Celebrity Chefs and Common Threads Challenge America to Cook for Life
Common Threads wants us to get cooking this month. January has been named Cooking for Life month with a goal of raising awareness and support for not only nutrition and healthy eating but also the...
View ArticleHave Fun While Giving Back at Winterfest in Lake Geneva
Winterfest, home to the U.S. National Snow Sculpting Competion, brings teams from across the country to compete in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Each team of three sculptors has three days to create works of...
View ArticleWhy You Should Give Blood This Winter
Hectic holiday schedules in November and December contributed to about 1,700 fewer blood drives held, and 50,000 fewer donations collected, than the two previous months. To prevent a winter blood...
View ArticleGlenview’s Patron Saint: Sister Paulanne of OLPH
If every child had a Sister Paulanne in his or her life, we would have a vastly better world. Every child would have someone to provide help and stability to his or her family when it’s most needed....
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Valentine’s Day Gifts That Give Back
Chocolate and flowers are good, but a Valentine’s Day gift that gives back is great. These five companies have products your Valentine will love and you can feel good about giving. 1. Shop For Good Our...
View ArticleCharting a Course for Family Giving
Affluent families have long supported the notion of giving back to society as a way of expressing appreciation for their good fortune. Nurturing a tradition of family giving — of both assets and time —...
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Considering Online Crowdfunding? Read This First
Over the past few years, fundraising websites have leapt en masse to the forefront of the donating world. Although early iterations such as Indiegogo and Kickstarter, originally created to support...
View ArticleZika Virus: What You Need to Know and How You Can Help
Zika has been all over the news lately and has raised some serious concern, especially for women in their childbearing years. Authorities in some South American countries like El Salvador, Colombia and...
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Better Makers: UNICEF Kid Power Gets Chicago Kids Active to Save Lives
On Thursday March 3rd, 230 students from Budlong Elementary, on Chicago’s Northwest side, got active wearing their UNICEF Kid Power bands. The day full of fun kicked off Chicago’s Kid Power Month (Feb...
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Better Makers: Chicago Blackhawk Niklas Hjalmarsson Helps Camp Kesem Raise...
On Saturday March 5th, Camp Kesem held their second annual Magic Ball to raise funds for the amazing work they do for “children touched by a parent’s cancer”. With the help of Chicago Blackhawk Niklas...
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UNICEF Hope Gala: First-Time Co-Chair on What Makes This Year’s Event So Unique
Kim K. W. Rucker As a child, Kim K. W. Rucker trick-or-treated for UNICEF. But she never fully realized the reach and importance of the worldwide organization until last October, when she attended...
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Better Makers: Northwestern Students Raise Over $1.2 Million at NUDM
Early this month over 1,000 Northwestern students gathered for the 42nd annual Northwestern University Dance Marathon. Students danced from 7pm Friday March 4th to 1am March 6th raising over $1.2...
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Food for Your Stomach and Your Soul: 10 Food-Centric Philanthropies
At Make It Better, there are few things we’re as passionate about as philanthropy, but food is definitely up there. That’s why we love these 10 organizations using the power of food to make a...
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With New Leadership Comes Innovative Plan for Chicago’s Anixter Center
Juan Vaglienty remembers very clearly the first time his toddler daughter, Amelia, spotted and grabbed an object. Amelia, now five, was two at the time. Vaglienty had placed a toy, a musical, blinking...
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Concern Worldwide Provides Hope and Opportunity to the World’s Most Vulnerable
Concern Worldwide, a charity based in Dublin, Ireland, has dramatically improved the lives of some of the poorest and most vulnerable people on earth. Witnessing and participating in this impactful...
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Why Global Immunization Efforts Matter Around the World and at Home
Every 20 seconds around the world, a child dies from a vaccine-preventable disease. One in 5 children globally does not have access to the vaccines they need to survive. World Immunization Week is...
View ArticleEarthquake in Ecuador: How You Can Help
THE BASICS On Saturday, April 16, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit the coast of Ecuador. The event is said to be the largest disaster that Ecuador has seen in decades, according to BBC, with more than...
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Last Chance! Win a Free Wedding Dress
Know a bride who could use a wedding dress? We thought so. It’s no secret wedding planning (usually) takes months of serious shopping and spending, from venues to décor to that very special dress....
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5 Things to Know About Child Abuse and Childhood Domestic Violence
When you hear the term “child abuse,” you may instinctively imagine adults physically hitting their children or maybe even verbally abusing them. It’s a serious issue that comes in many forms and...
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Chicago’s Professional Sports Teams Make It Better
Chicago’s top sports teams are making an impact in local communities through their charitable arms. We asked each team to tell us more about these nonprofits, their achievements and how players and...
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