As we all become more aware of what we eat and the origin of our food, vegetable gardening is booming. Leading the way is LaManda Joy, founder of the Peterson Garden Project, an award-winning not-for-profit, that has brought community, urban gardening to Chicago in a big way. Built mostly on idle lots throughout the city, […]
“Little darlin’, it’s been a long cold lonely winter/” But little darlin’ here comes the spring! The winter may finally be behind us, and to rejuvenate your spring spirit, we have five races/runs that will make you feel good about getting active while giving back. So lace up those running shoes, start stretching and get […]
In a few weeks, we will celebrate Mother’s Day – an opportunity to remember our own mothers and to reflect on how we mother those we love, whether they are our children or not. Mothering can be seen as the daily expression of one’s values and passions. Sue Duncan, an important figure in the history of […]
New Trier High School inducted 11 alumni into its Hall of Honor on March 12 at an event hosted by the New Trier Educational Foundation. Paul O. Zelinsky, distinguished children’s author and illustrator, was among the Alumni Achievement Award honorees. Zelinsky and his peers were chosen because they have personified New Trier High School’s motto: To commit […]
“Every day, we hear about people in this world who are hungry, but you don’t have to go to a third world country to see hunger,” says Dan Jariabka, President of the Hunger Resource Network. “Hunger is here!” According to the Hunger in America Study for 2014, every year, 1 in 6 of our neighbors in […]
If you think about it, we are given a license or certificate when we master something like driving or CPR. Yet, adults are not required to have any type of education when it comes to one of the most important responsibilities of their lives—parenting. In 1996, Katharine Bensinger was working as a mental health clinician […]
Julia Smarto is a teacher’s assistant at a well-recognized school. In her free time, the 20-year-old teaches dance to preschoolers. Her lifelong friend Kelly Neville, 23, runs a jewelry business with her mother, Karen. Both women’s success is the result of hard work and unwavering support from their families, who ignored doctors’ “doom and gloom” outlooks […]
Over 6 million women in the U.S. today struggle with fertility challenges. Yet, despite this vast number, so many suffer alone. Katie O’Connor knows firsthand what they’re going through, and she is working hard to end the isolation. O’Connor founded Shine: A Light on Fertility, a national nonprofit organization whose mission is “to create a community, […]
There is an American male identity crisis and Jennifer Siebel Newsom is way ahead of the curve in trying to help—as usual. Her documentary film on the subject, “The Mask You Live In,” premiered to rave reviews at Sundance in January and in the Midwest a few days later through the Family Action Network (FAN). […]
Joy Tristano jokes that her 8-year-old son, Matt, was a $3 million baby. But it’s true. Matt was born three months prematurely, weighing 1 pound 11 ounces. Sadly, he contracted several infections, including spinal meningitis, which caused hydrocephalus, a condition marked by high levels of cerebral spinal fluid on the brain. “We were told he’d be […]
