Want to know how you can help save a life? Simple—go to a party. Old Irving Park Community Clinic is a health center opened in 2007 by the late George Maltezos of Evanston and Dr. Charles Martinez of Chicago. Its purpose? Making health care available to those who most need it and who can least […]
Monica Forman is a consummate Make It Better woman. This powerhouse designer and businesswoman who has grown Magaschoni into a clothing brand embraced by sophisticated women who value comfort and enduring design. She grows philanthropic support for important causes as she grows a fashion empire, lovingly tends a son born with complex disabilities as well as […]
Last year, over 150,000 participants from 130 walks across the nation raised $20 million to help fight diabetes. Let’s top it! Step Out: Walk to Stop Diabetes has been the signature fundraising walk for the American Diabetes Association (ADA) for over 20 years. Since its founding, the walk has raised a remarkable $150,000,000 for ADA […]
Now is the best time to be a woman. We’re poised to find greater success than ever before—personally, professionally and philanthropically. Because this world is crazy busy, fast changing and full of complex problems, the way forward must include growing as many win/win scenarios as possible. This, of course, is what women are asked to […]
The Winnetka Board of the Northwestern University Settlement House will present Style Under the Stars Thursday, Sept. 27 at Michigan Shores Club. The show has been a North Shore tradition since it first took place in 1923. This year, the event runs from 6:30-10 p.m. in Wilmette. “Historically, the show took place in someone’s backyard, but it […]
Not sure what to do with the homecoming dress that’s been wasting away in your daughter’s closet? Look no further: the Party Dress Project can take care of it! Founded in 2009 by Stacy Simpson and Beth Hirshman, the Party Dress Project aims to help girls add to their party dress collection (without breaking […]
Chicago-based nonprofit Snow City Arts hosts its annual Gallery Night on September 21. The night will feature visual arts, music, poetry and film created by children in local hospitals. Snow City Arts, founded 14 years ago, believes in using the arts to support, inspire and educate children who reside in Rush Children’s Hospital, the Ann […]
Congregation Sukkat Shalom has had no physical home of its own since a handful of North Shore families founded it over 18 years ago. But the diverse, community-centric, intellectually rigorous, celebrate-with-food-oriented group kept growing anyway. To accommodate this, the Congregation wandered like spiritual nomads from living rooms to beachfront to public buildings like schools and […]
Join the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) on September 30th in their 10th Annual Blood, Sweat & Tears Charity Bike Ride. Founded in 1949, LLS is the world’s largest voluntary health agency devoted to blood cancer research. With chapters throughout the U.S. and Canada, LLS focuses on curing leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma as […]
Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States—the only one without a way to prevent, cure or even slow its progression. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, 5.4 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease – 5.2 million aged 65 and over, and 200,000 under the age of 65. By 2050, […]
