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Hinsdale Cooks! Kitchen Walk Luncheon
Hinsdale Historical Society Women’s Board By Mike Ellis Dozens of ladies from Hinsdale and surrounding communities participated in the Hinsdale Cooks! Kitchen Walk luncheon on May 7. Ladies volunteered their homes as ambassador hostesses for the luncheon, which was spread across numerous households in response to ongoing Coronavirus restrictions. Homeowners that hosted up to ten…
Read MoreIt’s a Wrap
Hinsdale Junior Woman’s Club By Mike Ellis Several dozen Hinsdale Junior Woman’s Club (HJWC) members celebrated the conclusion of a record breaking fundraising year at the club’s annual “It’s a Wrap” party at the new Compass Arena in Willowbrook on May 20. The HJWC benefit committee announced that it raised more than $305,000 through its…
Read MoreSudhir Ravi – Oxygen for Life
Delivers Life Saving Oxygen Fighting Covid-19 and its Variants Raging Over His Homeland India By Scott Jonlich Hinsdale resident Sudhir Ravi is racing against time to deliver life-saving oxygen to pandemic victims on a very large scale to various cities across India, as dangerous Covid-19 and its variants ravage the population. The Major Problems When…
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Tom Van Winkle Leads Hinsdale Humane Society By Larry Atseff From working in corporate America to leading a nonprofit organization, Tom Van Winkle, CEO/Executive Director of Hinsdale Humane Society (HHS), has followed his passion into animal welfare, and he’s not stopping until the “harder to adopt” animals have all been helped. His parents, a colleague,…
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Waverley Family Has an Impact By Larry Atseff Meet Braden Waverley: A Hinsdale dad who is all about volunteering to make Hinsdale a better place to raise a family. It’s a past time that is not lost on any member of his family and it’s one that helps his family bond to each other and…
Read MoreHinsdale Kitchen Walk Outdoor Edition 2021
Hinsdale Historical Society Woman’s Board takes kitchen walk outdoors in 2021 By Mike Ellis The Coronavirus pandemic has challenged local nonprofit organizations to exercise their ingenuity in modifying traditional events or developing new ones to comply with social distancing recommendations. After being unable to host its popular Hinsdale Cooks! Kitchen Walk event in May 2020…
Read MoreHJWC Platinum Unplugged
Hinsdale Juniors Woman’s Club By Hinsdale Magazine Staff Roughly 200 west suburbanites attended “Platinum Unplugged,” the Hinsdale Junior Woman’s Club’s (HJWC) annual benefit, across four time-slots at Burdi Clothing in downtown Hinsdale on April 24. In order to comply with Coronavirus mitigations, the club limited attendance to 50 guests at a time inside the spacious…
Read MoreHonor Your Dad Each Day
By Jim Fannin James Edward Fannin was born in poverty in the Appalachian Mountains of southeastern Kentucky. He ran four miles round-trip to school. Money was scarce. Even though his clothes were hand-me-downs, they were always pressed and clean. At 5’9” tall he was a giant among his peers by always exuding confidence and optimism.…
Read MoreLight Up the Night
Clarendon Hills Infant Welfare By Mike Ellis The Clarendon Hills chapter of the Infant Welfare Society of Chicago auxiliary (CHIW) presented its annual benefit, “Light Up the Night,” at homes throughout the village on Jan. 23. The chapter sold approximately 160 tickets, which provided purchasers with access to a streaming video produced by CHIW members…
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Women’s board preparing kitchen walk luncheon By Mike Ellis Like many non-profit organizations, the Coronavirus pandemic has forced the Hinsdale Historical Society (HHS) Women’s Board to make significant adjustments to its events. The women’s board canceled the popular Hinsdale Cooks! Kitchen Walk in May 2020 due to the pandemic, and was unable to conduct the…
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