More than 600 guests “paddled up” for Jackson Chance Foundation’s 7th annual Ping Pong Ball presented by JOOLA USA. This year’s star-filled event was led by co-chair and former Chicago Cub Ryan Dempster, VIP reception emcee Kye Martin, main event emcee Pat Tomasulo, and fundraising chair Ed Kruschka. A host of celebrities and special guests picked up a paddle this year, helping to raise more than $450,000 for the organization. The Owl Give Award was presented to Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) nurse Carrie Prather, and Jason Fishbein won the ping pong tournament. Funds raised help to remove the financial burden of parking for families with critically ill babies in the NICU. jacksonchance.org