On Oct. 1, around 700 guests enjoyed an evening at the Museum of Science and Industry during the 36th annual Columbian Ball and raised approximately $2 million for the museum’s educational programs and exhibits. During the ball, the Pritzker Foundation was awarded the Excellence in Education Award in recognition of the foundation’s various contributions, including […]
On Oct. 8, the Kohl Children’s Museum of Greater Chicago ended its 30th anniversary celebration with the annual “An Evening to Imagine” gala, which raised more than $585,000. That money will help provide educational programming, exhibits and services for kids with special needs at the museum. The gala took place at Venue One North Shore […]
This year’s Chicago Symphony Orchestra Symphony Ball, hosted by the Women’s Board of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSOA) and the Symphony Ball Committee on Oct. 15, marked the end of the orchestra’s 125th anniversary celebration and raised more than $1.5 million. The evening began with red carpet arrivals and a reception before a concert by […]
The YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago has been supporting communities across Metropolitan Chicago for nearly 150 years. This year, in particular, the organization has more than just its impactful history to celebrate. They’ve just opened a new 60,000-square-foot, $22.5-million West Loop headquarters that will also serve as a research lab furthering the mission to foster academic […]
Dear Susan, My name is Carolyn Glastris and I am an avid follower of your MIB platform and vocal advocate for outreach initiatives that aim to bring opportunities to communities. One of my favorite pastimes — when I have free time — is to involve myself as a coxswain for the New Trier Master’s Women […]
As a major 21st century trend, small business development is the key driver of economic growth, creating new jobs and innovative products and services that lead to economic self-sufficiency and helps build stronger communities. An estimated 25 million people in the U.S., many of them women, now run their own enterprise. Business ownership wasn’t always an […]
On Sept. 23, guests gathered at The Ritz-Carlton Chicago for the UNICEF Chicago Humanitarian Awards Luncheon as the organization celebrates 70 years of working to put all children, no matter where they live, first. This year’s Chicago Humanitarian Award Recipients were Dr. Gary Slutkin, Thomas and Diane Geraghty and Zainab Zeb Khan. Gary Slutkin is […]
One in four adults in the United States experiences a mental illness in a given year, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), and the millions of people who love, live and work with those individuals are also impacted. It is no surprise, then, that the Josselyn Center in Northfield, a community-based behavioral […]
Xaiver Quinn vividly remembers the moment he enrolled in The People’s Music School back in 2007. His mother had camped out in front of the school’s doors for hours prior to registration opening, maintaining a tradition nearly as old as the school itself. Camping out had not only become a norm, but also a necessity as […]
Early in the internet’s development, Michael Arkes understood the possibility and power of online sales. So as CEO of Hinda Incentives — a merchandise-based incentives business in Chicago founded by a prior generation of his family — Arkes launched the company’s e-commerce in 1996. Hinda grew into a $115 million per year business before his […]
