Want a guilt-free night out? Attend the Maryville Cruise Fundraiser for a night including dinner, drinks, dancing, fireworks, a silent auction, and a raffle with all proceeds going to the children of Maryville. The best part? It’s all taking place on the boat “The Spirit of Chicago,” cruising from Navy Pier into the waters of […]
Have old soccer jerseys from seasons past collecting dust in your kid’s closets? Lizzy Tracy, a Loyola Academy student has teamed up with the Wilmette Park District to collect soccer jerseys and donate them to a school in Chicago that would otherwise not be able to afford them. Donate your old jerseys Saturday, May 28 […]
Peter Whitney, 18, of Lake Forest, doesn’t think that what he’s doing to save the earth is very special. “It’s what any concerned citizen should be doing,” he says. But Whitney does a lot more for the environment than the average person. At home, he makes sure his family recycles everything they can, and whatever […]
Cell phone has water damage? Time to get a new one! But before you throw away that old cell phone, think about this. The chemicals from one cell phone have the ability to pollute up to 158,000 gallons of water. Talk about water damage! Instead of throwing away your old phone, MP3 player, GPS device, […]
In honor of Memorial Day this month, Make It Better is interviewing local veterans every week during May. This week, we feature John Nash. Nash served with the U.S. Army from 1988 through the end of 1991, and was overseas during Gulf War I, or Operation Desert Storm, from October of 1990 to March of […]
If you’re looking for a gift card idea that isn’t the usual Starbucks or Borders for that end-of-the-year teacher gift, think about giving a TisBest Charity Gift Card. It’s a donation gift card redeemable to any of TisBest’s 250+ charity partners. You make the donation, and your recipient chooses which charity receives the money. You […]
Bay Area beekeepers find more than honey in their hives.
A local health care mission through Causes for Change International is looking for volunteers, especially dentists, who can travel to Ecuador for a mission trip. The trip will leave Chicago on June 17, 2011. Who: Anyone can volunteer. Healthcare professionals especially needed. It’s helpful to speak some Spanish, but this is not a requirement. What: […]
There was a point a few years ago where Max Perkins’ parents asked him if dance was a hobby or something more serious. “It’s for real,” Perkins remembers telling them. Recently, Perkins, a senior at New Trier High School, was one of 20 student chosen from among 7,000 applicants to be a U.S. Presidential Scholar […]
Olivia Passalino, 18, of Lake Forest, remembers the first day she started teaching dance classes. Passalino and her friend, Nina Tannenbaum, had decided to form a new organization, Dancer to Dancer, to offer free dance classes to underserved children in Highland Park. On the first day in September of 2010, a gaggle of little girls […]
