As the founder and CEO of Syndicated Equities in Chicago, Richard Kaplan has facilitated commercial and residential real estate transactions both throughout Chicago and around the nation. Richard Kaplan balances his professional pursuits with his support of numerous philanthropic groups, such as OneGoal, an organization that helps high school students from low-income schools transition from under-performing students into college graduates.
Every year, OneGoal hosts a Graduation Gala to celebrate students who are graduating from high school and planning for college in the fall. The 7th Annual It Starts with One Graduation Gala in May 2015 will take place at the Palmer House Hilton and feature special guest Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson. At the fundraising event, OneGoal will highlight the importance of both supporting a reality where all students have the chance to attend college and redoubling these efforts in the organization’s flagship Chicago region.
The Graduation Gala illuminates different aspects of the It Starts with One theme each year, and the 2015 event is set to delve into the Power of One concept. With this concept, OneGoal emphasizes that it only takes one moment to transform students’ circumstances, life trajectories, and social patterns. OneGoal notes that the 2015 fundraising gala will help the organization’s flagship chapter reach more than 3,000 students across 50 area high schools.
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