The Alpine Children’s Charity of Barrington Reaches $1 Million
The annual family ski trip can get kind of boring, right? Well, a good way to spice things up is to invite a hundred people and raise a thousands of dollars for charity.
Moms and Kids Grant Holiday Wishes
With the holidays just around the corner, our thoughts naturally turn to the joy of giving and receiving gifts. The Mom ‘n’ Kids Caring Club has embraced the holiday spirit by participating in a very important gift drive. A group of multicultural moms and children from the North Shore and surrounding suburbs, the club participates […]
Family Promise ‘helps a family stay together’
Amid the North Shore’s quaint coffee shops and swank country clubs, it’s a problem that’s often out of sight, out of mind. But not for the people behind Family Promise, a local non-profit aimed at offering support to homeless families in the region. “It is more common than anyone would ever think,” says Rebecca Lillian, […]
Shop with a Cause Event Nov. 20 Aims to Boost Fair Trade
Two North Shore faith communities are encouraging you to shop with a cause this holiday season.
Marlo Says
Marlo Thomas has the most amazing sayings about everything.
13 Quick and Easy Ways You Can Volunteer
Here are 13 ways you can make a difference in your community:
Catholic Charities Lake County Services: In Need of a Miracle
Catholic Charities Lake County Services needs 3,000 donors to help with the annual Celebration of Giving Gifts Collection. This program matches donors who contribute toys and clothing with the requests of some 10,000 Lake County children and families. “The soft economy has really hit us hard these past few years,” said Jim Wogan, a retired […]
Join the "Every Little Bottom" Campaign
The Junior League of Evanston-North Shore has partnered with the Huggies® Every Little Bottom campaign to host a diaper drive to help moms and babies in need. Huggies® Every Little Bottom is a national campaign to create awareness about diaper need. According to a Huggies® study, one in five moms in diaper need say they […]
Volunteer Center Reimagines Volunteerism
Inside a couple of cramped rooms of a former high school, accessed via a hidden, unsigned entrance then a maze of corridors, works a team that just might reinvent volunteer deployment. The Volunteer Center of Northwest Suburban Chicago has been channeling human resources to area nonprofits for more than 40 years. Its website at once […]
Pam Weston Shares her Expertise with Underprivileged Families
Pam Weston worked in the fitness industry for 30 years, founding Pam Phillips Fitness Limited and Spynergy Cycling Studio in Winnetka. She decided to sell her successful business several years ago, but wanted to remain involved in the fitness industry and give back in some way. Weston knew that the best time to instill healthy […]
