Just how did bank executive Francia Harrington—Francee to her friends—become a civic and philanthropic leader in Chicago? The answer might surprise you; the Junior League Chicago deserves substantial credit. Harrington is a natural to grow good ideas and good institutions: she’s smart, listens well, thinks strategically, collaborates wisely and elevates others with her leadership. During […]
Barrington resident Bob Lee recently embarked on, fingers crossed, a million dollar bike ride. His third ride across the U.S., this 70-year-old departed from Vancouver, Canada on September 6th, heading to Tijuana, Mexico before circling back and crossing the finish line in San Diego where he began his first ride in 2001. Bob hopes to […]
Now is the best time to be a woman. We’re poised to find greater success than ever before—personally, professionally and philanthropically. Because this world is crazy busy, fast changing and full of complex problems, the way forward must include growing as many win/win scenarios as possible. This, of course, is what women are asked to […]
Congregation Sukkat Shalom has had no physical home of its own since a handful of North Shore families founded it over 18 years ago. But the diverse, community-centric, intellectually rigorous, celebrate-with-food-oriented group kept growing anyway. To accommodate this, the Congregation wandered like spiritual nomads from living rooms to beachfront to public buildings like schools and […]
Avery McCall has bigger problems on her mind than most of her peers. The 14-year old from Winnetka is a Teen Advisor for the United Nations’ Girl Up initiative. “It’s a campaign that is mobilizing teen girls in the United States to raise money and awareness for girls in developing countries so that they can […]
With the chaos of our daily schedules, nutrition can take a hit as we opt for the fastest—and usually least healthy—foods. As we grow older, bad habits add up and have consequences for our health. For seniors, good nutrition is one thing that can’t be sacrificed. Meals on Wheels Lake County aims to decrease levels […]
This list is adapted from “The World Needs Your Kid,” by Craig Kielburger, Marc Kielburger and Shelley Page. The authors wrote this for kids to follow. Your job is to encourage and cheerlead, but don’t take over and direct. 1. Choose an issue – What is really bugging you? What do you wish you could […]
Looking for a guilt-free way to finally purge your closet of last season’s trends? What about those toys your growing children still sentimentally cling to that are cluttering your basement? Zealous Good provides a platform for donating items, and lets donors know exactly where and how their items are being used. Zealous Good is […]
The Junior League of Chicago (JLC) has promoted voluntarism and the potential of women in the community since it was founded 100 years ago. When Lucy McCormick Blair Linn and twelve of her friends founded JLC in 1912, their first projects addressed the problems that women were having in the workplace. Their very first […]
What would you do for a favorite charity? Would you jump off a building? Okay, maybe not jump, but rappel down the 27-story theWit Hotel to raise money for the Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago. Eighty people did just that on a recent spring weekend. Each raised at least $1,000 for the organization […]
