Northbrook’s The Cove School to Honor Local Champion, More at Upcoming Virtual Benefit

While togetherness may look a bit different this year, The Cove School didn’t want to miss a tradition of bringing its cherished community together, albeit virtually. The Northbrook institution will host its annual benefit, Stronger Together: The Cove School Annual Benefit 2021, virtually on Saturday, Feb. 27. As part of the festivities, The Cove School […]

OLPH School Thrives Through Uncertainty: Glenview Institution Continues to Provide Safe, Faith-Based Academic Experience Amid Pandemic

Since it opened its doors to students last fall, Our Lady of Perpetual Help School has continued to offer full, in-person learning during these unique and trying times. Glenview-based OLPH has gone above and beyond to provide students with an “as near normal as possible” school experience, maintaining a safe environment by following protocols outlined […]

Ever To Go: Chef Curtis Duffy Is Bringing His World-Class Cuisine to the Chicago Suburbs—Where to Get It

For a limited time this month, three-Michelin-starred chef Curtis Duffy is offering special meals from his new restaurant, Ever, at pickup locations in Andersonville, Milwaukee, and two Chicago suburbs, Northbrook and Naperville. Ever, which opened in Fulton Market in July in the midst of the pandemic, is the latest fine-dining endeavor by Duffy and his […]

As Domestic Violence and Economic Hardship Continue to Increase During the Pandemic, the YWCA Evanston/North Shore Steps Up Its Response

With much of the population under stay-at-home orders or advisories, kids in remote learning, and many companies requiring employees to work from home, potential for domestic violence has made the work of organizations like the YWCA Evanston/North Shore even more critical. The Chicago Police Department reported that domestic-violence-related calls increased by 12 percent from January […]

The Importance of Play-Based Learning Amid the Pandemic

Play is essential for children. Unstructured, imaginative play is key to so many aspects of a child’s cognitive growth, including language development, the nuances of socialization and creative problem solving.  The research on the neurological effects of play is clear: “Play is not frivolous: it enhances brain structure and function and promotes executive function, which […]

Support Comer Education Campus to Help Secure a Brighter Future for South Side Youth

As 2020 comes to a close, we are reflecting on the meaning of resilience and togetherness. Comer Education Campus remains committed to advancing our mission through new initiatives that combat learning loss, the digital divide and food insecurity. Our community continues to experience disproportionate effects of the pandemic and civil unrest. Yet, we also have […]

Lift the Voices and Dreams of Chicago’s Youth

Chicago Children’s Choir is a nonprofit organization that inspires and unites youth from diverse backgrounds to become global citizens through music.  Founded in Hyde Park in direct response to the Civil Rights Movement in 1956, CCC has grown from one choir into a vast network of in-school and after-school programs. Today, CCC serves nearly 5,000 […]