A Family Health Scare Highlights the Importance of Giving Back
Make It Better’s founder and chief visionary officer recounts how two difficult experiences reminded her of the value of community, and paying it forward.
You Said It: There's a Place for Everyone at McGaw YMCA
The YMCA has had a presence in Evanston since shortly after the city’s inception. The Evanston Y was founded in 1885 to “promote mental, moral, physical and social welfare.” Over the course of the past 134 years, McGaw’s mission and who has been involved has reflected the local and national social norms. One of the […]
7 Ethical Bay Area Beauty Brands Making a Difference
There are many other brands across the country that are aiming to make the world a better place.
The Story of Joffrey Ballet's Inspirational Partnership With Chicago School Providence St. Mel
The physical distance between Providence St. Mel (PSM) — a private, coeducational college prep school in East Garfield Park — and the Auditorium Theatre, performance home of The Joffrey Ballet, is only a little over five miles, but in many ways they are worlds apart. Longtime Joffrey Board of Directors member Mary Jo Basler, a […]
Teen Leadership Council Breaks Record With Dance Marathon for Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
American dancer and choreographer Agnes George de Mille once said, “To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful…” She could have easily been speaking about the Bridges’ Teen Leadership Council Dance Marathon, through which hundreds of dancers have made a powerful impact on the lives of others. Ranked eighth most-successful […]
11 Nonprofits Making a Major Impact in Chicago
Chicago is famous for plenty of reasons — it’s home to some of the country’s best pizza, beautiful Lake Michigan, ludicrously sub-zero temperatures … and the list goes on and on. What you might not know about our fair city, though, is that Chicago is a hotbed of charitable activity. In fact, a 2015 study […]
Sammy Hagar Rocks with Heart by Giving Back
Sammy Hagar and his wife, Kari, started the Hagar Family Foundation after selling 80 percent of his tequila and restaurants brand, Cabo Wabo, for $80 million in 2007. Hagar owns Caba Wabo Cantina, Sammy’s Beach Bar and Grill and Sammy’s Red Rocker Bar and Grill, and he still earns money performing live. All of these […]
14 Life Lessons From Fashion Icon and Philanthropist Diane von Furstenberg
As an iconic fashion designer, entrepreneur, author, philanthropist, awards founder, mother, grandmother, daughter of an Auschwitz survivor, former princess, and wife of a billionaire media mogul, Diane von Furstenberg proves that women can (and should) succeed when they live boldly and with intention. After shooting to fame at age 24 with the invention of her […]
22 Chicago Chefs, Restaurateurs and Food Entrepreneurs Creating Social Impact
Here in the Midwest, we are renowned not only for our hospitality, but our big hearts. Chicago-area chefs, restaurateurs, and food entrepreneurs are no exception to this; rather, they lead the way. Because there’s no greater show of humanity than feeding the soul as well as the body. Here are a few of the people […]
How You Can Help Carry On the Legacy of Slain US Journalist James Foley
Nobody thought it was a good idea for Jim Foley to return to the war-torn Middle East in 2012 as a freelance conflict journalist and videographer following his first kidnapping and imprisonment in Libya. But, tragically, he did. Driven by a profound calling to tell the stories of the most vulnerable and underserved people in […]
