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Chicago Dads Group

Chicago, IL

1,593 members · Public group

Organized by City Dads Group and 17 others

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What we’re about

Chicago Dads Group is a diverse community of fathers who take an active role in our children’s lives. We seek to create an online meetup group to bring fathers together in person. We'll meet several times per week, with our kids, at parks, playgrounds, museums, nature centers, and parent-and-me classes across the Chicago-land area, both city and suburbs. We'll also organize parenting workshops and dads-nights-out to give our members an opportunity to socialize, learn, and support each other as we navigate parenthood. There are not enough resources, social groups, or services for dads. This is a destination for active dads! A diverse group with dads of all stripes: Stay At Home Dads, Dads with flexible schedules, work from home dads, freelance dads, working dads, and involved fathers in and around the Chicago-land area to socialize and interact with other guys who enjoy spending quality time with their children.

Please note: this group is strictly for Dads, we understand sometimes wives will join for their significant others but we encourage them to join on their own accord. We want this group to be a comfortable place for Dads to learn and talk about anything dad related.

Connect with us on...
Twitter: www.twitter.com/ChicagoDadGroup
Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Chicago-Dads-Group/1408458226036415
Instagram: www.instagram.com/ChicagoDadsGroup
Blog/Podcasts: www.CityDadsGroup.com/Chicago

Chicago Dads Group is part of the City Dads Group national organization, a dynamic and diverse community of fathers dedicated to being active in their children’s lives and, by example, redefining what it means to be a dad in the 21st century. We have groups centered around major metropolitan areas throughout the United States. If you have any fatherly friends and/or family who live within a 100-mile raduis of any of the following cities, please do let them know about these other Dads Groups and ask them to join. Find them all here at www.citydadsgroup.com/cities

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Sat, Dec 2, 2023, 9:15 AM CSTFREE! Advance Screening @ MERRY LITTLE BATMAN (Chicago)
Regal City North, Chicago, IL
We invite you and your family (or come alone) to join us at a FREE! Advance Screening on behalf of Prime Video studio’s upcoming holiday family film, MERRY LITTLE BATMAN, on Saturday, December 2 @ Regal City North.

Additional information about the film is below and you can watch the trailer here.

We have a total of 20 guaranteed seats for our group. Everyone including guests must check-in prior to 9:15AM and participate in our GROUP PHOTO organized by our Event Hosts. We ask every family to upload 3-4 photo's to our meetup site before the event is over, of your family enjoying the event so we can share with our sponsor as a thank you for this opportunity. Parking & concessions are your responsibility.

For those of you on social media, we also ask that you share your family photos on your personal accounts like Facebook taging our "Chicago Dads Group" and using hashtag #CITYDADS so we can share, like and comment, which will help broaden our social media reach in an effort to expand our audience and ultimately get more members to join our meetup group. By doing so will also help us get more fun sponsored event opportunities.

Most importantly, we ask that ALL our members who attend our sponsored advance movie screenings, to WEAR their BLUE Chicago Dads Group shirt to the meetup, which does a few things; helps our members be more clearly recognized and the sponsor can tell which group we are with, plus it looks amazing in our group photo and member engagement photos that we know our sponsors really likes seeing too. If you don't have your own Chicago Dads Group shirt, you can buy it online from our Amazon store for $20. We feel this is a small ask that builds member engagement and appreciation for our sponsored opportunities. It’s a good thing to do.

ONLY!!! RSVP (+Guests) if you are 100% committed to going, checking in on-time (before 9:15 AM) and fully participate as noted above, since we don't want any seats to be empty. If you are a no-show, than you may loose the privilege to be included with any future advance screenings. Once you RSVP, no changes can be made, you (+guests) must attend -- no exceptions!

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Here is the trailer link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GSMmXz0bHA

#MerryLittleBatman
18 attendees+13
Not open
Sat, Dec 16, 2023, 10:15 AM CSTFREE! Family Movie Screening @ MIGRATION (Chicago)
AMC NEWCITY 14, Chicago, IL
We invite you and your family (or come alone) to join us at a FREE! Advance Screening to see a fun family film coming up! Illumination, creators of the blockbusters Minions, Despicable Me, and Sing comedies, invite you to take flight into the thrill of the unknown with a funny, feathered family vacation like no other in the action-packed new original comedy, Migration.

Additional information about the film is below and you can watch the trailer here .

We have a total of 12 guaranteed seats for our group. Everyone including guests must check-in prior to 10:15AM and participate in our GROUP PHOTO organized by our Event Hosts. We ask every family to upload 3-4 photo's to our meetup site before the event is over, of your family enjoying the event so we can share with our sponsor as a thank you for this opportunity. Parking & concessions are your responsibility.

For those of you on social media, we also ask that you share your family photos on your personal accounts like Facebook taging our "Chicago Dads Group" and using hashtag #CITYDADS so we can share, like and comment, which will help broaden our social media reach in an effort to expand our audience and ultimately get more members to join our meetup group. By doing so will also help us get more fun sponsored event opportunities.

Most importantly, we ask that ALL our members who attend our sponsored advance movie screenings, to WEAR their BLUE Chicago Dads Group shirt to the meetup, which does a few things; helps our members be more clearly recognized and the sponsor can tell which group we are with, plus it looks amazing in our group photo and member engagement photos that we know our sponsors really likes seeing too. If you don't have your own Chicago Dads Group shirt, you can buy it online from our Amazon store for $20. We feel this is a small ask that builds member engagement and appreciation for our sponsored opportunities. It’s a good thing to do.

ONLY!!! RSVP (+Guests) if you are 100% committed to going, checking in on-time (before 9:15 AM) and fully participate as noted above, since we don't want any seats to be empty. If you are a no-show, than you may loose the privilege to be included with any future advance screenings. Once you RSVP, no changes can be made, your crew must attend -- no exceptions!

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MIGRATION – In Theaters December 22
#MigrationMovie
This holiday season, Illumination, creators of the blockbuster Minions, Despicable Me, Sing and The Secret Life of Petscomedies, invites you to take flight into the thrill of the unknown with a funny, feathered family vacation like no other in the action-packed new original comedy, Migration.
The Mallard family is in a bit of rut. While dad Mack is content to keep his family safe paddling around their New England pond forever, mom Pam is eager to shake things up and show their kids—teen son Dax and duckling daughter Gwen—the whole wide world. After a migrating duck family alights on their pond with thrilling tales of far-flung places, Pam persuades Mack to embark on a family trip, via New York City, to tropical Jamaica.
As the Mallards make their way South for the winter, their well-laid plans quickly go awry. The experience will inspire them to expand their horizons, open themselves up to new friends and accomplish more than they ever thought possible, while teaching them more about each other—and themselves—than they ever imagined.
Produced by Illumination founder and CEO Chris Meledandri, Migration is a film about overcoming your fears and opening yourself up to the world and its opportunities. The film is co-directed by Guylo Homsy (Head of Layout and Cinematography for Sing and Sing 2), edited by Christian Gazal (Happy Feet, Peter Rabbit) and the Production Designer is Colin Stimpson (The Secret Life of Pets 2).
Genre: Animated Action-Comedy
Cast: Kumail Nanjiani, Elizabeth Banks, Awkwafina, Keegan-Michael Key, David Mitchell, Carol Kane, Caspar Jennings, Tresi Gazal and Danny DeVito
Screenplay by: Mike White
Directed by: Benjamin Renner
Producers: Chris Meledandri

Here is the trailer link: https://youtu.be/hWbfohXIdEU

#MigrationMovie
12 attendees+7
Fri, Jan 5, 2024, 6:00 PM CSTFamily Getaway Trip @ Wilderness Resort Indoor Waterpark (Wisconsin Dells)
Wilderness Resort, Wisconsin Dells, WI
We are going to try something different and organize a FUN Family Getaway Trip to Wilderness Resort Indoor Waterpark on Friday January 5 thru Saturday January 6.

We say come join us whenever it works best for your family, some will come earlier and some will come later on Friday, but we will definately meetup in the mega Waterpark! They also have a huge indoor adventure park with Ropes Course, Mini Golf, GoCarts, Lazer Tag and a few other extra activities onsite to keep everyone entertained plus who doesnt like Ice Cream? We think it will be really cool to see if we can get a large group together. We will also invite our friends from our other #CITYDADS Milwaukee Dads Group and Madison Dads Group to come join us here too.

You can get standard room with all taxes and fees for $250 for 1 overnight stay with 4 waterpark passes.

https://www.wildernessresort.com

RSVP (+family) if you can join us!

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*** Volunteers Needed ***
Chicago Dads Group is always looking for members who would be interested in organizing meetups in your neck of the woods and helping us keep this group an active community... be it a Dads Night Out or Playgroup activity with the kids and/or Family Outing to grab a pizza, see a movie, go to zoo, etc. If interested, please contact Brian (Brian@ChicagoDadsGroup.com)

Posted 11/06/23
8 attendees+3
Sun, Mar 10, 2024, 3:00 PM CDTFamily Outing @ Chicago Wolves hockey game (Rosemont)
Allstate Arena, Rosemont, IL
Come attend a Chicago Wolves (vs Milwaukee Admirals) hockey game with other Chicago Dads and their families!! Have fun watching a game and chatting with fellow Chicago Dads and families.

The game starts at 3pm, but you can arrive up to an hour early. Games usually last about 2 1/2 hours and are lots of fun, with plenty of entertainment in addition to the hockey game itself!

We have been able to work out a group discount for Chicago Dads and their families to go to the game as a group. We will be in section 105. Tickets are normally $30, but we have a group discount where the tickets are $18.50 AND it includes a Chicago Wolves knit hat with each ticket. So going together as a group gets you a cheaper price than normal and a souvenir and fun with other families!

This link is where you will buy your tickets:
https://fevo-enterprise.com/chicagodads

Everyone buys their own tickets and you choose your seats, but that link has a reserved group of seats so we will all be sitting together.

Please wear your Chicago Dads t-shirt to the game so we can stand out nicely in the crowd. If our group is large enough, we'll be able to get up on the big screen!

(Meetup only allows 5 guests per attendee, but there is NO limit to how many tickets you may buy, so don't worry about that number. The number of tickets you purchase is the number that matters.)
15 attendees+10