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Raising money to support an organization is one thing. Seeing the looks of joy and appreciation on the faces of people the nonprofit helps is something altogether different. "For me the most meaningful experience has been this event that we do - it's called 'See Santa,' " said Kelsey Condon, president of the Infant Welfare Society Junior Board. The event is held at the Angel Harvey Center in Chicago. Junior board members accompany adult members of the Hinsdale Chapter of the...
Food insecurity may not be a direct concern for most Hinsdale residents. For HCS Family Services junior board members Abby Clark, Piper Frankiewicz and Camryn Saltzman, addressing the need helps nourish the broader society. "It benefits the community as a whole and makes the community stronger," said Clark, a senior at Hinsdale Central who joined the junior board as a sophomore. "It's just great to see yourself have such a big effect on the community and the people you...
Finding the right volunteer opportunity can be a challenge - especially for a seventh-grader. Juniorettes - the junior board of the Hinsdale Junior Woman's Club - has helped Hinsdale's Laura Armstrong do just that. "I've learned that I can help in different ways and Juniorettes has opened my eyes to different things I can do to be able to help," said Armstrong, whose in seventh grade at Hinsdale Middle School. She has enjoyed dressing up to entertain pediatric cancer patients...
History is not just the domain of those with extensive histories of their own. Young people are making their mark in helping preserve local heritage through the Hinsdale Historical Society Junior Board. Sarah Jane Nicholson, a junior at Hinsdale Central, helped launch the junior board last year, motivated by her interest in exploring the past and working to safeguard its treasures for posterity. The pandemic hit as she was trying to shape the board's mission and recruit peers...
The Community House is a place Hinsdale's Camryn Saltzman has grown up with - from preschool camps to Jodie Harrison basketball to Fortnightly. "In middle school I participated in the volunteer camp here," said Saltzman, a senior at Hinsdale Central. "I became a camp counselor for that after a few years of being a camper." Through that experience she got to know Marcie McGonagle, the former volunteer coordinator at The Community House, who talked to her about joining the...
Hinsdale Hospital Foundation Junior Board members learn important skills during their tenure - like leadership, service and communication. Over the past year, the board's executive committee has developed another area of expertise: adaptability. "This year was definitely an adjustment, and we call it a lost year, a building year to restructure the way a lot of things are done on the board," said senior Alegra Waverley of Hinsdale, who serves as the communications and...
A good idea is a good idea. So we don’t mind that the “Battle of the Boards” food drive — launching this week to benefit HCS Family Services — originally was suggested by one of our Reader Advisory Board members, Rich Ciccarone. Nor do we mind that the initial concept was improved upon with input first from HCS Executive Director Amy Wickstrom and then from the adults who work with the participating junior boards in town. This collaboration has resulted in an exciting initiative — a seven-week food drive that officially...
The community's rising generation has, in recent years, been stepping up into leadership roles with local nonprofit organizations through service on junior boards. Seven junior boards in Hinsdale are currently working in partnership with The Hinsdalean on a seven-week food drive to benefit HCS Family Services (see the ad on Page 15.) The Hinsdalean will profile each over the next couple of months, leading off with the Hinsdale Humane Society Junior Board. In early 2020 the...