D181 students use foundation grants to help their community

By Anna Hughes Inside Ms. Ashley Kaumeyer’s class at Monroe School, 5th graders are learning about more than just reading and writing. Through the KIDS (Kids Initiating a Difference in Society) Grant program, she’s teaching them about kindness, hard work, attention to detail, and the impact that just one person can have on their community.…

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Chicago Storm Special Hockey is truly special

By Larry Atseff | Photos Laura Meyer When you visit the Chicago Storm Special Hockey website, the first headline that greets you asks the question: “Want to be part of something AWESOME?” According to Michelle Willard, who co-chairs the group with her husband Wayne, the organization exists so that over 100 children and adults with…

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Fine Art: Hinsdale’s popular art show returns to Burlington Park

By Anna Hughes This year marks the 51st annual Hinsdale Fine Arts Festival, one of the village’s most anticipated summer events. Over 85 artists will showcase their creations in booths throughout Burlington Park, allowing residents and visitors to experience a wide range of unique, classy, and fun fine art spanning a variety of mediums and…

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Wine Women & Shoes raises $370,000 for Bridge Communities

By Anna Hughes | Photos by Karen Woolley It only takes one: One crisis, one painful diagnosis, one layoff. It only takes one life-altering event to watch bills collect on the table, witness your savings drain, and end up without a place to call home. This can happen to anybody at any time. Bridge Communities…

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Hinsdale Kitchen Walk Luncheon

Photos by Laura Meyer Dozens of ladies from Hinsdale and surrounding communities gathered at Hinsdale Golf Club for the Hinsdale Kitchen Walk luncheon on March 7. The annual event hosted by the Hinsdale Historical Society Women’s Board featured a panel discussion including Mark D. Sikes of Mark D. Sikes Interiors, Paloma Contreras of Paloma Contreras…

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Hinsdale Infant Welfare Society

More than 400 guests packed the Drake Oak Brook Hotel in early March for the Hinsdale Infant Welfare Society’s Tablescapes Ooh La La event for an afternoon of shopping, bidding and dining. All proceeds benefit the Angel Harvey Family Health Center located in Logan Square in downtown Chicago. The center provides high-quality medical dental, vision…

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