McGaw YMCA’s recent Gala was filled with elected representatives, business CEOs, education leaders, and prominent philanthropists. But most would agree that the person who made the biggest impression on the evening was actually the youngest. Twelve-year-old Diesel Armstrong, together with his mom, Cyndi, and his mentor John Wylie, sat with dignitaries including Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl. […]
On Feb. 4, 2016, the Museum of Broadcast Communications hosted 400 guests at the sold out Steppenwolf Salutes Women in the Arts fundraiser. The event honored award-winning actress Claire Danes and welcomed other VIP guests including Steppenwolf’s artistic director Anna D. Shapiro, Steppenwolf ensemble member Tracy Letts (who also appeared with Danes in tv series Homeland), Steppenwolf Board […]
For Kathy Talan, a second-grade teacher at Albany Park’s Volta Elementary School, watching her students write and perform an opera was an experience in her career that will be hard to top. For 16 weeks, her students — a diverse group including non-English speakers, dual-language students, students with special needs, and academically gifted students — […]
Leadership has an energetic new face at the American Red Cross of Chicago and Northern Illinois. Celena Roldán is taking the reins as the nonprofit’s new president and CEO following the retirement of Fran Edwardson, who served in the position for more than a decade. Famed for her passion and leadership both in her role […]
Over the past few years, fundraising websites have leapt en masse to the forefront of the donating world. Although early iterations such as Indiegogo and Kickstarter, originally created to support funding of the arts, have been around for nearly a decade, newer sites like GoFundMe and YouCaring have become effective ways for people to finance […]
Harvard researcher and author Amy Cuddy lives in a world where people spontaneously pose like Wonder Woman when they encounter her. Her email inbox is stuffed with stories from strangers detailing how she helped them get the part, job, promotion, date and much more. Her celebrity is largely due to the 2012 TED Talk she gave […]
For many of us, change is not something that we run to with open arms. Shifting jobs or careers, in particular, can come with a host of anxiety-inducing unknowns: What if I invest in a new career path but end up disliking it? Do I really want to leave the stability of my current job? […]
Affluent families have long supported the notion of giving back to society as a way of expressing appreciation for their good fortune. Nurturing a tradition of family giving — of both assets and time — may bring a family closer together and develop a shared value system that can be passed down to future generations. Identifying Your […]
This year, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) students across the city will have the opportunity to engage in more than 64 exciting arts education programs and projects, thanks to the funds and grants provided by Be Creative and the Creative Schools Fund. A campaign for arts education in Chicago Public Schools, Be Creative operates based on […]
Ask clients and colleagues to describe Teddie Kossof and they will probably use adjectives like Hollywood-handsome, visionary, community-minded, practical, entrepreneurial and family-oriented. So it’s no surprise that he celebrated the 40th anniversary of his eponymous Northfield salon and day spa, Teddie Kossof Salon, in 2015. Who wouldn’t want to patronize, work for or collaborate with such a […]
