The Junior League of Chicago (JLC) has promoted voluntarism and the potential of women in the community since it was founded 100 years ago. When Lucy McCormick Blair Linn and twelve of her friends founded JLC in 1912, their first projects addressed the problems that women were having in the workplace. Their very first […]
Whether you’re a salesman, a teacher, or an aspiring actor, Piven Theatre Workshop has a class for you. “Our classes help anyone communicate, from children learning to make eye contact, to a social worker who needs to learn to work with kids who are non-verbal,” says Leslie Brown, Executive Director. “Our classes start with groups […]
Celebrate Father’s Day with a photo shoot that gives back to families in need (and makes an awesome Father’s Day gift). Classic Kids and Bubbles Academy are working together in support of The Primo Center for Women and Children by hosting a Father’s Day Photo Shoot on Saturday June 16th. Classic Kids will be matching […]
Join the YWCA Evanston North Shore for the 13th annual Ricky Byrdsong Memorial Race Against Hate. Race Against Hate was launched to preserve the memory of Ricky Byrdsong, an African American man who was the victim of race violence in Skokie in 1999. This annual Father’s Day tradition allows the whole family to join in […]
The year was 1997. Sally Higginson and Betsy Brint, the “former Schwartz sisters” of Highland Park, as many refer to them, were celebrating Mother’s Day with their families. With lots of small children and distracted mothers, the only one paying attention to the eight-week-old baby in a carseat was the bachelor brother. “Hey, when do […]
Darrell Hammond, founder of KABOOM!, encourages dads to go outside and play with their kids on Father’s Day. “If you don’t have playful adults, you won’t have playful kids,” he says. Hammond raised over $200 million, rallied one million volunteers and led the hands-on construction of 2,000 playgrounds across the United States. Growing up in […]
Take the family out to enjoy a summer carnival and support a great cause. The Arts of Life is hosting its 2nd Annual Summer Carnival on Saturday, June 16th from 3 to 8 p.m. This year’s carnival features classic games like cakewalk and beanbag toss, as well as a dunk tank. You can get your […]
Alain Locke Charter School, located in the Garfield Park neighborhood of Chicago, is one of America’s most successful charter schools. “In ten years, we’ve moved students from 12 percent to 91 percent on state testing,” says Vice President Eileen Mullin-Gasteier of the Alain Locke Initiative, which comprises the school, Inner-City Teaching Corps and The Ryan […]
What would you do for a favorite charity? Would you jump off a building? Okay, maybe not jump, but rappel down the 27-story theWit Hotel to raise money for the Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago. Eighty people did just that on a recent spring weekend. Each raised at least $1,000 for the organization […]
We all hit snags in life. Your car won’t start. Your child starts school and needs uniforms and school supplies. Most of us have some sort of financial safety net. But when you’re a working single mom with two young children and you can’t pay for your bus pass, well, that could derail you. Seeing […]
