Quick and Easy: Supplies for Dreams’ Build-A-Backpack Day

Bells will be ringing, and big-box stores are running low on No. 2 pencils and One Direction notebooks. That can only mean one thing: It’s nearly time for kids to head back to school. Join Supplies for Dreams in providing a year’s worth of school supplies to the city’s neediest students by participating in their […]

by Coco Keevan

Changing Lives for Chicago Public School Students

Brad and Angelina, Bill and Melinda, Barack and Michelle. All power couples known for their philanthropy. And while Northwestern students Hiro Kawashima and Aria Fiat might not yet be household names, they are changing the world for high-need students in Chicago. They co-founded Supplies for Dreams, a student-run nonprofit that provides CPS students with school […]

by Bettina Chang