With March comes madness -- the college basketball tournament kind -- and City Dads Group members were there to witness it again this year, thanks to our longtime partner, Dove Men+Care.The men's grooming products brand once again gave a few of our members and their children in select cities the opportunity to attend a few games during the run to the annual NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship. The hook? Dove Men+Care's latest twist on its long-running "Real Strength" tag line -- the Real Strength Manifesto, a call for fans as well as those on the court to exhibit both passion for … [Read more...]
Experience the Treehouse of Your Childhood Dreams!
DISCLOSURE: This post is brought to you by our partner Dove Men+Care.I was mostly deprived of a deprived childhood with one or two notable exceptions: I never had a dog and I never had a treehouse.The dog part I took care of later in life but the treehouse ... nope. The closest I ever came to having one was the summer my sister, one of the kids in our neighborhood and I lashed a mess of cut branches to a pocket of scrub trees in our yard to create a leaf-lined fortress. A few hot and dry days later, our dream house shriveled brown and died. Well, we were suburban children not … [Read more...]
Dads Have Superhero Real Strength
We are proud to bring you this "My Dad, My Hero" memory through our partnership with Dove Men+Care. Enjoy.My dad doesn't remember his superhero moment.When I was 9, he once swooped in and saved me from a gang of bullies that had taken my bike and were riding it around me, taunting me.As a boy who loved his comic books, it was a thrilling scene. Dad racing in like The Flash, striking fear into their hearts like Batman, then striding back, my bike in hand, as if he were Thor. It is an indelible memory.So when I recalled the story over dinner at a large family gathering, I was … [Read more...]
Male Friendship, Basketball and “Bonds of Real Strength”
There will be wings. There will be beers. There will be lots of yelling when someone misses a crucial late-game free throw. Most all, when members from City Dads Group chapters all around the country get together tonight for NCAA men's college basketball viewing parties, there will be many bonding moments. In other words, male friendship. Thanks, Dove Men+Care.This is appropriate as the men's grooming products company, our partner for a third straight year in hosting "March Madness" viewing parties for our more than 5,000 members, recently commissioned the "Bonds of Real Strength" … [Read more...]
Fatherhood Highlight for Two NFL Stars
With the pro football season nearing its end, you'll be seeing plenty of highlight reels from the past year but none quite like the ones our friends at Dove Men+Care made featuring two NFL stars.The makers of grooming goodies for dudes and dads (full disclosure: Dove Men+Care is a longtime supporter/sponsor of City Dads Group) have a new advertising campaign that challenges the notion that feats of speed, power and agility on the gridiron are what athletes treasure most.Arizona Cardinals quarterback Carson Palmer and Green Bay Packers wide receiver Jordy Nelson are featured in … [Read more...]