Ann Marie Scheidler

Play For Literacy

2020 WAS A difficult year for most, but for Reading Power—an early literacy tutoring program with roots in Lake Forest—it was a year of wow. Working in partnership with underserved schools, Reading Power is a non-profit organization that provides one-to-one tutoring during the school day for children in prekindergarten through second grade. Their mission—Fostering the

Au Naturel

Karen Ballou always had the sneaking suspicion that she was being called to be an entrepreneur in the world of beauty. But it wasn’t until she had successfully won her battle with Hodgkin’s lymphoma that her passion was realized. “It takes five years of being cancer free to be considered in remission,” Ballou says. “I

Patients First

“When patients find their way to University of Chicago Medicine, they are coming to us for our expertise,” says Dr. Diane Yamada, UChicago Medicine’s Joseph Bolivar DeLee Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Chief of the Section of Gynecologic Oncology. “But what they don’t expect is the level of care we will give to them

Lake Bluff: Where Everybody Knows Your Name

IT WASN’T LONG AGO that when the clock struck 5 p.m. in downtown Lake Bluff, you could safely shoot a canon off on Scranton Avenue and not hit a soul. “It’s funny to think that less than 20 years ago, Lake Bluff didn’t have much going on its downtown,” says Lake Bluff ’s former Village

Flower Power

It wasn’t that long ago that M on the Square’s Missy Poth was a bride. This September, she’ll celebrate her second wedding anniversary with her high school sweetheart, Johnny Poth. “Our wedding was just beautiful,” Poth says. “No one was at all surprised that I was so into planning our big day—my friends have

Welcome Relief

2020 was a year like no other. It challenged even those who seemed invincible. And if you were someone who was struggling with mental health issues prior to the beginning of the pandemic, the trials of 2020 most likely took your plight to the next level. Fortunately for many, Susan Mueller, CEO of Relief TMS,

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