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      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2026 WSPN Philanthropy Awards (Thursday, August 27, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" style="font-size: 16px;" face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;img src="https://wspn.wildapricot.org/resources/Pictures/2026%20Philanthropy%20Awards%20Email%20Header%20FINAL.png" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#78A677" style="font-size: 36px;" face="Verdana"&gt;Now seeking nominations and sponsors!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#78A677" style="font-size: 36px;" face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font color="#78A677" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;u&gt;Nominations due May 29, 2026&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" face="Verdana"&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;24th Annual WSPN Philanthropy Awards&lt;/strong&gt; will take place on &lt;strong&gt;Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026&lt;/strong&gt; at College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" face="Verdana"&gt;At the heart of the philanthropic community are people-organizers, communicators, mentors, and innovators, all who are willing to inspire, enlighten, feed, heal, shelter, educate, and nurture the people in our community.&amp;nbsp;Each year, West Suburban Philanthropic Network recognizes these outstanding individuals, businesses, foundations, and corporations and the skilled, fundraising professionals who serve alongside them through our Annual Philanthropy Awards.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;em&gt;We invite you to nominate a person, group, business, or organization to be recognized in these categories:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" face="Verdana"&gt;Philanthropist of the Year&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" face="Verdana"&gt;Humanitarian of the Year&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" face="Verdana"&gt;Young Philanthropist of the Year&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" face="Verdana"&gt;Grantmaker of the Year&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" face="Verdana"&gt;Philanthropic Foundation of the Year&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" face="Verdana"&gt;Philanthropic Service Club of the Year&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" face="Verdana"&gt;Philanthropic Business of the Year&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" face="Verdana"&gt;Nonprofit Executive of the Year&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;N&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;onprofit Volunteer of the Year&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf4EkM9FAeA-vPJQzsfSL3eWlzq9EEvy6UhR3nfvtwv63UDxg/viewform?usp=header"&gt;&lt;font color="#78A677" style="font-size: 30px;" face="Verdana"&gt;CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT A NOMINATION FOR THE 2026 WSPN PHILANTHROPY AWARDS&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#78A677" style="font-size: 36px;" face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://wspn.wildapricot.org/resources/Pictures/2026%20Awards%20Sponsorships%20Email%20Header.png" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" face="Verdana"&gt;We are able to provide networking and growth opportunities all year long thanks to our generous sponsors of our annual awards program.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" face="Verdana"&gt;We invite you to:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D"&gt;View&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://wspn.wildapricot.org/resources/2026%20WSPN%20Awards%20Sponsorship%20Deck.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#78A677"&gt;S&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#78A677"&gt;PONSORSHIP INFORMATION&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D"&gt;Download the&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#A2D39C"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://wspn.wildapricot.org/resources/2026%20WSPN%20Philanthropy%20Awards%20Sponsorship%20Form.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;SPONSORSHIP FORM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" style="font-size: 30px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Thank you for supporting WSPN!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 30px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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