A Creatively Caring Family has been bold enough to accept the: *Bernie’s Book Bank 5000 Book Challenge!* They will be collecting books through-out June and July, their goal – 5000 books. Mrs.Judy N, along with her family have committed themselves to collecting 5000 books this summer, that will be donated to Bernie’s Book Bank. She [...]
We have a wonderful community service opportunity for the summer. Norwood Crossing – A Senior Assisted Living Facility has partnered with Creatively Caring to host an Art Pen Pal program. The program will entail children and seniors completing art projects together during 3 on site visits and also independently during the weeks they will not [...]
Friday June 14th- Cook Park in Libertyville 118 Cook Ave, Libertyville, IL Creatively Caring will be helping the Libertyville Jr. Woman’s Club by hosting a craft table at the kids tent for this wonderful event. This is a day of fun, family and food! Admission to the KIDS GAME TENT is free with a donation [...]
It is that time of the year friends, spring cleaning. We have all made it through the winter and have begun opening the windows…cleaning out the cars (and mini vans)….and getting the bikes ready for a summer of fun, family and fitness. And Creatively Caring is here to help! Join us this Friday, May 24th, [...]
This post is dedicated to the Starbucks Volunteers for showing their support at Creatively Caring’s recent community service event, Martin Luther King Jr. “Day On”, held on Monday Jan.21st 2013 and hosted at The Book Market in the Glen, 2651 Navy Blvd. Glenview IL 60026. Families came together for a day of service, and with [...]
Do Unto Others, and Yourself By Jamie Drake “We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give.” -Winston Churchill- I recently ran a gently used baby clothes drive at my daughter’s nursery school. The clothes went to local families in need. I carted boxes and bags full of [...]
All week long, Creatively Caring and the Northbrook library’s Youth Services Dept will be hosting a special craft table where kids can make an art project that will then be incorporated into one of three final framed pieces during our Saturday event. All three finished pieces will be donated to the Northbrook fire departments. Kids [...]
We have partnered with Glenkirk to help provide holiday gifts for over 600 individuals with developmental disabilities this upcoming December. Many of these individuals do not have families of their own and only receive gifts from generous donors like you. Please chip in any amount to help provide gifts for these residents. $5, $10, $20, [...]
Creatively Caring hosted another successful community service project at Kohl Children’s Museum. The kids made butterfly themed crafts. Each crafter made one to take home and one to donate to residents at Arden Courts, an assisted living facility in Northbrook. We had a lot of fun with the many families who came. Everyone worked well together, and we [...]
