BOD Calendar

January

February

3 | 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM, Executive Committee Meeting | via Zoom

9 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Investment Committee Meeting | via Zoom

25 | 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM, Marketing Committee Meeting | via Zoom

25 | 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM, Governance Committee Meeting | via Zoom

March

4 | 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM, Development & Outreach Committee Meeting | via Zoom

11 | 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM, Executive Committee Meeting | via Zoom

18 | 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM, Board of Directors Meeting | via Zoom

April

27 | 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM, Bruce Sagan Celebration of Life | Steppenwolf Theatre

May

12 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Investment Committee Meeting | via Zoom

12 | 2:00 – 5:00 PM | Brenda Bui Celebration of Life | Chicago Cultural Center

28 | 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM, Combined Finance & Audit Committee + Executive Committee Meeting | via Zoom

June

2 | TBD, Annual Powering Possibility Event, Harold Washington Library Center Winter Garden

17 | 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM, Board of Directors Meeting | Impact House, 200 W. Madison St 2nd Fl or via Zoom

July

22 | 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM, Development & Outreach Committee Meeting | via Zoom

August

4 | 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM, Executive Committee Meeting | via Zoom

12 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Investment Committee Meeting | via Zoom

19 | 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM, Marketing Committee Meeting | via Zoom

September

8 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Investment Committee Meeting | via Zoom
16 | 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM, Board of Directors Meeting | via Zoom

October

7 | 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM, Development & Outreach Committee Meeting | via Zoom

14 | 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM, Finance & Audit Committee Meeting | via Zoom

27 | 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM, Executive Committee Meeting | via Zoom

November

10 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Investment Committee Meeting | via Zoom

17 | 4:00 PM – 6:30 PM, Board of Directors Meeting & Social | Impact House, 200 W. Madison St 2nd Fl or via Zoom

December

January

February

17 | Blaze Pizza Gives Back to CPLF

March

April

1 | Library Giving Day

1 | 3-6 PM, Ice Cream Socials at Jeni’s Ice Cream

10 | 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM, Night in the Stacks | Harold Washington Library Center Winter Garden

19-26 | National Library Week

22 | 5-8PM Portillo’s Gives Back to CPLF

• 100 W. Ontario Street
• 520 W. Taylor Street
• 3343 W. Addison Street

We will earn 20% of proceeds from those who present our flyers (still being created by the Portillos team), mention our name through the drive-thru, or use the code: PORTILLOS40 for online pick-up orders.

25 | 5:30 PM, Chicago Stars FC x CPLF | Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium, 2235 N Campus Dr. Evanston, IL. $4 of every ticket purchased via our link will be donated back to us. Purchase tickets here.

27 | 5:30 PM, Bruce Sagan Celebration of Life | Steppenwolf 1650 N. Halsted St

May

2 | Kendra Scott Gives Back to CPLF

June

3 | Jeni’s Ice Cream Fundraiser, 1505 N. Milwaukee Ave

July

Summer @ CPL

August

6 | Jeni’s Ice Cream Fundraiser, 3404 N. Southport Avenue

September

8 | 4 – 7 PM, Jeni’s Ice Cream Fundraiser, 871 N. Wabash Avenue

October

TBD | 5:30 PM – 9:00 PM, 2026 Chicago Public Library Foundation Awards Live Presentation, UIC Forum

November

TBD | 2026 Chicago Public Library Foundation Awards Broadcast | YouTube

December