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Organizing Families
Keeping an organized home can help alleviate some struggles families face daily. You may not realize it, but you probably spend 55 minutes A DAY looking for lost items, according to Newsweek. So keeping an organized home can actually SAVE you time! As a professional organizer, I’ve worked with many families to help streamline and […] Learn More ›
How Tasting My Way through Israel Inspired My Entrepreneurial Venture
I vividly remember the moment I received the email invitation to join the JCC Seed 613 2017 Bootcamp cohort. I was excitedly sitting in the backseat of a taxi headed to JFK airport for what was soon to be the very trip that inspired Sari (my twin sister) and me to accept the offer and […] Learn More ›
Fun at Home with the Family
Awesome Ideas from Autism Home Support We’re loving these adorable and affordable ideas for at-home fun, games and sensory activities from Autism Home Support. Try Textures Spread some shaving cream on the table and use your fingers to make shapes, draw letters, write words, etc. You can also add food coloring for some more fun […] Learn More ›
It Started With an Idea
All-In Swim, JCC Chicago’s learn-to-swim and water safety program for children with autism spectrum disorder, was ideated by one aquatics specialist who recognized the typical swim lessons could be modified to meet the needs of individuals with disabilities. And from there, All-In Swim launched in 2015. Today, the program teaches 50 children with ASD and […] Learn More ›
BreakAway: An Extraordinary Week
Life is meant for good friends and great adventures. And, sometimes, you have to break out of the ordinary to find both. Enter BreakAway, JCC Chicago’s Spring Break – Away program for Chicago area teens. Two weeks ago, 70 teens from throughout Chicagoland traveled to JCC Camp Chi and the Perlstein Retreat Center for an entirely […] Learn More ›
The Deeper Meaning of Passover
I must admit, as a child, Passover was my least favorite Jewish holiday. As a carb-lover, bagels, noodles, sticky white rice and cereal, were a large part of my diet. Abstaining from those foods was a serious challenge. I was the youngest at our Seder so the mere thought of chanting the four questions in […] Learn More ›