Philanthropy Awards 2012: Spark Program
In junior high, you might not have known what path your career would take, but chances are, you had adult role models you could emulate.
Participate in Study on Domestic Violence
Megan Haselschwerdt, doctoral candidate in Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, is conducting a study on domestic violence in the North Shore area for her Ph.D. dissertation study.
Philanthropy Awards 2012: Innovations for Learning
Most recently updated: December 2020 Student literacy is important to Seth Weinberger, executive director of Innovations for Learning, but he thinks it should be important to everyone. “It’s horrifying, the odds of you going to jail are just so incredible if you don’t learn to read by third grade,” he says. “We are dooming millions […]
Philanthropy Awards 2012: Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association
Most recently updated: December 2020 GLASA’s Annual Twilight 5K Run, Walk and Roll isn’t your average race. Those with physical and visual disabilities are able to race side-by-side with able-bodied athletes and compete to achieve something they might not have thought possible. GLASA‘s motto, after all, is “Let No One Sit on the Sidelines.” Thanks […]
Philanthropy Awards 2012: Girls in the Game
Most recently updated: December 2020 To see a young girl believe in herself—well, there’s not much more inspiring than that.
Philanthropy Awards 2012
In the early stages of Make It Better, a founding principle was that we would help nonprofit organizations project their message to the community. Over the past four years, we’ve shared the stories of hundreds of organizations and individuals who are making a difference locally and around the globe. And we realized that the best […]
Philanthropy Awards 2012: By The Hand Club for Kids
It really does take a village.
“When Billy Went Bald” Receives Moonbeam Children’s Book Award
For Lake Bluff resident and writer Julie C. Morse, the adage “when the time is right” is certainly true.
Power Players
Women and power. Some need it, some fear it, but together, when we embrace our power, we can change the world. We’d like to introduce you to eight brilliant women using their talent, intuition and passion to empower women and girls in our communities and across the globe. They are standing up for women who […]
When Disaster Strikes, Red Cross Responds
How would you feel if, in an instant, your home was gone?
