Shop for children, for education and for a brighter future when you Shop For Good with Make It Better during the month of October. Shop For Good is Make It Better’s brand new e-commerce website dedicated to supporting outstanding local businesses and nonprofits, and creating more synergies for our community. Ten percent of all purchases […]
Richard Mesirow has sponsored a musical premiere at Ravinia that sold out, similar to a Westminster Abbey performance (in which Queen Elizabeth II participated), and he counts Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as a friend and is senior managing director of the highly successful financial firm that bears his family name – Mesirow Financial (MF). But, […]
City of Hope‘s Walk for Hope to Cure Breast Cancer will take place on Sunday, Oct. 4 from 1-3 p.m. at Sunset Woods Park, 1801 Sunset Road, Highland Park. Highland Park resident Mindy Ugolini shares her story to help raise awareness and funds in the fight against breast cancer. Mindy is a wife, mother of three, […]
About a year ago, Ghulam Mustafa was badly burned while trying to rescue his wife from a fire. She died and six weeks later he woke up from a coma. The hard-working father of four children felt like giving up hope. But, when he looked into his daughter’s eyes, he realized that wasn’t an option. […]
Highland Park Bank & Trust hosted “Women’s A-WEAR-NESS–Inside and Out,” the annual Downtown Highland Park Fashion Show, Thursday, Sept. 10. More than 20 fashion focused businesses participated in the event with proceeds benefitting NorthShore University HealthSystem Kellogg Cancer Center at Highland Park Hospital. The event was complimentary, but a $10 donation was suggested to participate […]
Kohl Children’s Museum got its 30th Anniversary off to a great start with a kickoff party at Burdeen’s Jewelry in Buffalo Grove Sept. 16. Burdeen’s Jewelry owner Matthew Burdeen created one-of-a-kind bangle bracelet and charms in honor of Kohl Children’s Museum’s anniversary. The bangles are available for purchase at www.burdeens.com/children and all proceeds will be donated […]
Although most people want to align their philanthropic efforts with their personal passions, very few individuals actually do. That’s a mistake, according to the experts – but it’s one that can be remedied. “Often in philanthropy, people give because a friend asked or because they attended a social event,” says Eric Weinheimer, CEO of Donors […]
PAWS Chicago (Pets Are Worth Saving) celebrated the official naming of the PAWS Chicago Glenn L. Felner North Shore Adoption Center on Sept. 10 with a private reception. The reception took place at the organization’s first satellite location, which opened as part of the Highland Park Petco this past December. Glenn L. Felner, the center’s namesake, […]
Businesses built on good values ultimately become the most successful. Think Whole Foods, Starbucks, hospitals built to the highest LEED standards using designs known to uplift spirits and promote healing, high-end event vendors who give back, and (ahem) Make It Better. As Wharton Business School wunderkind professor Adam Grant demonstrates in his New York Times best-selling […]
Join Kohl Children’s Museum, our October Shop For Good beneficiary, as it celebrates its 30th Anniversary this year. Don’t miss the An Evening to Imagine Gala on Oct. 17 at the museum. This year’s gala will honor the Founders Circle, a group of people whose passion and support has been invaluable to the museum. In addition to the gala, […]
