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NEWS
‘Shop Your Cause’ pairs fashion with fundraising
STRENGTH IN WORDS ‘Reading Power’ nonprofit bolsters students’ confidence BY LIBBY ELLIOTT THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND
It has been more than a decade since Lake Forest resident Melinda Mooney first walked into Justin Hartley’s first grade class at South Elementary School in North Chicago and became his reading tutor. Mooney, a former book publishing executive, was one of a growing network of volunteer reading specialists dispatched to South Elementary School by Lake Forest-based Reading Power. The nonprofit was founded in 2003, with a mission to provide literacy intervention and one-to-one tutoring to prekindergarten through-second grade students in underserved North Chicago and Zion elementary schools. Hartley, six years old in 2007, was the youngest of three boys born to Jamaican parents who had immigrated to the United States in the early 1990s. He needed specialized reading support that neither his school nor his parents could provide. “I was really little, so it’s hard to recall the exact details,” says Hartley, now a senior at North Shore Country Day School (NSCDS) in Winnetka. “We worked together in a bright room filled with books and posters. I remember it as a special time and space, where I felt free to ask questions.” Mooney has her own memory of that day. “I was struck by his kindness, his genuine curiosity and his willingness to work hard,”
BY MARK LAWTON THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND
Lake Foresters will be able to combine two of their favorite activities — shopping and supporting area nonprofits — for four days next month. The Lake Forest Shop, 265 E. Market Square, holds its 17th annual Shop Your Cause, beginning October 10. Shoppers will get 10 percent off their purchases, with another 10 percent going to the area nonprofit or nonprofits of their choice. This year the nonprofits are Lake Forest Symphony, Ragdale, Lake Forest Preservation Foundation, Lake Forest Open Lands, Lake County Community Foundation, Elawa Farm Foundation, Stirling Hall, Mother’s Trust Foundation, Citadel Theater, Gorton Community Center and Boys & Girls Club of Lake County. “It’s important to support one another because that makes a community stronger and better,” says Ellen Stirling, owner of the Lake Forest Shop. Stirling is stocking up on extra inventory for Shop Your Cause, which runs through October 13. Clothing by designers Sarah Alexander, Kinross Cashmere, Majestic and Lourdes Chavez will be available. Representatives of the nonprofits will be
North Shore Country Day School senior Justin Hartley is a Reading Power alumnus. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER
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