When a family is in crisis, it’s the children who are most vulnerable. Maryville Crisis Nursery, located on Chicago’s northwest side, provides hope, a temporary home, and the resources to keep families together. According to Amy Kendall-Lynch, Program Director, a mother might call the Crisis Nursery hotline because she has four young children and one […]
Here’s some North Shore trivia for you: How did Half Day Road get its name? Did you answer: Because it’s a half-day’s ride on horseback to Chicago? Bzzz, wrong. Geoffrey Baer, producer of the documentary “Chicago’s North Shore,” says almost everyone who grows up on the North Shore believes that story. But in fact, […]
Like a garden in bloom, or a soaring sonata, a well-designed home can lift your spirits. Just ask Glory-Lieb Tetuh, a Girls Hope scholar who lives in an Evanston home that was recently redecorated through Design for Dignity’s Heart Homes Initiative. “Designs for Dignity has filled our home with light—literally. The house has been brighter […]
The Northwestern University Dance Marathon, which took place recently at Norris University Center, raised a record $1,019,130. It’s the first time in the marathon’s 37-year history that it netted over $1 million. One of the largest student-run philanthropies in the nation, the 30-hour dance marathon benefitted The Children’s Heart Foundation (CHF) and the Evanston Community […]
“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again,” could be the motto behind The Mighty Twig. For 94 years, the recently closed South Branch Library was an integral part of the community. When the Evanston Public Library Board of Trustees said they no longer had the funds to support the library, an Evanston community […]
On March 9th, more than 60 5th and 6th grade students from Chicago and its surrounding suburbs participated in an Anti-Bullying workshop entitled STAND UP! Youth Leadership Day at the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center. The workshop included museum tours, group activities, and a presentation by a survivor of the war in Bosnia, Nadja […]
Good News Partners (GNP), a faith based community organization, will now provide affordable housing for an additional 27 families in Rogers Park. “For families crammed into a single room occupancy units or in shelters, this building secures, long term, another step from homelessness to home ownership” says Ronn Frantz, executive director of GNP. On average, […]
Jim Higley was a single father of three when his doctor accidentally ran a PSA blood test during his annual physical five years ago. Higley, of Kenilworth, was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Had it not been caught, he likely would not have lived more than one or two years. Today, Higley is a cancer survivor […]
Mary McLaughlin could be considered a local treasure simply for the beautiful handpainted ceramic treasures that her company, McLaughlin Glazeware, produces in Northfield. But while high-profile customers such as Hillary Clinton are avid collectors of the enamels, chinaware, jewelry and gift boxes, McLaughlin’s other passion is found hanging on a tree. And that passion […]
Joan Johnson Board Member, Chicago Botanic Garden Lake Forest A native of Glencoe and mother of three, Joan Johnson grew up thinking of the Chicago Botanic Garden (CBG) as an extension of her own backyard. Life took her through the halls of Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management, a career in marketing, and the warm climes […]
