We talk a lot this time of year about getting back into shape. We’ve survived the waistband-expanding deluge of the holidays, perhaps a little rounder and a bit more winded, and we’re eager to slip back into our skinny jeans. Giving back is often considered a passive activity, one best served by clerical volunteers or […]
It’s the exciting start to a new year, and if you’re anything like us, you have a sizeable list of resolutions taking up residency on the front of your refrigerator.
If there were a remake of “The Graduate,” odds are, “technology” would replace “plastics” as the one word of advice to give to aimless graduates.
In the early morning of December 29, a multi-alarm blaze swept through three popular Evanston businesses, leaving devastation in its wake. While the building’s owner hopes to rebuild, many people are unexpectedly out of work. The Evanston community has banded together to raise money to help the displaced employees of Pineyard, Taco Diablo and […]
On Thursday, Nov. 7, venture philanthropy fund A Better Chicago hosted its second annual Project Impact competition. One of four nonprofit finalists, this year’s winner wasEMBARC (Empowering Minds, Building Achievement and Reconnecting Communities). Each finalist produced a dramatic TED Talk-style presentation (watch EMBARC’s video below) and fielded questions from high-profile judges in front of an […]
By the time Mike Borkowski (right) was 13, he’d undergone two open-heart surgeries to open and replace his damaged aortic valve. Born with aortic valve stenosis, a condition that prevents a steady flow of blood from the heart to the body, Borkowski, now 18, has spent lengthy periods of time in the intensive care unit at […]
In Vietnam, newspapers deem him “The Man with the Golden Hands.”
U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL) knows what it takes to walk the halls of power in Washington, D.C.
At age 23, Lindsay Avner underwent a risk-reducing double mastectomy because her family history and genetic testing indicated she had a high chance of developing breast and ovarian cancer. Her great-grandmother and grandmother both passed away after battling cancer, and as a young girl she watched her own mother fight the disease. Avner, now 31, made a bold personal decision […]
At a youthful 88, Lester Crown, chairman of Henry Crown & Company, proves that good guys really can finish first. He inherited an industrial empire from his up-by-the-bootstraps father, along with fine personal values like hard work and a love of family, community, religion and philanthropy. Crown gained enormous civic respect as he expanded […]
