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.
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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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See all- Spring Break Family Day at Legoland (Kids Tickets Free!)LEGOLAND Discovery Center, Chicago, Schaumburg, IL
Bring the family out for an afternoon at Legoland Discover Center! They have a few rides, a 4D movie and lots of opportunities to build.
Use this link to get a free child ticket for every paying adult!
We can also grab some some dinner after in the area if people are up for it.
- DAD'S WORKSHOP ~ How to Achieve Your Biggest Breakthrough Goal(s) This Year ZOOMLink visible for attendees
If there's something that you want to achieve in life or work that you've been thinking about for a while but you're not moving forward, I have a strong hunch of what's stopping you.
Join us for our: "Get Out of Your Own Way to Achieve That One BIG, Juicy Goal You've Been Craving, Chasing, Dreaming About or Procrastinating On, in 2024"
Because it's a lot closer than you realize.
It might be that you don't have a plan mapped out, or your skills are just shy of what you need, and those can be absolutely true, but there's also another piece of the puzzle that usually overrides those challenges and keeps us from finding and executing the solutions.
That is namely, ourselves.
Our own mind, which creates distractions, makes us feel scattered, elevates other priorities, or just makes us flat-out afraid to step forward and do what we need to do to achieve the one or two things that we really want.
If this resonates with you, you are not alone and you are in the right place!
As a Certified Business and Executive Coach and success expert for 18 years and a Certified Emotional and Energy Healing Master for 11 years, I help people every day get past the mental, emotional, psychological, and situational challenges that stop them from taking the right actions, having the right confidence they need and certainty they desire, to be able to move forward quickly and easily to achieve more than they ever thought possible in a short period of time:
💥 Getting a raise at work and getting paid what you're truly worth
💥 Getting a coveted and exciting promotion
💥 Feeling focused, inspired and called to start or grow a business, or achieve a greater life purpose
💥 Having the confidence to have relationship-changing conversation(s) with your wife or partner to better get both of your needs met
💥 Having the discipline and flow to exercise, play sports or get to the gym on a regular basis to get in better physical and mental shape
💥 Having difficult or uncomfortable conversations with your kids or family members that you want to have but have been putting off
💥 Doing what you need to do to be the best role model for your kids and spouse
💥 Taking the difficult or uncomfortable steps and making the plan you need to create real work-life balance so you can be there more for your kids, family and yourselfThese are all common challenges that I've helped Dads achieve over the last 18 years (https://DistinctiveCoaching.com), so I know they are solvable and I know exactly what steps to take to solve them.
If one or more of these resonate with you, you'll want to join us as I'll be sharing the top five ways that these wonderful men achieve these on a regular basis to vastly improve their relationship, health, financial, and professional well-being to live the life that they know they can have when they get past their own mental and emotional blocks and bumps in the road that have been stopping them.
Let’s meetup and get connected on Zoom for this interactive workshop and discussion to turn what's been stopping you from achieving those one or two dream goals you really want into your powerful advantage and action-plan to making them happen.
Can't wait to support you and help achieve what's been holding a special place in your heart that needs to come through into the world.
RSVP and let's get this party started!!
Jason Rosado - Family Outing @ Triton Troupers Circus (River Grove)Triton College - Collins Center Gym, River Grove, IL
Join us for a fun family outing to the 51th annual Triton Troupers Circus that is held inside the Collins Gym @ Triton College in River Grove. This is our 4th year going as a group to this awesome one-ring circus performance and I know everyone can't wait to go again.
Friday night show starts at 7:00PM, but encourage everyone to come at least 30-60 minutes early for the pre-show and to grab some good seats on the bleachers (historically the place fills up at 630pm), look for us on EAST side of gym, dead center towards the top with few guys possibly wearing our Chicago Dads Group shirts too! If you don't see us, that's ok just come and enjoy yourself at this great event and maybe we can see you at intermission or afterwards.
COST: $6/person (cash only) buy tickets onsite at box office, seating is general so come early to get your seats. Concessions are additional $1 popcorn, $1 cotton candy, etc.
RSVP (+family) if you can come!
Don't forget to go to ATM before you arrive since they only accept CASH to buy tickers & concessions (no ATM onsite). I give my kids $10 each spending money for concessions too which they love 😉
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Triton Troupers Circus is an extraordinary show based out of Triton College near Chicago, performing annually since 1972!
All shows are handicap accessible, for all ages, and animal-free. The show is about two hours long including one intermission, drinks and snacks are sold. Show may include fog and strobes, as well as balloons and confetti. Doors open one hour before show time, so come early for best parking and tickets, and enjoy the clown pre-show.
Triton Troupers Circus is a non-profit effort dedicated to the preservation of the circus arts and to the local community. Triton Troupers Circus features skilled performers in classic circus specialties such as Chairs, Clowning, Double Stunts, Globes, Gymwheel, Juggling, Statues, Teeterboard, Trampoline, Trapeze, Unicycle, Web, Wire, feats of strength and more.
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www.tritontrouperscircus.comPromotion Video
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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) - SAVE THE DATE!!! --- 9th Annual FATHERS EVE 2024 CelebrationNeeds location
SAVE THE DATE! As the calendar pages turn, we're getting ever closer to Fathers Eve 2024 (June 15th)! Happening the day before Father's Day, it's our exclusive time to connect, share stories, uplift each other, and celebrate the fatherhood journey together.
We invite you to come out & join us for our 9th Annual FATHERS EVE with some of your fellow Chicago Dads Group members.
As of 03/05/24.... We will post details as soon as our plans come together. We are thinking of doing a family outing in the afternoon for lazer tag and then possibly a separate meetup in the evening exclusively for Dads Night Out, all depends on what we all want to do and who actually steps up to plan it, so if you have any ideas and more importantly willing to help organize & cohost this years event, please comment below. Think it would be cool if we had multiple meetups all over the city and suburbs happening on FATHERS EVE!
RSVP if you plan on joining us!
FATHERS EVE:
2024 @ _________________
2023 @ Disc Golf +BBQ
2022 @ Family Picnic
2021 @ Tap House Grill
2020 @ Backyard BBQ
2019 @ Dave & Busters
2018 @ Indoor Paintball
2017 @ WhirlyBall Lombard
2016 @ Night Golf DesPlainesMore info on FATHERS EVE nationwide organization and celebration plans plus swag shop at www.FathersEve.com
Posted 03/05/24
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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)