Want to run the world’s best bake sale? Start a women’s board that will change the world? Shake up the PTA with a new fundraiser? Look no further. We’ve got the philanthropic how-to’s, from capital campaigns to advice for fundraising in the digital age. Fundraising Do’s and Don’ts – Leading or assisting with a fundraiser? […]
On Friday, January 13, the Cubs Convention is coming to Harry Caray’s Tavern at Navy Pier to host Woody’s Winter Warm-Up. From 8:30 -11:30 p.m., Kerry Wood and fellow Cubbies will get shaking and stirring to serve drinks to their fans and work for tips to raise money and awareness for the Wood Family Foundation! […]
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Tradition. Children. Summer. For Alexandra Wood, these three words capture the essence of the Winnetka Children’s Fair, which will celebrate its 65th anniversary on Winnetka’s village green on June 10 and 11. As one of this year’s co-chairs, Wood says that she wants this 65th year, like every year, to be about the children and […]
Terri Lorenz’s philanthropy has always centered around families and children. In 2005, she and her husband, Tony, noticed that family summer gatherings in Wilmette tended to center on the lakefront, with little going on in their neighborhood farther west. Wanting to provide summer entertainment that families could walk to, they started the annual Thornwood […]
It’s what friends do for each other. When Lincolnshire resident Kate Arnold, a wife and mother of two young girls, learned her Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma had returned, a circle of more than 30 friends rallied to her side. Laurie Gens, a Buffalo Grove resident and close friend, wanted to make a big difference for Arnold and […]
When Marjorie Beto first started noticing that her daughter Rebecca was not reaching certain milestones at the same rate as her twin brother, Michael, she had never heard of childhood apraxia of speech. Beto says if she had known about the motor speech disorder, she might have been able to get the right treatments for […]
