Good deeds don’t go unnoticed. After Nancy Perlson was featured as a Local Treasure in the December 2010 issue of Make It Better, NBC Chicago learned of her innovative yoga bereavement program and decided to do this segment on her. The Make It Better article is featured at the end of the spot! View more […]
You can pick up a taste of local history along with your holidays bottles at Schaefer’s Wine, Food and Spirits in Skokie.
Join Northbrook Court as they partner with Youth Services to help children and families in need. A “Wish List” program has been established for local area children, which Northbrook Court, as well as its patrons and merchants, hope to help fulfill throughout the holidays. Some popular gift wishes that have been received by Youth Services […]
The Service Learning Committee at New Trier High School’s Northfield Campus is launching its first local partnership with Dulles School in Chicago. New Trier will be working with Dulles throughout the year to meet the needs of Dulles’ pre-K through 8th grade students and to educate New Trier students about school funding in Illinois and […]
This “Make a Difference” opportunity is so easy, you don’t even have to get up from the computer: Join friends, family and neighbors in voting for various local projects competing for charity dollars in the the Pepsi “Refresh Everything” Challenge. Here is the latest option available this month: Youth Services of Glenview/Northbrook: Bringing Kids Hope […]
]]Classic Kids Photography is looking for nominations for its 2nd annual “Love Giving” campaign. They will give two families in need a free professional photography sitting and portraits of their family, including framing provided by Artist’s Frame Service. You can nominate a family in need by sending an email to lovegiving@classickidsphotography.com. Rules: One family […]
Jill Wine-Banks of Evanston never let her gender hold her back from achieving her goals—including several “firsts” for women. A groundbreaking businesswoman and attorney, Wine-Banks was honored this fall by the Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana as a “Smart Cookie.” The program, which honored Banks and four other local women, salutes female […]
Gift cards, clothing and toiletries are needed to help homeless kids in Chicago. Safe Families for Children, part of the Lydia Home Association in Chicago, offers temporary sanctuary to children whose families are in crisis but who don’t qualify for foster care. They are always looking for more host families. But if you can’t be […]
A little goes a long way in providing nutrition—and, in doing so, a future—for families in Guatemala, according to the local nonprofit Feed the Dream. Send a holiday gift $50 buys a 45-pound Holiday Tamale Basket to a destitute family of Christmas Eve. A basket feeds up to 12 family members and provides them with […]
The most vivid memory Sandy Haggart has of her work in Guatemala over the past 6 years is when one Guatemalan woman told her she named her healthy baby Sandy. “You do good things,” the woman told her. That woman is just one of many who have recognized Sandy’s contributions through her nutrition and education […]
