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SDI Takes the 2018 Chicago Polar Plunge, Benefiting Special Olympics Chicago

SDI Takes the 2018 Chicago Polar Plunge, Benefiting Special Olympics Chicago

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CHICAGO, March 9, 2018 – Chicago-based IT managed services provider (MSP) SDI Presence LLC  proudly participated in the 18th Annual Chicago Polar Plunge, benefiting the Special Olympics Chicago. The SDI Team, who participated with client Peoples Gas’ Team, raised over $10,000 for the cause.

SDI Team Plungers included: David Gupta, Jack Hartman, Mark Raffel, Dawn Gupta, Dawn Pfeiffer, Joe Feliccichia, Matt Haughey, Juliana Gupta, Lola Banjo, Cory Wormmeester, Sergio Delgado, Don Zoufal, John Kuzcura, Greg Talbot; and SDI business partners and family.

Community involvement is a core tenant to SDI Presence’s corporate values: the firm’s name reinforces its commitment to proactively and positively affecting our clients, our employees, and the communities in which we live. Embedded SDI project teams and corporate employees are encouraged to support client philanthropic efforts, in addition to SDI’s yearly philanthropic calendar of events. Over the past 20 years, SDI has contributed both financially and through our team’s talents to over 40 local philanthropies in Chicago as well as through our Los Angeles and Sacramento offices.

Special Olympics Chicago is one of 17 areas of Special Olympics Illinois offering training and competition in 22 sports. Special Olympics Chicago is a partnership between Special Children’s Charities, the Chicago Park District, Chicago Public Schools and Special Olympics Illinois. The first International Special Olympics Games were held on July 20, 1968 at Soldier Field in Chicago. Since then, Special Olympics Chicago has grown to serve more than 6,800 athletes, offering year-round sports training and competition in 22 sports. Special Olympics is the world’s largest program for sports training and athletic competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, inspiring greatness in more than 4,000,000 athletes in 170 nations worldwide. You can learn more about Special Olympics Chicago here.

About SDI Presence LLC
SDI Presence is an IT managed services provider (MSP) that leverages its strong team presence to provide industry-leading IT services while advancing our clients to a secure and digital enterprise. With a 20-year corporate resume, SDI delivers strategic managed services, IT consulting and hybrid infrastructure solutions using its proven ITIL-based SDIPathTM methodology. SDI is a certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), with a portfolio of clients that includes some of the nation’s largest airports, utilities, commercial real estate portfolios, and government agencies. SDI delivers a deep technical presence through a local delivery model to achieve customer confidence and success. Visit us at www.sdipresence.com and connect with us on Instagram and Twitter @SDIPresence.

For media inquiries, please contact:
Dawn Nash Pfeiffer
Chief Marketing Officer
312.580.7516
dpfeiffer@sdipresence.com

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