2025 Discover HHPLift

Mark your calendars for the September 10, 2025, and join us for our Discover HHPLift event! 🎉 Spread the word to your friends and family - we can’t wait to celebrate with you!

HHPLift is a nonprofit and an award-winning, People and Planet First-verified social enterprise on a mission to create economic stability through quality jobs for people who need them most.

By attending Discover HHPLift, you’ll support our economic development program that creates career pathways for individuals in Chicago who face barriers to employment. Through the LiftWorks™ Program, HHPLift has provided over 130,000 hours of paid, immersive, on-the-job skills training, career development, and leadership opportunities to 250+ individuals from 36 under-resourced neighborhoods. Our workforce includes individuals who are justice-involved, physically disadvantaged, neurodivergent, formerly homeless, and more.

This year’s event will honor:

• Lindy Hirschsohn and Chris Coetzee, community members and longtime champions of our mission, with the inaugural Impact Award
• Alejandra Camargo, Director of the LiftWorks™ Program, with the inaugural HHPLift in Action Program Award. Alejandra is a driving force behind creating meaningful opportunities for individuals seeking stability, purpose, and growth.

We invite you to be a part of this powerful evening by supporting Discover HHPLift through a sponsorship.

HHPLift is deeply grateful for the ongoing and generous support of our founders, Helen and Michael Arkes.