While experts say the economy may be turning around, many families are still struggling to make ends meet. And Kipling Elementary School’s Holiday Care & Share Program made this winter brighter for many families in the Chicago area. In December, families of Kipling Elementary students sponsored 60 needy families served by Jewish Child & Family […]
Our local libraries are in trouble and today is the day you can help. In response to dramatic cutbacks in state funding and unconscionable delays in delivering legislatively approved funding, vital library services are threatened. “You’ll be as distressed as I am to learn of the impending crisis related to services provided by our local […]
Remember being inspired by Celie in “The Color Purple,” Hester in “The Scarlet Letter,” or Jane Eyre?
Your great-great-great-grandfather might have been one of the first men to call the McGaw YMCA home. Yet, as it prepares to celebrate its 125th year, McGaw is looking as fit and relevant in the 21st century as it did when it first drew breath in the basement of an Evanston church in 1885. And that’s […]
We’ve all seen the images splashed across the screen of the devastation and destruction left behind by the 7.0 earthquake that hit Haiti January 12. While it is estimated that up to a quarter-milion people may be dead and about 3 million people will be affected, the real aftershock of this natural disaster remains to […]
“I can’t NOT open an e-mail that says: ‘Please Help’” says Barb Tubekis, executive director for the Volunteer Center in Winnetka. But, more often than not, when she opens up that e-mail, it’s a scam. Expect a lot of these e-mails to fly around in the next several months surrounding the 7.0 earthquake that hit […]
The Volunteer Center (serving NE suburban Chicago) and The Interfaith Housing Center of the Northern Suburbs are teaming up for the third year to offer an exceptional day of service and inspiration for people of all ages. Give Time Sponsored by Harris Bank, individuals, groups and families are invited to help the homeless, hospitalized and […]
Partnerships. The very meaning of the word speaks to a mutually beneficial relationship. And that’s just what happens when not-for-profits partner with Make It Better. Bark 4 Care promotes awareness and acceptance of biological brain disorders, such as ADHD, bipolar disorder, anxiety and depression. Twelve-year-old Betsy Kaplan started the organization because she saw a need […]
Heart. It’s on all our minds these days, but how many of us actually spend time sharing our hearts with the wider world? Lucky for us, there are many men and women on the North Shore who lead with their hearts and their passion transforms lives on a daily basis.
When you meet Eric Smoot and Silviu Gansca, their energy is the first thing you notice. Both men radiate the passion that comes from doing something you love—changing lives through fitness and through their work in the community. Every year their company, Redefined Fitness in Wilmette, adopts 10 families from a homeless shelter in Indiana. […]
