Bob Hammes, board chairman for the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois, stands next to an oversized check made out to the Rock the Air Scholarship Fund Thursday, March 17, 2011, at the Chicago Rockford International Airport. ... See all stories on this topic »
When Hannah Davis traveled to China to teach English, she noticed how Chinese workers and farmers were often sporting olive green army-style shoes. Those shoes served as her inspiration to create her own social enterprise, Bangs Shoes.
Rockford scholarship drive for Embry-Riddle passes $1M mark