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We had a night full of laughs at ChildServ’s Annual Stand Up for Kids Comedy Night at Greenhouse Theater. The night featured WGN’ Radio’s Patti Vasquez; Dwayne Kennedy, Late Show with David Letterman; and Rocky LaPorte, Last Comic Standing.

HBK supported the Perspectives’ 2019 A Disciplined Life Gala last night at the Ritz Carlton in Chicago. Congratulations to Bill A. Von Hoene, Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer, Exelon and Nikki M. Zollar,Chairman and CEO, SafeSpeed, LLC for receiving the A Disciplined Life® Award for demonstrating ethical leadership.

All Perspectives Charter Schools mission is to provide students with a rigorous and relevant education, based on the ethical principles of A Disciplined Life®, preparing them for life in a changing world and helping them further become intellectually reflective, caring and ethical people engaged in a meaningful life.

HBK was a proud sponsor of the 29th Annual Christopher House Benefit held at the Four Season in downtown Chicago. This year’s benefit honored Dee Dee Chesley for her service on the Board of Directors and her incredible commitment to Christopher House, early childhood education, and our family of schools. Christopher House serves low-income children and their families in Chicago’s North and West sides. To learn more click here. 

HBK was a proud sponsor of this year's SPARK Awards Reception hosted at the Chicago History Museum. The event is held to honor individuals who have made outstanding contributions to Chicago history, the History Fair and education. Proceeds from this event support the Chicago Metro History Fair’s annual educational programs and students that participate in History Fair.

HBK was honored to accept the George Javaras Corporate Engagement Award.

Congratulations to all the awardees!
HBK Engineering, LLC
George Javaras Corporate Engagement Award

University of Illinois at Chicago
Richard Brown Public Service Award

Edwards Dual Language and Fine and Performing Arts IB School
Timuel Black Excellence in Education Award

This weekend, our Chicagoland employees joined our partners MZI and John Burns Construction for a build day at Sleep in Heavenly Peace. The day consisted of construction of 5 bunk beds.  Over the years, Sleep in Heavenly Peace has built 4,144 beds for children and families in need. Check out this video to see the process of what it takes to construct one bed.

HBK participated in the two Comcast Cares volunteer events this past weekend. On Chicago's northwest side volunteers worked with Comcast employees, families and friends to cut down buckthorn and other invasive species using hand tools, and cleaning of overgrowth at Bunker Hill Forest Preserve. On Chicago's south side volunteers worked on the beautification of the playground and campus around PFC, improvements to the facilities, and the beautification of an open lot a few blocks from their school at Paulo Freire Family Center. 

HBK is proud to be a continuous sponsor of the National Museum of Mexican Art Annual Gala de Arte. This year's event was held at the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel with a theme of Themed Noche de Encanto (Evening of Enchantment). The evening included a celebration of art, culture and the resiliency of the Mexican community. 

Congratulations to the 2019 awardees! 
 

2019 Arthur R. Velasquez Public Service Award Honoree Jesús “Chuy” García
2019 Legacy Award Honoree Jesse Ruiz

Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville, IL hosted the Project Lead the Way (PLTW) Engineering and Development Showcase on Wednesday May 1s. There were 56 different student teams representing 9 locating high schools in the PLTW Engineering Design & Development class to present their projects they have been working on all year.

These projects consist of students working in teams to identify a real-world challenge, followed by months of research with engineering, business professionals, educators and other professionals to develop the best solution for their problem. Students then design and build a prototype and test their solution.

This showcase is the opportunity for students to present their final projects to the public as well as to a panel of engineers, who, along with Project Lead the Way officials, will be judging the various projects. The winners will be awarded scholarship prizes that have been donated by local businesses.

On Friday, May 2nd, HBK joined nearly 500 professionals from the industry for the 25th annual March of Dimes Construction and Transportation Award Luncheon held at the Palmer House in downtown Chicago. Special thank you to keynote speaker Jamie Rhee Commissioner, Chicago Department of Aviation. The annual luncheon is a unique event that honors industry companies, organizations, and individuals for their excellence in the construction and transportation industries. 

Congratulations to all 2019 awardees! 
Construction Award- Leopardo for Tao Chicago
Transportation Award- Austin Powers Partners for O’Hare Multi-Modal Facility
Professional Services Award- Sara Knight- President, Strata Earth Services
Leadership in the Private Sector Award- Don Biernacki- SVP of Construction, Related Midwest
Leadership in the Public Sector Award- Alderman Walter Burnett, Jr., Chicago's 27th Ward
Rufus Taylor Award- Kelly Powers Baria- Vice President, Powers & Sons Construction Company, Inc.
 

On May 1, 2019, over 400 students along with their families, teachers, and stakeholders convened at Wintrust Arena to participate in a daylong engineering competition. This one-day event allowed students an opportunity to compete against each other for school pride and bragging rights over who is the most astute engineer in middle school. Project Syncere's goal is to increase America's talent pool by improving STEM education for under-represented youth.  HBK is proud to be a sponsor of Project Syncere.