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HIGH SCHOOLERS MAKE HONOR ROLL Several Hinsdale students earned place on the honor roll at Nazareth Academy for the second semester of the 2019-20 school year. The “A” Honor Roll indicates a grade point average of 3.8-4.0 or above on a 4 point scale. The “B” Honor Roll indicates a grade point average of 3.33-3.79 on a 4 point scale. A honor roll — Diana Anos, Sarah Battaglia, Sophia Cacciatore, Isabelle Cameron, Gracie Carstensen, Dylan Colbert, Emma Francis, Adam Fuechtman, Kathleen Gerth, Harrison Gianares,...
Monica Rincon, 49, of Hinsdale died July 6, 2020. She is survived by her husband, Christopher P. Dooley; her children, Nicolas and Santiago Dooley; her parents, Edgard Daniel Rincon and Aurora Rincon Baquero; her mother- and father-in-law, James and Constance Dooley; and her siblings, nieces and nephews. A funeral Mass at St. Isaac Jogues Church and interment are private. A memorial visitation will be announced at a later date. Please show your support for the family by...
For more than two decades, people have gathered one spring morning each year to stroll together through the streets of Hinsdale in support of Wellness House. Known as the Walk for Wellness House, the event raises money for the organization's cancer support programs and awareness of the services provided for people with cancer and their loved ones. "It's something that the community has grown to expect and look forward to being part of," said Executive Director Lisa Kolavennu....
Mental Health Month has been observed the fifth month of every year since 1949. But the month of May has never looked quite like it does in 2020. "A lot has changed, obviously, in the last couple of months," said Greg DiDomenico, president and chief executive officer of Community Memorial Foundation in Hinsdale. "The coronavirus has affected all of us in different ways. That's why self-care, particularly mental health, is so important." Among those who are feeling the emotiona...
AGENCIES receive COVID-19 GRANTS The Community House and Wellness House are two of 21 nonprofit agencies that received a total of $300,000 from the DuPage Foundation in its first round of COVID-19 Response Fund Grants. The Community House received a $6,000 grant and Wellness House received an $8,000 grant for technology to support virtual health and education. Sixty-nine agencies filed applications for funding totaling more than $1.3 million. ROTARY DONATES FACE SHIELDS The Rotary Club of Hinsdale has donated 225 face...
SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker said Monday that the spread of the novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19, is showing signs of slowing down and that the social distancing measures put in place have saved thousands of lives. “Our curve is bending the right way,” Pritzker said during his daily COVID-19 briefing in Chicago. His comments came as the Illinois Department of Public Health reported 1,151 new cases of the disease and 59 virus-related deaths over the previous 24 hours. That brings the statewide total to 31,508 confi...
In the midst of social distancing, one quarantine-approved activity has brought so many of us out of our homes — walking. For Wellness House, the influx of pedestrians taking to the streets signified an opportunity. Rather than cancel its annual fundraising walk, which traditionally draws more than 3,000 and raises vital funds for the organization’s free-of-charge cancer programming, this year’s walk will be virtual. The Virtual Walk for Wellness House will take place Sunda...
DEPAUW SENIOR EARNS FELLOWSHIP Natalie Brunini of Hinsdale is one of five seniors at DePauw University who has received an Orr Fellowships. The fellowships place students after graduation in jobs in Indianapolis for two years. Brunini will work for DemandJump, a marketing company. She is earning a major in communication and minor in film studies. Fellows typically begin work in mid-June of their graduating year. Hannah Scifres, the public relations coordinator for the Gov. Bob Orr Indiana Entrepreneurial Fellowship, said...
Emma Rose Robinson, nee Nowskie, 80, of Downers Grove and formerly of Burr Ridge, died April 2, 2020. Emma was a registered nurse at Hinsdale Hospital for more than 20 years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gary L. Robinson. She is survived by her children, Susan (Greg) Buckley, Sandra Robinson and Cathy (Steph) Hiltz; her grandchildren, Emma (Mike) Paluchniak, Alex Buckley, Maggie (Matt) Friede and Ben Hiltz; her great-grandchildren, Maeve, Michael and Owen; and...
Thirty-six hours. That's how long Executive Director Lisa Kolavennu and the staff at Wellness House gave themselves to convert all the programs they offered in person into ones that could be delivered online. "We challenged ourselves in a pretty bold way and gave ourselves 1 1/2 days to figure out how to turn every program we offer into an online virtual experience for participants," Kolavennu said. The decision was made the afternoon of March 12, the day before Gov. JB...
What a difference a week makes. Last week, Gov. J.B. Prtizker banned events with more than 1,000 attendees, canceled Chicago’s St. Patrick’s Day parade and urged businesses to allow employees to work from home. The state had only 32 confirmed COVID-19 and no deaths. This week, the governor has closed schools, restaurants and bars. The number of cases in Illinois is approaching 300 and the state reported its first COVID-19 death. Hinsdaleans, like Americans across the cou...
Carol Hall Gosselin, nee Jessup, formerly of Hinsdale, died peacefully March 3, 2020, surrounded by family. She led a vigorous life and never forgot her roots. Carol was raised in West Lafayette, Ind. and graduated from Purdue University as a proud Kappa Alpha Theta. After graduation she was beckoned by Chicago, where she worked for Scott Forsman and met her future husband, Dick Hall. They lived in Oak Park and Western Springs and had two kids, Bob and Elizabeth. Dick received a promotion and the Hall family moved to Wayland,...
Jennifer Anne Healy, 48, of Hinsdale passed away March 4, 2020, with her family by her side after a 20-month-long battle with metastatic breast cancer. Jennifer was born in 1971 in Manhassett, N.Y., to Elizabeth and Morton Levy. She grew up in Huntington, N.Y., and received a bachelor's from Boston College and an MBA from Fordham University. Her professional career took her from the accounting department at Coach Leatherware in New York City, to the finance department at...
Pets bring comfort on journey as daugther copes with loss of dad Kathy Burns started grieving long before she lost her dad last year. The process began about five years earlier, when her father was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. The family was familiar with the disease, as Burns' mother had it as well. She made the decision to retire from her job as director of global cash for Meed Johnson so she could travel from her Burr Ridge home to southern Indiana one week every month to...
Jeffrey "Jeff" Michael Anderson, 61, of Hinsdale passed away Jan. 25, 2020. After a week of farewells from his loving family and friends, he leaves behind a legacy of love and humor, enriching the lives of all those who knew him. Jeff was born in Peterborough, Ontario, in 1958 and was raised in Toronto. He graduated from Queen's University (Commerce) in Kingston, Ontario, in 1981. After a financial career in Toronto and Pittsburgh, he then moved to Chicago and eventually...
What is the best way to start the new year off right? “My personal recommendation on how to improve your health is start small. If your goal is to lose weight, build muscle or just be healthier, start with small goals. Find a starting point — it could be just to move your body more — and go from there. “Once you have successfully built that habit, add on something else. Maybe it’s as small as to only eat dessert once a week or to take a multivitamin every day. With small goals, slowly adding as you go, it’s easier to f...
"Meditation is, in my mind, the most radical thing a human can do. It's a way to shift our state in the moment to be more relaxed and available. But even more importantly, it's a way to shift who we are in all future moments, so that our baseline way of operating in the world is calmer and clearer, more fearless, more caring." - Jeff Warren Some people think they would never be able to meditate. They have too many thoughts racing through their minds. Those folks aren't the...
Kevin M. Knaul, 47, a 15-year Hinsdale resident, passed away unexpectedly Dec. 30, 2019. Kevin always had a smile on his face and positive energy to fill a room. He most enjoyed coaching son Carter in Little League, special dates with daughter Emily, any time on a boat with a fishing pole and rounds of golf with many friends. He was a coach, mentor and friend to many, who will remember him for his kindness and generosity. Kevin is survived by his wife of 19 years, Tiffany...
In 1995 La Grange Memorial Hospital was sold and part of the proceeds were used to create Community Memorial Foundation. Who could have imagined the work the foundation would do? The foundation, which has issued more than $77 million in grants to nonprofit agencies in 27 communities, will kick off its 25th anniversary celebration tomorrow. The theme — turning Silver into Gold — reflects the foundation’s approach to working with local nonprofits. CMF works to leverage the funds it has available to provide even more finan...
The winter months can bring a variety of experiences and expectations that can leave us feeling at times elevated and at other times exhausted. While some things are entirely out of our control, such as days getting shorter and weather changing 10 degrees within an hour, there are things we can do to enhance a time of year which, for many, can be draining. Different people have various remedies for dealing with challenges the winter months can bring to their doorstep. Some of...
At the start of each new year, The Hinsdalean asks the leaders of nonprofit agencies in town to share a recap of the previous year and offer their hope for the next 12 months. This is the second installment of the series. HCS Family Services, Robert Crown Center and Wellness House were featured in a Jan. 2 article. Community Memorial Foundation Leaders at Community Memorial Foundation spent at least part of 2019 looking forward to the year ahead. The foundation, which has granted more than $77 million to partners since its...
It was about 14 years ago when Lisa Kolavennu's father was diagnosed with cancer. In walking that journey with him, she discovered Wellness House and, along with it, her vocational calling. "His experience inspired my own passion for wanting to help the oncology population," Kolavennu said. "It felt personally and professionally gratifying for me to move to Wellness House and start a career here." More than a dozen years after launching that career as a program director with...
In the first of two sets of year-in-review reports from Hinsdale’s nonprofit organizations, leaders of HCS Family Services, Robert Crown Center for Health Education and Wellness House share 2019 highlights for their agencies. The second installment will run Jan. 9. HCS Family Services Stan Cook, executive director of HCS Family Services, said attendance at the agency’s two food pantries increased 40 percent over the last six months of 2019. Clients represented about 1,000 families from 24 local communities. “We’re working...
’Twas the night after Christmas, when all through the town The streets were all quiet, the stores all shut down. The stockings were flung on the floor without care The spot where presents were piled now was bare. The merchants were nestled all snug in their beds, while visions of full cash registers danced in their heads. For shoppers in Hinsdale had bought presents galore, Not at the mall or online — but in local stores. The residents, likewise, were content and fulfilled. Gifts they had purchased left recipients thr...
August 2020 will mark the 30th anniversary of Jeannie Cella's first day at Wellness House. But she won't be there to celebrate it. Cella announced in January that she would retire at the end of this year. She said she wants to leave while she still is passionate about the work she has been doing since she joined the staff as a student intern in 1990. "I love Monday mornings. That is so true," she said. "I think that is one of the things I'm worried about. I have to find a...
