Google “blind organization,” and you will generate 13 million results in less than a second. Google “low vision organization,” and your hits will drop to 2.2. million. Two Deerfield mothers, Wendy Baum and Susan Ballis, are trying to change that. In 2006, they started Vision for Tomorrow Foundation, a national nonprofit dedicated to helping families […]
On Sunday, Alan Brint of Highland Park will swim a half mile in the rough waters of Lake Geneva, ride his bike across 12.5 miles of winding country roads, and run 3.1 miles through the rolling forest preserve trails. His older brother, Zack, 15, will be Alan’s sighted guide. The pair will complete their first […]
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 […]
