Judy Meikle at 63, feels the heart of a 21-year-old hero, Army Ranger Corporal Benjamin S. Kopp, beating inside her chest. Young entrepreneurs like Nico Garcia talk to business leaders like SkinnyPops’ Jeffrey Eiserman in their New Trier classroom while they dream about launching their own companies. The Hadley School for the Blind shines a ray of hope around the world to people with vision impairment, helping them live fuller lives. Orthodontist, Dr. Michael Stosich, donates his time every week to help babies with cleft lip and palate at The University of Chicago Medicine. Since 1989, Sister Peggy McDonnell has held the hands of Winnetkans as they make their final passage. Businessman and Photographer John Vlahakis’ love of grand natural spaces like those in Iceland connected him with a local grieving family who lost a daughter, Sarah McCausland. It’s all here in our village of Winnetka. Read your stories inside.