Bill O’Donnell has a knack for figuring things out. It’s a skill he’s honed since childhood and something he wouldn’t put to full use until an epiphany occurred as he sat upon his tractor in a bucolic corner of southwest Wisconsin. How can I do this and get paid for it, he wondered. “This” was […]
On Monday, May 30, the Teen Board of the Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired came together to help make Memorial Day Weekend 2016 just a little bit fluffier. The Teen Board, consisting of young adults from different high schools in the North Shore area, held the Patriotic Pooches Dog Wash at the […]
Alice Pfaelzer and Emma Endres-Kountz founded the Merit School of Music in 1979 in an effort to combat the disappearance of music education in public schools. Today, more than 35 years later, the school serves more than 5,000 children both on-campus and off. On May 10, Merit held its annual gala where two distinguished alumni […]
Editor’s Note: The following op-ed piece, co-written by leading female human rights advocates Kerry Kennedy (@KerryKennedyRFK), president of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, and Susan Abrams (@ihmec), CEO of Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, was originally published on Kerry Kennedy’s Huffington Post blog. Professional hockey star Andrew Shaw was suspended from a playoff game […]
On June 8, the Chicago History Museum will honor men and women who have contributed to the fabric of Chicago. The 22nd annual Making History Awards and gala event will honor five distinguished men and women. At Make It Better, we’re in constant awe of how many amazing women are making history in Chicago. Many of […]
Once nameless and homeless, a southern sea otter pup is now a permanent resident at John G. Shedd Aquarium in Chicago. In January, the 10-week-old pup was found alone on Carmel Beach in Carmel, California. Staff at nearby Monterey Bay Aquarium tried but were unable to find her mother. Monterey Bay rescued the pup, then […]
The Lake Geneva Restaurant Week $5,000 Charity Check is a unique opportunity for your registered 501(c)3 charitable organization to increase awareness of your mission. Five charitable organizations are chosen each year to participate in the charity check program. From June 3 – June 12, 2016, Lake Geneva Restaurant Week will attract thousands of residents and […]
Molly Oliver’s dedication to the Chicago Cubs is no light matter. While living in Philadelphia, she made a point to trek to Citizens Bank Park every time her beloved Cubbies came to town. The 30-year-old Windy City native is a lifelong fan of everything Chicago, and on Sunday, May 8, Molly served as the baseball […]
Joshua Bell started experimenting with music at age four, wrapping rubber bands around door handles and dressers and picking out tunes. His parents, both psychologists, thought it wise to encourage such behavior. Today, Bell is one of the most famous and well-respected violinists in the world; he is the recipient of innumerable awards and has […]
Travel can be an opportunity to have fun and to broaden your worldview, and many people now also see it as a chance to have a positive impact on a different part of the world. Voluntourism, the idea of traveling somewhere with the purpose of contributing to the greater good by volunteering there, is undoubtedly […]
