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After a 2010 earthquake devastated much of Haiti, Sara Wasserman began volunteering on the ground there through J/P Haiti Relief Organization (now CORE), a nonprofit co-founded by the actor Sean Penn. Wasserman—daughter of acclaimed bass player Rob Wasserman, who passed away in 2016, and a musician, songwriter, and producer in her own right—was touched by

Caroline Smith has read The Great Gatsby five times and seen the 2013 movie version of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel at least 10 times. “It’s my favorite book,” says Smith, a 2020 Barrington High School graduate and Indiana University senior-to-be who helped the Hoosiers capture the Big Ten Conference Women’s Golf Championship in the spring

Chef Lee Kuebler cradles a tiny young goat in his arms—the two of them looking like figures in a Dutch realist painting. The little kid blinks and bleats, nuzzling for release to the cool pavement below. “He’s ready to explore,” laughs Kuebler, the executive chef at Elawa Farms who is shaping its first café. Hands

Like most good things in life, Marcy Kerr’s origin story with Lake Forest Preservation Foundation (LFPF) began with her taking a chance. “Out of the blue, Gail Hodges contacted me,” Kerr remembers, having only been settled in Lake Forest with her young family for a few years. “Gail was instrumental in establishing the historic preservation