The Susan G. Komen Chicagoland Race for the Cure is this weekend and we need your support. Saturday, September 24 Butler Field, Chicago We have runners who are running the 10K and some who are running/walking the 5K. If you’re also racing, please look for our bright orange t-shirts and stop by to say hello. […]
Not many organizations would host a ball and invite 6-year-olds. But then, not every organization is a world-class children’s museum that embraces North Shore families – whether that family member is a child age 6 or 106. When Glenview-based Kohl Children’s Museum was planning its 25th anniversary celebration, Fritz Souder, Chairman of the Board of […]
There is nothing quite like the passion of someone just back from a mission trip to help others living in atrocious circumstances.
In America, you’d be shocked to see a disabled person dragging herself on the ground wearing flip-flops on her hands. But, for millions in underdeveloped countries, that’s reality. The goal of Free Wheelchair Mission (FWM) is to change that reality. Founded in 2001 in Irvine, Calif. by MIT PhD. Don Schoendorfer, the organization delivers wheelchairs […]
New Schools For Chicago has launched more successful charter schools, creating better futures for underserved CPS students.
The last place an older adult wants to live is in a large rambling home—alone.
Bashing teachers and blaming administrators for the lack of student progress is in vogue. Headlines scream, legislators rant, but should we really blame our schools and teachers for the state of education? Make It Better decided to take a different tack and find individuals who are doing right by our kids—people who are making schools […]
A calm classroom equals a productive one. Jai and Joy Luster believed in that idea enough to launch a nonprofit foundation in 2007 to develop a curriculum—The Calm Classroom—that leads students through breathing, stretching and concentration exercises during transitions in the school day. “Classroom management is the biggest problem most teachers face,” says Jai, talking […]
When Barb Karon noticed that her children were stressed she didn’t just accept it, she wanted to change it. “With kids today, it’s go, go, go, so you can reach the goal of the perfect college, or whatever … my girlfriends were feeling the same stress,” she says. So Barb, a former social worker and […]
On July 11, Glenview-based nonprofit Hands of Peace welcomed 41 Israeli, Palestinian and American participants to their annual Summer Program. HOP, which started in 2002 as the dream of Glenview resident Gretchen Grad, is an organization dedicated to developing peace-building and leadership skills in Palestinian, Israeli and American teens. HOP brings together Israeli, Palestinian and […]
