For a few weeks each summer, disadvantaged youth from Chicago escape the violence and poverty of their inner-city neighborhoods at the House in the Wood camp on the shores of Lake Delavan, Wis. In this nurturing place, they make new friends, enjoy the outdoors, and learn life skills. A program of the Northwestern University Settlement […]
When Jim Marshall started playing football for the Cleveland Browns in 1960, his annual salary was $15,000—a far cry from the multi-million dollar contracts some NFL stars sign today. Marshall played for the Minnesota Vikings from 1961 until 1979, when he retired. In total, the Kentucky native logged two decades as a defensive end. Life […]
Technology is changing the way the world does business. And fundraising and friend-raising in the nonprofit world is no different. The digital revolution, combined with today’s troubled economy, is enough to turn anyone’s philanthropic agenda upside down. So, we talked to several experts about what every fundraiser, volunteer and board member needs to know to […]
For a Vernon Hills couple still so much in love after nearly 22 years, Marilyn and Barry Kahn rarely have a cross word for each other … … instead, their fight is against a disease that currently has no cure. For their dedication to raising awareness and finding a cure for Huntington’s disease that dates […]
Dear Susan: My mom was reading your magazine on our front porch last night. She loves to read and she gets magazines passed on to her by my grandma. She must really like yours because she never passes it on to anyone else. She has saved every issue that has been sent to our house. […]
On October 20, two hugely famous women will come together in conversation, for the benefit of Chicago’s public libraries and the people who rely on them. Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Toni Morrison will appear in conversation with Oprah and receive the prestigious Carl Sandburg Literary Award at an annual dinner, which will take place […]
After losing her father, Nancy Perlson of Deerfield found solace and relief in yoga—and now she’s creating a supportive, nurturing environment for others with her yoga bereavement programs. Perlson has received overwhelmingly positive feedback from the 6-week “Bereavement Support Group: Connecting through Yoga” programs, which she started in January 2010 at Healing Power Yoga in […]
Mally Rutkoff’s parents both survived the Holocaust. So in 1993, when the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum opened in Washington D.C., the Highland Park resident began volunteering in their Midwest chapter. Since then, she has visited the museum many times, and spoken about her parents’ experiences at various Chicago fundraising events. On October 4, Mally […]
It was a sheer act of serendipity that brought Kathy Dodd and Stacey Pigott together. About 4 years ago, Pigott moved to the same Wilmette street where Dodd lives. The neighbors soon learned that they shared one common thread: They are mothers of children with epilepsy. Frustrated by the lack of research dedicated to pediatric […]
Large banana leaves brushed against the bus windows and roof. Bumping along the dirt path, our bus traveled for an hour, with no people in sight. Distant mountain peaks rose through the clouds. Despite the 90-degree heat, we were ready. We were 12 volunteers, traveling where no visitors have ever traveled before. To the remote […]
