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The Misericordia Women's League will take its annual fundraiser off the March Madness court for a coun- try-music inspired fete with a goal to raise nearly a half a million dollars to help children and adults with intellec- tual and developmental disabilities. For Hinsdale resident and Misericordia Women's League President Nancy Jacob, the storied Chicago-based Misericordia/Heart of Mercy home has been hugely import- ant to her family. Nancy's young adult daughter, Maggie,...
Yum! Gummy bears, brownies and cookies are children's favorite treats, but when they are infused with marijuana, wrapped in appealing packaging and increasingly accessible, we are setting up a particularly dangerous situation. Did you know that in states where recreational marijuana has been legalized, the number of young kids coming to the hospital with acute cannabis-related symptoms is on the rise? In Massachusetts, calls to poison control related to kids and marijuana...
After spending their first few months away at school, a group of students will return home to Hinsdale over winter break to celebrate their cumulative efforts volunteering and raising money for a vital nonprofit. Members of this year's Hinsdale Hospital Foundation Assembly will mark the completion of a two-year, $200,000 fundraising commitment to AMITA Health Adventist St. Thomas Hospice Care to support its bereavement camps for children who have lost loved ones. "The...
We’re all at risk of being “overcooked” by holiday stress. Whether you’re a host or a guest, going out or staying in, spending time with others or alone, a variety of factors can impact our moods and stress levels. What will I serve for dinner? What if I don’t get the right gift? What if I invite too many people and their flights are delayed by snow and I’m trapped in the kitchen with Aunt Judy and her many, many political opinions? When stress levels are high, our health worsens physically and psychologically. That’s why...
November is National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month and National Family Caregivers Month. The Alzheimer’s Association is recognizing and honoring the more than 15 million people across the U.S. who are currently caring for a person living with Alzheimer’s, including the 588,000 Alzheimer’s caregivers here in Illinois. According to a recent Alzheimer’s Association survey, people overwhelmingly agree (91 percent) that caring for someone with Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia should be a group effort among famil...
With a chill in the air, it's time for sweaters, apples and making something hearty on the stove. Fall is the perfect time to try to master baking or develop a signature cocktail. The Hinsdale Public Library has a great collection of cookbooks and resources for finding a new fall favorite. Here are some highlights so you can get cooking. "Great British Baking Show" Great family viewing, this series winnows British home bakers week by week through a series of challenges. Unlike...
One newly formed organization is harnessing the power of 100 women philanthropists in one room, for one hour, to create a fierce fundraising powerhouse in our community. In 2017, Western Springs resident Caitlin McNeily founded 100 Women Who Give a Damn after her husband Mike founded the organization's male counterpart in Chicago. The committee, at the time comprising of 15 local women, came together to raise nearly $13,000 for Share our Spare, a local nonprofit that provides...
When does it start? When do women reach the point at which they begin to neglect their own physical and mental health to care for others? Frankly, most women eventually do this. Other people's needs tend to take priority over our own well-being - first for work, then for a spouse and kids, maybe even parents and grandparents. It's instinctual. And it's not easy to balance everything. Self-care is often the first thing erased from a busy schedule. Considering how easy it can...
Growing up I wish my mother had taken the onus of having certain conversations with me rather than leaning on my older siblings to navigate those "talks." As a parent who happens to be rather versed in sex education, I feel confident and comfortable with the conversations I now have with my own two children. In this lies the difference between my mother and me. I believe she really did want to have those conversations with me, she just didn't feel confident or comfortable...
It can be defined as an exultation of spirit or quite plainly the joy of everything, but one agency is seeking to turn “joie de vivre” into an everyday philosophy for those living with cancer. “We all have a need and right for joy in our lives and cancer can’t stop the joy,” said Elaine, a grandmother living with cancer who sought out Hinsdale’s Wellness House to provide support and resources following her lymphoma cancer diagnosis. Elaine began attending lymphoma support gro...
Even though we start planning for our summer events and reading club in January, it still feels like summer passes in the blink of an eye. We could lament the shorter days and cooler weather, but we have so much planned for fall that we can't complain. First, we want to thank our nearly 2,000 summer readers. Whether you said "Hi" to us at the farmers market, came in weekly to spin the prize wheel or checked out a few extra beach reads, we appreciate you incorporating the...
Bette Davis had it wrong. Remember her famous line? "Old age ain't any place for sissies." Seriously? What part of life is for sissies? Toddlers are on a straight uphill battle learning how to walk, talk and get the Cheerios into their mouths, instead of up their nose. Adolescents - yikes! That's a time filled with changes, inside and out, and the feeling that every thought, blemish and worry is about to go viral across social media, meme'd and "liked" a thousand times....
