30 | March 8, 2018 | The wilmette beacon School wilmettebeacon.com Women In Business Luncheon GUEST SPEAKER “From Peppermint Patty to Priscilla the Hun-Finding and AccessingYour Personal Power” $25 per person Friday, March 16 from 11:45 am to 1:30 pm Terrace Restaurant 3900 Fairway Drive, Wilmette Dr. Linda Liang Leadership Institute Director at Regina Dominican High School Join us on March 16 for networking and a fun and informative session about power and influence. Call 847-251-3800 or email info@wilmettekenilworth.com to RSVP by Tuesday, March 13 Dr. Linda Liang, Leadership Institute Director at Regina Dominican High School, leadership expert and executive coach will share her personal stories and tips for gaining power and influence and creating personal power. We will take a brief quiz to measure our personal power, talk about setting boundaries, how to influence others, creating our own power and handling power struggles. Linda has been developing leadership and diversity programs for over 25 years. Her clients and partners include The Women’s Bar Association, Commonwealth Edison, Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Salesforce, the Sara Lee Corporation and AT&T. ENROLL TODAY! SKOKIE • 847-773-0200 9651 Gross Point Road GoddardSchool.com READY. SET. GOddard! We help children explore and discover their interests through play in a safe environment. Highly trained teachers gently guide and encourage children every step of the way as they grow, develop and achieve important milestones. The Goddard Schools are operated by independent franchisees under a license agreement with Goddard Systems, Inc. Programs and ages may vary. © Goddard Systems, Inc. 2018. License #551941 New Trier sophomore Maddie Dieffenbacher collected more than 260 hand-crafted beads from her classmates and donated them to the Beads of Courage program, a resilience-based intervention that uses beads to commemorate milestones the children achieve throughout their unique treatment path. Photo Submitted NT student collects donated glass beads for arts-in-medicine program Submitted by New Trier After enrolling in her first glass art course at New Trier High School this semester, sophomore Maddie Dieffenbacher was inspired to rally her peers to join forces with Beads of Courage, an organization with programs that help children and families coping with serious illness tell their unique stories through the use of colorful beads as symbols of strength. Dieffenbacher visited eight glass art classes in one day to explain the Beads of Courage program with a five-minute PowerPoint. She also visited two student clubs, Glass Guild and Hot Shop, asking for donations. After one week, students and teachers had placed more than 260 hand-crafted beads in the donation box she provided. “A lot of the glass art classes were recently introduced to making beads, so it was amazing to see my peers taking the time to create art for children in need of support,” Dieffenbacher said. “The glass art teachers were also very supportive and donated many beads as well.” Beads of Courage provides innovative, arts-inmedicine supportive care programs for children, their families and the health care providers who care for them. Their Beads of Courage Program is a resiliencebased intervention that uses beads to commemorate milestones the children achieve throughout their unique treatment path, according to the Beads of Courage website. “The students in all classes and in clubs responded with enthusiasm and compassion when Maddie presented the challenge of donating their beads to this cause,” glass art teacher Monique Boyd said. Dieffenbacher initially became involved with Beads of Courage years ago while searching for her bat mitzvah service project. Inspired by her love of crafting, she decided to participate in the organization’s Siblings Program for a hands-on experience. “Four years ago, I bought my first pack of polymer clay and began crafting clay beads for the Siblings Program, which takes glass or clay beads and distributes them to the siblings of children with a severe illness as they undergo a stressful time,” she said. “These beads act as stress relievers and show that there are people who care about them.” More information about Beads of Courage can be found at www.beadsofcourage.org.
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