Imagine pricking your toddler’s finger with a needle a dozen times each day. Or giving yourself a shot 15 minutes before every meal or snack you eat. Or waking up your sleeping child four times throughout the night, every night, to check his or her blood sugar levels. This is the reality for the millions […]
Giving Tuesday, “a global giving movement,” is celebrated every year on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving. This year, get involved on Nov. 28 by finding ways to give back on the Giving Tuesday website or on the #ILGive website. And if you’re looking for even more ways to give, we’ve also rounded up a few recent articles […]
Recently at bedtime, my 9-year-old daughter asked if nightlights still worked in Puerto Rico. Without them, she worried, wouldn’t kids be scared in the dark? Two months after two hurricanes thrashed Puerto Rico, only about half of the island’s electricity has been restored — and even those areas continue to find themselves plunged into unexpected […]
The holiday season is a time for family and festivities. Families are making travel plans, writing grocery lists to create delicious meals, and preparing for reunions. It’s also a time to be reminded of those who are less fortunate and in need of a helping hand. There are many ways to give back to those […]
For Chicago’s savviest investors, there was only one place to be on Nov. 2: Chicago’s premier investment ideas conference, Invest For Kids, was held at the Harris Theater in downtown Chicago. The Invest For Kids conference brings together heavy hitters from the asset management industry from around the country to present investable ideas and broad […]
Updated Jan. 8, 2019 I’d never seen him before — or since for that matter — but a stranger on an airplane gave me a gift I still treasure today. And it didn’t cost him a nickel. Heading from Chicago to Los Angeles on a four-and-a-half-hour, crowded flight with a 5-, 4- and 2-year-old in […]
You would probably be shocked at just how prevalent domestic violence is, even in the most affluent communities. A staggering number of women, children, and even men suffer in our own backyards, and right under our noses. In Lake County alone, the numbers of people affected by domestic violence this year are expected to be: 117,000 […]
A Woman of Steel: Rowing Crew and Living with a Vengeance By Susan B. Noyes | November 2008 MIB founder Susan B. Noyes chronicled the late Susan Steel in this piece on perseverance in the face of a dire melanoma diagnosis. Steel, then given six months to live, turned to rowing to gain strength. She […]
How to Raise More Money for Your Favorite Nonprofit By Susan B. Noyes | March 2017 From the very start, Make It Better has had a strong philanthropic bent, and over the years, we’ve helped more than a thousand nonprofits find their voice — and their audience. We’ve encouraged our readers to give their time, […]
Update: Thank you to everyone who has generously donated to the American Red Cross to support wildfire relief efforts in California. Thanks to you, the Red Cross has reached their fundraising goal! At this time, donations will no longer be accepted for wildfire recovery. However, we hope you will continue to support the Red Cross’ […]
