If you think about it, we are given a license or certificate when we master something like driving or CPR. Yet, adults are not required to have any type of education when it comes to one of the most important responsibilities of their lives—parenting. In 1996, Katharine Bensinger was working as a mental health clinician […]
Spring and summer bring the opportunity for fresh starts- to our workout routines, to our eating habits and even to our spending habits. What about our philanthropic habits? With longer days filled with more hours of sunshine there is more time for volunteering, self-reflection and giving back to our communities. To help you find the […]
When a mental health disability left her daughter without any career options, Jennifer Bishop-Jenkins created a job for her. On May 3, she opened a pet grooming business in Glencoe, Love Fur Dogs, to give her 20-year-old daughter Amanda a future, and a vocational school within it, Bishop Grooming Academy, to teach her how to […]
When you’re staring 278 feet down to the corner of State and Lake, there’s no room for fear of heights. But for a handful of participants who rappel down theWit Hotel—the one with the signature lightning bolt—each year, this exhilarating experience isn’t about the adventure. The Skyline Plunge!, started in 2009 and held twice annually, […]
Sometimes the wife is right. Ophthalmologist and eye surgeon Daniel Greenberg had been hearing from Evie, his wife of 31 years, that he needed to pay more attention to his health and fitness. But he was busy taking care of his patients’ health concerns and issues and considered himself in moderately good shape, so it was easy to ignore her […]
Feeling a little pent up after an endless winter? Spring is here, and it’s time to get physical. Let these athletes be your inspiration: three professional athletes who have made it big but continue to reach out to help those who struggle, and a doctor who spends his life helping others but needed guidance from […]
A chance meeting at Starbucks led Chef Joe Morelli to join businessman Brian Russell on his mission to feed the bodies, and the souls, of homeless teens in Chicago. Russell is executive director of StandUp for Kids (SUFK), Chicago Chapter. A volunteer organization, SUFK helps homeless teens, ages 13 to 24, become empowered adults by […]
During my first visit to the Academy for Global Citizenship (AGC), Daisy, a black hen, laid an egg at my feet as the students eagerly acquainted me with their vegetable beds. It was just one of many astonishing firsts I’ve experienced at this innovative green public school on Chicago’s underserved southwest side. AGC’s mission is […]
Violence on the street and chaos at home was the only life high school freshman Anays Antongiorgi knew. That all changed when she became active in Broader Urban Involvement and Leadership Development (BUILD), a Chicago-based nonprofit organization that takes at-risk youth from the margin into the mainstream. Antongiorgi bonded with BUILD staff and her peers […]
Each fall for 25 years, musical purists and collectors traipsed to the parking lot of Old Orchard Center, where a yellow tent promised rare finds in LPs, old 78s, 45s, 8-tracks and cassettes. Until the age of compact discs (and, really, until digital formatting and MP3s achieved their grand takeover), the Mammoth Music Mart offered […]
