spending a day at One Step Camp in Lake Geneva. It's a two week summer camp for kids with or in remission from cancer through Children's Oncology Services here in Chicago. It's an amazing experience that leaves you inspired by the courage of these campers.

If you would like to learn more about the incredible programs sponsored by COS or to make a donation, visit onestepcamp.org.

The afternoon started with a water balloon toss and turned into a huge water fight.

The water fight lasted a few hours. My camera barely escaped without being drenched.

To view a slideshow from the day:

One Step Camp

Last week I had an opportunity to spend a day at One Step Camp in Lake Geneva. It's a 2 week summer camp program for children who are survivors or fighters of cancer. It was such an amazing experience with fabulous campers and counselors. If you want to learn more about them, visit onestepcamp.org.

To see the slideshow from my day there: www.shayfeeney.com/slideshow/onestepcamp