100 Extraordinary Women Campaign Celebration tonight

Our 100 Extraordinary Women campaign surpassed its goal and landed 156 gifts of $1,000 each to kick off our "For Every Child" campaign that will fund the new Children's Library. Special thanks to Brandi who managed the bulk of the work tracking donations, designing campaign materials, and talking with donors. There's still time to participate. Even though the celebration is tonight, we'll keep taking donations for months to come. So if anyone asks, please encourage them to participate!

And if anyone calls the library asking about event details, we're at the Todd Weir Center at Carthage College. Doors open at 5pm. Only people who have RSVPd should plan to attend.

This week's Bright Spots come from Hilary P:

Megan was walking out of the YFS office when a small boy called to his mom for help with a word search puzzle. His mom had her hands full so Megan stopped and asked him what he needed help with, then proceeded to spend 10 full minutes helping him sound out the search words and find them in his puzzle. She was so encouraging to help him with his reading and the mom got a breather to finish what she was doing.


Amy Rae has been very generous with her time recently. She is constantly offering to change around her schedule whenever something comes up for a coworker.