Summary of the program: \;Kraig will share some interesting photos and stories behind the creation of \;The Furnace Girl. The book has been featured on WGN TV&rsquo\;s \;Backstory with Larry Potash\, and New York radio \;Mornin&rsquo\; \;with Bill Schulz. \;Several local magazines including \;Sheridan Rd\, \;Forest &\; Bluff Magazine\, and \;Modern Luxury \;have covered the book and it has been the top selling book in 2018 at Lake Forest Bookstore.
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\n\nBiography: \;Kraig has lived in Lake Bluff\, Illinois his entire life. After working 10 years in \;advertising and marketing\, he founded New Vision \;Athletics\, Inc. \;in 1996\, a privately-held sports league on the north shore of Chicago. Kraig and his wife Jennifer have raised \;their four children in Lake Bluff. \;They co-founded the Margo Moreland Charitable Foundation in 1999\, which supports children afflicted with Cerebral Palsy.
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\n\nKraig has a \;great passion for film and local history. \;Over the last 15 \;years\, he has \;helped \;write and co-produce the Lake Bluff Ghost Walk. \;In 2011\, Kraig wrote\, filmed\, and produced a two-hour documentary \;"\;A Childhood Lost &\; Found - A Journey back to The Lake Bluff Children'\;s Home\,"\; \;a \;heart-felt story of the Lake Bluff Orphanage\, the children who lived there and the people who cared for them. The film was awarded a "\;Superior Award"\; from the Illinois Association of Museums in 2012.
\n\nHe is the recipient of the 2012 I Care Award\, and also an honorary Paul Harris Fellow Rotary award. Kraig was \;a featured speaker at Rosalind Franklin University Medical School in 2014 for the TedMed Live talk.
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