Susan B. Noyes Founder, Make It Better Wilmette When Susan sat around her kitchen table with a group of her closest friends and talked about how they could amplify the charitable work they were already doing, she had no idea their conversation would turn into a thriving website and magazine. “We had all run fundraisers […]
Rita Canning Chairman of the Board of Directors, Women In Need Growing Stronger (WINGS) Inverness “I never started off saying ‘I’m going to be a philanthropist,’ ” says Rita Canning, who is not only a philanthropist, but a very hands-on one. “Instead, I thought about what I wanted to do once my kids were grown. […]
For a few weeks each summer, disadvantaged youth from Chicago escape the violence and poverty of their inner-city neighborhoods at the House in the Wood camp on the shores of Lake Delavan, Wis. In this nurturing place, they make new friends, enjoy the outdoors, and learn life skills. A program of the Northwestern University Settlement […]
When Jim Marshall started playing football for the Cleveland Browns in 1960, his annual salary was $15,000—a far cry from the multi-million dollar contracts some NFL stars sign today. Marshall played for the Minnesota Vikings from 1961 until 1979, when he retired. In total, the Kentucky native logged two decades as a defensive end. Life […]
I’ve been a service volunteer (candy striper, tutor, Sunday school teacher, Cub Scout leader) since I was a teenager and a board volunteer for almost 40 years. Here is what I consider essential advice. Getting Started Decide if you prefer service or board volunteer or a mix of both Determine how much time you have […]
Technology is changing the way the world does business. And fundraising and friend-raising in the nonprofit world is no different. The digital revolution, combined with today’s troubled economy, is enough to turn anyone’s philanthropic agenda upside down. So, we talked to several experts about what every fundraiser, volunteer and board member needs to know to […]
Most politicians, consultants and commentators claim that the world is changing too fast to predict what will be successful in the future. We disagree.
Alexandra Nichols of Winnetka is one of the exceptional women in the northern suburbs who have run multimillion-dollar capital campaigns. She admits to stumbling a bit through the process.
The woman who helped start Joffrey Ballet’s women’s board, Maureen Dwyer Smith of Lake Forest, honed her organizational and civic skills with more than 30 years of hard work and giving back to Chicago, her adopted (and now beloved) hometown.
For a Vernon Hills couple still so much in love after nearly 22 years, Marilyn and Barry Kahn rarely have a cross word for each other … … instead, their fight is against a disease that currently has no cure. For their dedication to raising awareness and finding a cure for Huntington’s disease that dates […]
