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Center on Halsted (COH) is the Midwest’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community center. Our mission is to advance community and secure the health and well-being of the LGBTQ people of Chicagoland. Originally known as Gay Horizons, COH was established in 1973 as a volunteer-run telephone helpline and meeting space for gay […]
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Center on Halsted
November 9, 2020
The Jennie Goas Silverman Foundation was created very shortly after Jennie passed away from triple negative breast cancer back in 2017. The nonprofit stemmed from conversations at her funeral regarding the outpouring of emotions for Jennie’s former students. What started as a scholarship fund, very quickly ballooned into a full bloom 501(3)c with an additional […]
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Jennie Goas Silverman Foundation
October 19, 2020
For the month of March, we have partnered with Sit Stay Read! An organization who works to advance children’s literacy skills using an engaging curriculum, dedicated volunteers, and certified dogs. This program originally started as a way to keep founder Mary Ellen Shneider’s older dog, Shandy, active. After Shandy had to retire from her volunteer […]
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Sit Stay Read: Reading with Dogs
March 5, 2020
Doug’s Story Written by our June Chicago Charity, Aspire. Meet Doug Northey, “one of the most important people in the kitchen”. Doug is an adult with a developmental disability who has been utilizing the services of Chicago-based nonprofit Aspire to increase his independence. Thanks to his work with Aspire, Doug recently moved out of his […]
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Breaking Barriers for People with Disabilities
June 5, 2018
Our November charity trains qualified, rescued pit bulls to become service dogs, therapy dogs, emotional support dogs, skilled companion dogs, and working dogs for veterans and first responders in need.
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Saving not one, but two lives
November 7, 2016
Located in Stockton, IL, is Brightflower Farm—one of our wholesale growers. With only a handful of employees, owners Jeanie McKewan and Michael Staver grow about 200,000 stems of flowers and succulents, supplying to grocery stores, designers, and markets throughout Chicago, Madison, and Milwaukee.
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Farm Profile: Brightflower Farm
October 3, 2016
The Roof Crop was founded in 2013 by Molly Meyer and Tracy Boychuk during a residential project. The two recognized in each other a love of “greening” the urban environment and joined forces to create a partnership between their companies, Omni Ecosystems and Runner Collective.
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Farm Profile: The Roof Crop
September 14, 2016
Mayneland Farm is a 15-acre farm in Naperville, IL. In operation since 1976, owner Jeremy Mayne has been running the farm since 1980. Spring through Fall, Mayneland’s farm stand is open daily, keeping the community stocked on fresh vegetables, fruit, eggs, honey, and berries. And of course, flowers!
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Farm Profile: Mayneland Farms
September 9, 2016
While the DIY movement grows by the day, we as a society are also starting to realize that some things are better left to the professionals. Just looking at a relevant Pinterest board reveals a ton of floral ideas that look much easier to throw together than they really are.
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How To use Dinner Table Flowers to Impress the Best
October 6, 2014
When creating color schemes in floral arrangements, your home, and your dress, how do you create a presentation that is favorable to the eye?
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How to Actually Use that Old Color Wheel You Have
September 8, 2014
White, as the emblem of purity, is one of the most under utilized colors in everyday floral arrangements. White flowers are all too often only seen in solemn places of worship thus the everyday beauty of white flowers don’t receive the attention they deserve.
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How To Stun With All-White Flowers
September 2, 2014
Our primary supplier of flowers, Kennicott Brothers Company, has not only shaped the history of Chicago, but the entire country as a whole. In 1836, John A. Kennicott, a renowned physician, founded The Grove Nursery on a small forty-five acre lot in modern-day Glenview, Illinois. This served as the first commercial plant nursery in the burgeoning metropolis […]
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The Remarkable History of Kennicott Brothers Company
August 28, 2014
Flower arranging is easy, right? There is an art to it that many people don’t realize. It seems like it would be simple: get some beautiful flowers, put them in a vase and Ta-Da! However, if you have ever tried to assemble your own bouquet or flower arrangement, you probably learned that it is not […]
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10 Pro tips for Flower Arranging
July 21, 2014