Toast of Schaumburg - Presented by Porte Brown

The Toast of Schaumburg is an evening of Celebration, Recognition and Philanthropy. Join us for an open bar, plated meal, awards presentation and more! This event is an annual tradition for the SBA and has an attire of business formal to cocktail. We look forward to celebrating our business community and
raising funds for our 501c3 on October 22.

The Evenings Agenda

6:00pm Cocktail Reception

7:00pm Program begins and Plated Dinner is served

10:00pm Event Concludes

The Nights Raffles

Raffle 1: Grab 12 of your friends for 2 hours of play at Topgolf Schaumburg with this party pack. Includes 2 apps, 12 entrees, 2 desserts and all non-alcoholic beverages.
Raffle 2: Take in the 12/18 Wolves game in the Allstate Skybox with 10 tickets located in the private lower level suite. Includes parking. (Donated by Daily Herald)
Enjoy a Tesla Model 3 or Model Y for the weekend. You pick the weekend and enjoy it as your own.
Calling all Bulls fans, to try for these 4 lower level tickets to a Chicago bulls home game at the United Center for this season. (Donated by the Better Business Bureau)
Capture the moment Grogu calls to Luke Skywalker with the seeing stone in a original piece of Ben Olson art work.

To purchase your $50 raffle ticket, click Register to select which raffle prize you'd like to be entered into-

All online sales end Friday, Oct 22nd at 10:00am. Sales during the event will start at 6:00pm.

The Nights Awards -

Brian H. Burke Business of the Year - Recognizes and honors an SBA member who has most exemplified the five pillars of the association during the year; Relationships, Economic Development, Resource, Advocacy, and Community.
2021 Nominees: Allstate Sundara Insurance Group, Blink Tees, Lavelle Law, Pulse Technology, Roti Mediterranean

Laurie Stone Woman of the Year - This award recognizes a woman who has excelled in their career, field or passion and whose commitment, vision and talents make them true leaders in their communities.
2021 Nominees: Allison Kozlowski - Allstate Sundara Insurance Group, Cathie Cook - Pinots Palette, Katie Berganske - Frank - Clearwater Capital Partners, Roxanne Parikh - AMITA Health, Tina Alarcon - Paintegrity

Leader of the Year - Community leader and business champion who exemplifies qualities of visionary leadership and effective communication skills which foster strong business relationships, community involvement, and achievements within the business community.
2021 Nominees: Jason Stallard - Love Local Off 53, Kari-Ann Ryan - Mid-West Moving & Storage, Matt Frank - Village of Schaumburg, Patrick Panayotov - Proceed Innovative, Raghu Sundara - Allstate Sundara Insurance Group

Volunteer of the Year - An SBA member (individual) who has put their voluntary time, effort and dedication into the Schaumburg Business Association.
2021 Nominees: Aaron Bondi - Edward Jones, Betsy Skibinski - Betsy's One of a Kind, Dave LoSavio - Mark Allen Realty, Julie Selof - Consumer's Credit Union, Tom Gosche - GLM

Rookie of the Year - An individual or company that has jumped into being involved and participated in SBA activities in their 1st year of membership.
2021 Nominees: Beth Whitley - Enlightened, Briana Reyes - Synegen, Gregg Brooke Koleno - IA Business Advisors, Melanie Santostefano - Vicarious Multi-Media, Ritesh Shah - JRS Group

The Hampton Inn & Suites Chicago/Schaumburg is offering a Toast of Schaumburg rate of $99 for Standard King and Double Queen Rooms.

The Hampton Inn Schaumburg offers a complimentary daily breakfast buffet, complimentary Wi-Fi throughout the hotel, fitness center and an indoor saline pool.

Rate can be booked in advance or on the night of the Gala if availability permits. Book here!

THANK YOU TO OUR TOAST OF SCHAUMBURG COMMITTEE

Ben Olson, 3 Monkeys & Aardvark Studios
Danilo Nevarez, Andigo Credit Union - A Division of Consumers Credit Union
Steve Long, Blink Tees
Scott Felgenhauer, Plaidypus
Lori Urbaniec, Daily Herald
Matt Frank, Village of Schaumburg
Patrick Panayotov, Proceed Innovative
Ron Roberti, Resource Commercial Advisors
Jim Fabbrini, Fabbrini's Flowers
Curtis Newborn, Curtis Newborn Photographic
Kari-Ann Ryan, Mid-West Moving & Storage
Mark Bennardo, Transperia Group
Dave Behnke, BBB