K.I.D.S.S. for Kids, an affiliated organization of Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, will celebrate its 25th anniversary throughout 2017. In January, they hosted their signature event, Aon Step Up for Kids, which raised $750,000 for the Lurie Children’s Department of Family Services. Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago 225 […]
With so many good causes out there, it can be difficult to crystallize your vision for how you’d like to make the world a better place. Donating to charity in a significant way takes planning on its own, but before you even get there, how do you pick out of the more than 1.5 million […]
When Rahel Nardos was growing up in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, her mother had her brother wait in line for a half a day so that an ill sibling could see a physician. Nardos was aware that the availability of medical care was an issue in her country, but notes that they lived in the country’s […]
Chicago nonprofits are always looking for volunteers and donations. Here are just a few that you can support this spring. Give Time Volunteer to Read With a Chicago Public School Student Innovations for Learning, 800-975-3452 Innovations for Learning’s mission is to help primary grade teachers be more effective in their pivotal task of teaching students […]
Music can have healing powers, both when you listen to it and when you make it. In Englewood, a neighborhood with some of the highest poverty and violent-crime rates in the city, some elementary school students are finding ways to channel their talent and creativity through musical instruments in a program called Shift: Englewood Youth Orchestra. […]
This month marks 15 years of the American Red Cross celebrating local heroes who have gone above and beyond serving their community. From a Lake Forest father who has distributed seven million books to underserved Chicago youth to an Oak Park teenager who has organized a system to meet the hygiene needs of homeless women, […]
On March 23, the Chicago premiere of “Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezin” raised over $4.6 million to benefit the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago’s Holocaust Community Services program. 2,300 guests attended the concert drama at Symphony Center. The evening’s lead sponsors were the Crown Family and the Pritzker Family Philanthropic Fund. All proceeds from the evening […]
Dick and Susie Kiphart felt a strong conviction to pay forward their abundant blessings through philanthropy. Because Dick was a partner at William Blair and one of Chicago’s most successful investment bankers and tech investors, their philanthropy was prodigious. It included Lyric Opera of Chicago, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Columbia […]
Procrastinating? Have a fear of failure? Doubting your potential? CNN commentator and best-selling author Mel Robbins can teach you how to get out of a rut and accomplish important goals faster. Her 5 Second Rule is a simple technique that can help anyone get unstuck and transform their life with just one decision. Whip-smart, articulate, passionate […]
On March 25, more than 600 people celebrated Instituto del Progreso Latino‘s 40th anniversary at Alta Cocina: A Spring Chef’s Gala, raising $390,000 to support programs and schools in Chicago’s southwest communities. The gala celebrates the contributions of Latino chefs in the Chicago dining industry and featured delicious tasting stations for guests to enjoy. Greeley and Hansen was the […]
