Not sure what to do with the homecoming dress that’s been wasting away in your daughter’s closet? Look no further: the Party Dress Project can take care of it! Founded in 2009 by Stacy Simpson and Beth Hirshman, the Party Dress Project aims to help girls add to their party dress collection (without breaking […]
Chicago-based nonprofit Snow City Arts hosts its annual Gallery Night on September 21. The night will feature visual arts, music, poetry and film created by children in local hospitals. Snow City Arts, founded 14 years ago, believes in using the arts to support, inspire and educate children who reside in Rush Children’s Hospital, the Ann […]
Congregation Sukkat Shalom has had no physical home of its own since a handful of North Shore families founded it over 18 years ago. But the diverse, community-centric, intellectually rigorous, celebrate-with-food-oriented group kept growing anyway. To accommodate this, the Congregation wandered like spiritual nomads from living rooms to beachfront to public buildings like schools and […]
Join the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) on September 30th in their 10th Annual Blood, Sweat & Tears Charity Bike Ride. Founded in 1949, LLS is the world’s largest voluntary health agency devoted to blood cancer research. With chapters throughout the U.S. and Canada, LLS focuses on curing leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma as […]
Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States—the only one without a way to prevent, cure or even slow its progression. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, 5.4 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease – 5.2 million aged 65 and over, and 200,000 under the age of 65. By 2050, […]
Today’s project is making a vision board and the process is fun, creative, and a bit magical. So grab your old magazines, scissors, glue stick and poster board. What’s a vision board? It’s a collage of images and words that appeal to you in the moment. The pictures you choose may not make sense […]
An appropriate mantra for Les Dames d’Escoffier. The Chicago Chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier International is dedicated to two of my favorite things: food and philanthropy. It promotes women in the culinary arts and fosters appreciation of food and wine through the sponsorship of educational and charitable activities and programs. Founded in 1982, Les […]
The starting line of a race is a place to size up the competition. Get in the zone. Let the adrenaline rush. In this race, to your left is a man in a wheelchair with his helmet strapped and racing gloves tightened. To your right, a blind woman readies herself for the start with her […]
Make It Better contributor Jackie Pilossoph is hosting a benefit for LUNGevity through the launch of her new book, “Free Gift With Purchase.” Now available on Amazon, “Free Gift With Purchase” features two opposite sisters who are forced to rely on one another when they are thrown back into the dating scene after marriage. Jackie’s […]
Change up your Labor Day weekend routine and head out to the Deer Path Art League’s 58th Annual Art Fair on the Square! Hosted in the historic Lake Forest Market Square, this event features 180 artists from 24 states using a wide variety of media including oils, acrylics, watercolors, sculpture, glass, jewelry, fiber and digital […]
