One of the many joys of living in Lake Forest and Lake Bluff is having the ability to live in quiet suburbia while having easy access to the city. But…
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Lead With Love
From an outsider’s perspective, Holly Curtis had an idyllic childhood. Living on the luxurious Upper East Side of Manhattan with her parents and two brothers, hers was a family others…
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Walking The Talk
It’s often said that we’re just that one idea away from something great. Fortunately for juniors at Lake Forest High School, they have the opportunity to dream up a product…
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Hole In One
Janilee Ihlenfeld has a long history of giving back to the community. “When my children were little and at Everett, I would help there as much as I could,” Ihlenfeld…
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Fun Raisers
The Women’s Board of Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital knows how to raise the bar on fundraising. In 2013, they pledged to raise $2 million for the bricks and mortar of…
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A Mother Knows Best
When Lake Forest’s Barbara Monsor decided to leave her 18-year social work career at Youth Guidance in Chicago, she knew she couldn’t leave all that she learned behind. “Social work…
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Lights, Camera, Caring
“Doing good for others is good for the soul,” says Lake Bluff’s Sally Stoll, a long-time member of the Women’s Board of Catholic Charities Lake County Services and the honorary…
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Smithe Family Makeover
When Maureen Smithe returned from maternity leave after giving birth to identical twin daughters last August (children number five and six for those keeping count), she was puzzled by the…
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Kid Power
Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best ideas and the U.S. Fund (USF) for UNICEF is hopeful that with some kid-generated power, the world’s children won’t be malnourished anymore. Using…
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Making A Splash
Ana Kohout had just started kindergarten when she first met GLASA founder, Cindy Housner. GLASA—Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association—empowers youth, adults, and injured military personnel with physical and visual disabilities…
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