The poor economy means food pantries and other service agencies are seeing extraordinarily high demand for food and other items, and here’s how you can help this holiday season. Catholic Charities of Lake County, based in Waukegan, had 12,000 families register to receive Christmas gifts last year. This year, the number is 13,000. The […]
Are there extra bikes or scooters in your garage that you have outgrown? Would you like to donate them to kids who don’t have a bike or a scooter? Pedal Power is collecting bikes and scooters for the Jane Addams Hull House Association in Chicago. This is a program to recognize achievement and […]
We’re all willing to go the distance to make life better for our kids, but not just any parent steps up when that distance is a 1-mile swim, a 23-mile bike ride and a 6-mile run, an Olympic triathlon. But Wilmette’s Mike and Chrissy Cornell dive right in to raise money for a cause […]
