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20 | March 2, 2017 | The lake forest leader life & arts
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LFHS cheerleaders make Valentine’s Day cards for veterans
Alyssa Groh, Editor
This year Lake Forest
High School varsity
cheerleaders spent their
time finding ways to give
back to the community
and engage in more team
bonding activities. As part
of this goal they set in the
beginning of the year they
decided to make Valentine’s
Day Cards for veterans
of all ages who are
hospitalized at James A.
Lovell Federal Healthcare
Center in North Chicago.
Valentines for Veterans
is a program coordinated
through Midwest Veteran’s
Closet in North Chicago.
This organization
provides services, clothing,
household goods and
toiletries to veterans, many
of whom are homeless and
are trying to get back on
their feet. All services are
provided at no cost.
“We are not competitive
this year and we decided
because we weren’t going
to be competitive this
year we wanted to focus
on team bonding activities,”
said Kathryn Loberg
the cheerleading coach.
“We began looking around
the community for ways
to help out. We wanted to
do something every month
and February is Valentine’s
Day so we were thinking
of doing something for
someone for Valentine’s
Day and we thought ‘well
who better than the veterans?’”
The cheerleaders gave
up their practice time on
Feb. 6 to hand draw special
cards to the veterans
and wrote messages to
them.
“Originally we thought
let’s make one or two each
but as we started making
them and got in the spirit
and good feelings started
happening and everyone
was inspired by each other,”
Loberg said. “It was so
fun and it was honestly a
peaceful and reflective activity.”
The team continued
making cards until all the
supplies were gone and
they had a total of 94 completed
cards.
“We made cards because
we appreciate everything
do for us and they deserve
to know that people appreciate
what they do,” said
Katie Stovold, a sophomore
on the cheerleading
team at LFHS. “It feels
really good to give back to
the veterans because they
are a crucial part of our
country that works so hard
everyday to make sure that
we stay safe.”
Lake Forest High School varsity cheerleaders made 94 Valentine’s Day cards for
veterans during their practice on Feb. 6. PHOTO submitted
Bare Bones allows
residents to see LF
Showhouse before
transformation
Guests (left to right) Rochelle Lee, Kim Neill and Debbie
Daniel enjoy some beverages.
Staff Report
The Lake Forest Chapter
of the Infant Welfare
Society of Chicago hosted
its Valentine’s Day theme
‘Bare Bones’ party on
Feb. 15 at Lake Forest
Showhouse & Gardens.
The party served as the
kick-off event for the 2017
Lake Forest Showhouse &
Gardens, which is open for
tours April 29-May 21.
Co-chairwomen (left to right) Sara Pickus, Elizabeth Nemickas, Katie Ford and Sue
Slaughter attended the Bare Bones event on Feb. 15 at Lake Forest Showhouse &
Gardens. PHOTOS BY JILL DUNBAR/22ND CENTURY MEDIA
The event was attended
by 270 guests and gave
members of the Lake Forest
Chapter of the Infant
Welfare Society an opportunity
to view this year’s
home before more than 30
interior and landscape designers
begin re image the
estate.
Regarded as one of the
top 10 showhouses in the
country, this year’s home
is an east Lake Forest estate
designed in 1921 by
architect Howard Van
Doren Shaw. As one of the
most respected turn of the
century architects, Shaw
received a nod in the “The
Great Gatsby” as the architect
of character Daisy
Buchanan’s Lake Forest
home.
Attendees (left to right) Jacqueline Hoeper, Meredith
Mitchell, Kim Shortsle and Michelle Gramza explore
the Lake Forest Showhouse before its transformation
begins by more than 30 interior and landscape
designers.