Making A Difference

Cheryl Harris of the Chicago Minority Supplier Development Council chats with NBC 5’s JC Navarrete about the group’s mission of helping the city’s business owners, and their communities, thrive.

After School Matters partnered with the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and the Chicago Park District to offer their first ever adaptive sports camp. Right now it’s a pilot program, but the hope is to expand this offering to more teenagers in the future. NBC 5’s LeeAnn Trotter reports.

NBC 5’s Lisa Chavarria chats with Edgar Ramirez from Chicago Commons about the group’s mission to help individuals and families to overcome poverty and systemic barriers to success. The group will hold its annual spring luncheon later this month.

Samuel Brown, lovingly known as “Sam the Barber,” travels around Chicago to make grooming services accessible and convenient for communities in need.

A Chicago police officer is helping to forge new bonds with the community through a youth-led, family-oriented program called “Healthy Plates With Police.”

Chrislin Flanagan has been busy stocking a cabinet in the lobby of the New Roseland Community hospital with basic necessities to create a new community closet, filled with food and toiletry items.

Citing a great need for better access to dental care for Chicago-area families, Advocate Children’s Hospital opened up a new pediatric dental van Friday.

Chef Lakisha Hunter is finally living her purpose as a mentor to young adults and kids who need a hand up in life.

t 102 years old, Carol Landow is one of the oldest residents at the Peace Village Independent Living community in Palos Park, and now she’s among an elite group of centenarians who are first time book authors. 

Dr. Abdullah Hassan Pratt created two initiatives to help kids who are growing up just like he did, in the middle of gun violence in the city of Chicago.

The Chicago White Sox partnered with Gilda’s Club Chicago and the Andrew Weishar Foundation to help give more than two-dozen families a holiday to remember at Guaranteed Rate Field on Tuesday. The party, complete with a holiday drone show, family-friendly activities and more, put smiles on countless faces, delighting families who are going th...

Sarah Airola and her husband started The Grace Network last year after seeing demand for basic hygiene products to help children experiencing homelessness in Chicago schools.

The Angel Tree program facilitates the donation of toys for Chicago-area children in need. With the help of donations, thousands of children will enjoy opening presents this Christmas.