In This Issue Market Days Windy City Rodeo Featured Beneficiary Featured Star Quick Links CSB Website Contact CSB Donate to CSB CSB thanks its 4-Star Sponor, Fitness Formula Club of East Lakeview! Click HERE to become a CSB Sponsor!   CSB thanks its current 3-Star Sponsor, Circuit Nightclub! Click HERE to become a CSB Sponsor.   CSB Monthly Star Your exclusive update on Chicago Spirit Brigade's events, news, and stars! Market Days - August 9 & 10 This weekend is Market Days, and 2008 marks CSB's sixth appearance at the Halsted-based street festival!  We'll be raising money all weekend for TPAN - The Test Positive Aware Network. TPAN empowers people living with HIV through peer-led programming, support services, information dissemination, and advocacy. They also provide services to the broader community to increase HIV knowledge and sensitivity, and to reduce the risk of infection. CSB Performance Information: SATURDAY AUGUST 9 1:15pm at the Roscoe Stage and 2pm at the Belmont Stage SUNDAY AUGUST 10 1pm at Hydrate - Cornelia and Halsted and 2:35pm at the Addison Stage Come watch us fly high, dance, and cheer, and please visit us at the TPAN booth to make a donation to TPAN's amazing programs! To volunteer with CSB at Market Days or for more information about our events, contact info@chicagospiritbrigade.org Windy City Rodeo - August 24 This month CSB performs on August 24, the third and final day of the Windy City Rodeo! It's a rootin' tootin' good time, complete with cowboys and cheerleaders!  Show your spirit and support a great cause: the rodeo's $15 admission charge goes to support local charities. Windy City Rodeo location: Six Guns Ranch and Arena 26629 S State Line Road Crete, Illinois To volunteer with CSB at the Windy City Rodeo or for more information about our events, contact info@chicagospiritbrigade.org   Featured Beneficiary - TPAN Test Positive Aware Network, or TPAN, has been a CSB beneficiary since our very first event in 2003! CSB annually performs at the TPAN Aids Ride in June, and has selected TPAN as the beneficiary for many of our events. Fast Facts about TPAN: TPAN was founded in 1987 TPAN publishes Positively Aware, a bi-monthly magazine TPAN se habla espanol, and Positively Aware is also published in Spanish Volunteer opportunities are available at TPAN for people with all skill levels and interests - click HERE for info TPAN's Online Services Directory is a quick guide to resources and services for those impacted by HIV/AIDS TPAN is CSB's beneficiary during Market Days 2008 To make a donation to TPAN online, click HERE Be sure to help CSB Spread the Cheer by visiting us at the TPAN booth at Market Days on August 9 & 10!   CSB Featured Star - Devin Infranca Did you know that the unofficial mascot of the Chicago Spirit Brigade is a "Star?" You may hear us chant "CSB Stars!" before a performance, and when a team member has gone above and beyond at a practice or an event, they are awarded the star of the week. Each CSB Monthly Star will profile one of our "Stars" so that you can get to know us better!  Devin Infranca cheered with CSB in 2005/06, took a year off, and has been back with the squad since Fall 2007. He grew up in Kansas City, MO and began cheering in high school, where he was selected for the All-Star team for two years as well as serving a third year as alternate. He coached Junior High cheerleaders for four years, and in 2003 his squad won AmeriCheer small coed National Champion. Devin is currently a student in Visual Merchandising at Columbia College Chicago. He works downtown at Benetton, and spends any spare time he can find "hanging out with friends, making art that makes you think, and most of all just having fun in CHICAGO!" About his dedication to the mission of CSB, Devin says, "I'm on the sqaud to help find a CURE! To stop all the loss of life - if I don't then who will?"