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Not long after a group of civic-minded women in the Kenwood neighborhood of Chicago established the Kenwood Social Service Club to support the work of the Infant Welfare Society in 1913, women in other parts of the city and suburbs expressed interest in forming their own groups. Glencoe, Wilmette, Winnetka, Hubbard Woods, and Hinsdale joined

It was while working as a prosecutor in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office that Darby Hills developed a passion for children who face abuse and neglect. She also volunteered for a number of charities in Chicago where she learned up close how children are affected when their essential needs are not being met. Hills

DESPITE SPENDING 11 of his first 17 years in three different orphanages, the late Charles H. Walsh (also known as Chuck) described his childhood as a happy one. The Lake Forest resident went on to great success as a businessman, eventually joining Jerry Reinsdorf as a partner in the Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox

Chris Nowinski isn’t a person who scares easily. He was a standout football player at John Hersey High School in Arlington Heights and took his gridiron skills to college, where he played defensive tackle for Harvard and won All-Ivy honors. As Chris Harvard in the WWE, he didn’t bat an eye before jumping into the

IT’S 9 P.M. on a weekday, say a Thursday, and North Shore native Chip Green (a fictitious name) wants to work on his golf game ahead of an annual outing to South Carolina with his buddies Max “Mini” Driver and Sandy Von Trapp. Were he a member of Champion Ways, a unique indoor training facility

A holistic approach to health is all that Christie Jordan has ever known. “I was born in Seoul, Korea, and my mother raised us very naturally,” Jordan says. “She followed old-school Korean culture by treating anything that was troubling us with a natural approach. Even our food sources were very important to her.” But it