Blog
The More You Know: Taking Control of Your Health
Written By: Scott Weissman, MS, CGC, Certified Genetic Counselor October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and a reminder to take a few minutes to better understand if your risk of developing breast cancer is higher than average. Knowing this information will allow your healthcare professionals to determine whether you: Need early and increased breast cancer […] Learn More ›
Imagine… Day Camp in the Fall
At the end of the summer, we all dream about what it would be like if camp never had to end. Except for school, we really could keep camp going all fall. Many of our favorite camp activities could still run in the cooler weather, like sports, art, dance, drama, yoga, science and music. Others […] Learn More ›
Sukkot Fest 2017: A Day to Celebrate with the Community
We loved celebrating Sukkot this past Monday at Bernard Horwich JCC in West Rogers Park. It was thrilling to welcome more than 650 people to our family event—familiar faces, kids, parents, grandparents and family visiting from out of town. These are the kinds of days that fill us with pride for the vibrancy, love and […] Learn More ›
How Campers Become Leaders
n: Leadership | the actions of leading a group of people or an organization, or the ability to do this. Developing leaderships skills starts early and can happen when we least expect it. The relaxed, fun-filled days of summer camp in Chicago become environments ripe for new friendship to be made and relationship skills to […] Learn More ›
The Caterpillars’ Journey
The fall is a beautiful time at ‘Z’ Frank Apachi. Our fall flowers are blooming, the grass has returned to all the fields and the leaves are beginning to change colors adding a spectrum of orange, yellow red and purple to the canopies of leaves protecting the lunch tables, and unit areas. Our beautiful butterfly […] Learn More ›
Embracing our Differences in a Diverse World
My daughter and I were recently waiting in the lobby at a doctor’s office when a nurse opened the door to the waiting area to call the next patient. My daughter glanced at the nurse then at me. Uncertain how to react, yet curious whether my daughter noticed (what I noticed), I asked her, “What […] Learn More ›