Project Report
| Oct 24, 2018
Fall into LEND
By Ankita Ajith | VP of Fundraising
We kicked off fall with recruitment! LEND gained 5 amazing, dedicated Northwestern students who will be working with clients and loan packets. We are excited to get them comfortable with existing clients as well as look for new clients to help! We currently have 8 active loans and many of them are on track to repaying their loans.
Our new members are:
Drew Wandzilak- Freshman
Kevin Man- Freshman
Ilyana Schlesinger- Freshman
Naina Mishra- Freshman
Naveena Sharma- Sophomore
A few of our clients have had exciting developments! Our favorite taco place, Amanecer Tacos is now available in Northwestern's Tech Express! We are so excited for more people to taste her amazing tacos. Tomate is better than ever and is in high demand for catering requests.
We will keep you updated as we add more clients and onboard our new members!
Jul 31, 2018
Midsummer Report
By Ankita Ajith | VP of Fundraising
Hello!
We hope summer is treating you well! LEND members Aaron, Lucy, Lauren, Suhaib have been hard at work taking care of our clients while killing it at their internships! We're starting to prep for our favorite time of year- recruitment season, and we're ready to find new members of the LEND family. Keep an eye out for the promotion video towards the end of the summer, we can't wait for y'all to see more of our amazing clients and members.
Enjoy the rest of the summer!
Member Spotlight: Lauren Lee!!!

Lauren is the brains behind our recruitment strategy and we love her for keeping us focused!
Apr 30, 2018
Spring quarter off to a jazzy start!
By Ankita Ajith | VP of Fundraising
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Friends of LEND,
We are excited to report our spring quarter is off to a jazzy start! Our team has been working to help a local talented Jazz musician build his business in addition to helping our other clients! This May LEND is putting the spotlight on some amazing women in business-related fields in our 'Women in Social Impact Event'.
Chris Greene- Chriss Greene is an extremely talented Jazz artist and a recipient of the Chicago Music Awards '2018 Best Jazz Entertainer' and Reader's 'Best Jazz Band 0f 2017' award. The LEND team is currently working on optimizing Greene's booking process as well creating a structure for his many other services (private lessons, clinics, score creation etc.). Make sure to catch a show!
Women In Social Impact Event- LEND is excited to host a panel of Chicago-based women to discuss entrepreneurship, social impact and how to support women in business! If you're in the Chicago area please come and support this event! Details can be found on our facebook page soon, stay tuned!
Spring is off to a great start; Follow our growth, client success stories, and support economic development in Evanston, IL by liking our page on Facebook.
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