Dads and their children have a chance to take a little off the top for free this weekend. Our longtime partner Dove Men+Care is partnering with 22 Bishops Cuts/Color barber shops across the country on Saturday, Dec. 8, to offer complimentary haircuts, washes and styling using Dove Men+Care products to guys and their offspring as part of a promotion. Our City Dads Group members and their children have been asked be special guests at the "Holiday Shear" events being held in 13 cities. "To help families spend more time together while preparing for the holiday season, Dove Men+Care is giving … [Read more...]
Grassroots Take Hold in Columbus, Ohio
Congratulations to our 200-member strong Columbus Dads Group for an excellent local television appearance! Our Ohio outpost was one of our first ventures when City Dads Group went national two years ago. It was a natural starting point given it's founder is Ryan Gross, who started as a member of our flagship NYC Dads Group before moving back to the Midwest. "I started by asking other dads to join. It was kind of a grassroots campaign," Gross told the interviewer for Fox28 in Columbus. "I'd see a dad at the playground, hand him a card." If you have problems viewing the video below, you … [Read more...]
Columbus Dads Group Celebrates 1st Anniversary with Support Network
Congratulations on its recent first anniversary to our nearly 100-member Columbus Dads Group, one of the first to join City Dads Group even before we officially became a national organization. Organizer Ryan Gross started the group shortly after his family relocated to the Ohio city from New York, where he was a member of our flagship NYC Dads Group. "I knew the benefits of having a group of dads to hang out with," he said recently. "The NYC Dads Group was pivotal for me during the brief two years that my family and I spent in the city. I am hoping to continue to develop the Columbus Dads … [Read more...]
Babywearing City Dads Storm the Nation
City Dads Group members strapped their babies to their chests and visited the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, toured a professional football stadium in San Francisco, and climbed the famous "Rocky" steps at the Philadelphia Museum of Art among the many activities our fathers participated in as part of last week's celebration of International Babywearing Week. All 13 City Dads Groups across the United States did something with babies on board their new baby carriers, courtesy of Britax -- a longtime supporter of our organization. Our dads and their kids visited places as family-friendly … [Read more...]
Discover Columbus at the Ballpark
Editor's Note: Play ball with us in Ohio as we head to the Midwest and back to our week-long celebration of "Summer in Our City Dads Group Cities," as Columbus Dad Ryan Gross takes us to see the Columbus Clippers. Watching a Columbus Clippers baseball game at Huntington Park in the Arena District of Columbus, Ohio, is fun for the entire family and can also be really inexpensive. The Clippers, the Triple A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians, were for many years the top minor league club of the New York Yankees and the breeding ground of stars like Derek Jeter. The lawn seats in the … [Read more...]