This is an active group for moms and children infant through preschool age in the NW Suburbs (Palatine, Buffalo Grove, Arlington Heights, etc., and the surrounding areas). Let's get together for playgroups, outings with the kids, and moms nights out! ***New members will be required to meet a current member within 2 weeks of joining!***

Hi!! Welcome to our group!! Meet nearby Stay at Home Moms! We LOVE to get out and have fun in the surrounding neighborhoods, so join us with your children and meet some great women!! We have low-key laid-back events that are fun and relaxing!! We offer friendship, support, reassurance, & parenting advice. Join other Moms who love being moms and who like to have fun. Every Mom is welcome so bring your children!! FYI~ We ask that Moms & their little ones be able to attend at least once a month so …

~Northwest Suburban Families~ We are a family-friendly group for all families in the NW Suburbs. There is always something happening here.  We plan daytime, evening and weekend gatherings.  We welcome stay at home parents, working parents and single parents as well as every type of family.  Our children range in age from newborns all the way up to school-age and age-specific events are planned for everyone.  Dads are welcome here and are encouraged to come out and play too. We have playgroups, s …

Looking for fitness buffs who want to get a great outdoor workout! Get out of your comfort zone! We will do various exercises on the hill and field and you'll learn new and challenging exercises that you haven't tried before. Andrew Eaton will lead the group in an intense workout (you can go at your own pace). We'll do a complete full-body workout and you'll learn the type of training that burns fat the fastest. We'll meet at Brickyards Park, just north of Lake Cook and Pfingsten (park is on …

A MOM'S SOCIAL GROUP FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS! Lakeside Moms and Tots provides a social and educational outlet for parents, caregivers and children.  The group provides an opportunity to meet with other moms to form friendships and to meet playmates for your children. Members of Lakeside Moms & Tots live in the Lake Zurich, Kildeer, Deer Park, Hawthorn Woods, Barrington & Wauconda area. Many have recently moved to the area and are looking to build lasting friendships.  Some of our moms are stay at …

A network of women dedicated to assisting all women in achieving professional as well as personal growth. Our commitment is to the advancement of women and their careers through mentoring opportunities as well as the exchange of ideas and resources. We meet every Thursday morning for breakfast and networking in Arlington Heights at Egg Harbor Cafe. Our networking and referral group has been around for over 17 years.  Each women represents their own business in our category exclusive organization …

Suburban Adventures extends a warm welcome to lesbian women of the Suburbs. Our focus is to provide fun, entertaining, educational and social events for like minded women of the community without the need to go to the city. We welcome as members both singles and couples of the lesbian community. Our Meetups will run the gamut including brunches, dinners, movies, clubs, walks, hikes, snow tubing, skiing, bowling, sporting events, cultural events, bike rides, charitable events, meet & greets, etc. …

This group is for all desi moms in chicagoland. Our moms take great pride in their children's lives and in their future. We believe that making friends and spending time playing and teaching our children is an essential part of their development. More than just a moms group, the Chicagoland Indian Moms n Tots exists to provide social events for both moms and their children, support, life-long friendships and a sense of community to families with young children. Above all, we try to provide …

Creatively Caring provides opportunities for families to get involved in hands-on community service projects that help people, animals, and the environment.  Families with children of all ages are encouraged to participate in our projects.  By taking an active part in community service, our youth develop self-confidence and cultivate a greater sense of responsibility, tolerance and empathy for others.  When we plant these values as seeds in our children, they grow with our children and eventuall …

Welcome! This group is designed to guide you in making most important life decisions and assist you in effortless conception, harmonious pregnancy, and raising healthy, creative and co-operative baby. Our goal is to help FUTURE MOMS to: Understand and eliminate barriers to your successful conception and pregnancy Resolve any previous relationship traumas, including childhood and relationship issues with parents and significant others that often present major barriers for successful conception, …

Stroller Strides Chicago North Shore is a fitness group for moms.  It is a great way to get in shape, meet other moms, and have fun with your baby or toddler all at the same time. The classes are designed for all different fitness levels and are taught by certified instructors. Each class includes cardio and body toning intervals. The classes are an hour long, with the last 10 minutes used for abs and stretching. We welcome babies from 6 weeks to any age! FALL/WINTER SCHEDULE (November-April) M …

Northwest Suburban Mommies and Kids group is an active group that is open to all mommies in the North/Northwest Suburbs who are interested in meeting other mommies and kiddos and having fun!

Hello all future and new mommies! My name is Val and I am 26 year old Miami import. I just had my first baby (a gorgeous girl named Ella) in July. This group was created to provide ladies in their 20s and early 30s with the opportunity to meet other expecting and new moms. Together we can gather information, form friendships, and build a network of support for each other. The group is quite active, so expect to always have something coming up in the Upcoming Meetups schedule! Plus, I encourage a …

Let's get active!!!!!! This is a lesbian only meetup getting together to do outdoor/indoor activities as well as different kinds of social events as a group. Do you like to hike? Do you like to have new experiences? Do you like to help support all women sports? Do you like to attend gay/lesbian events? Then this is the place for YOU! uhhh ...that is if you are a lesbian. I envision a lesbian group where we have lots of organizers doing lots of different things! If you have an idea for an even …

Hi all! My name is Emily, and my husband Scott & I have a 7-month old daughter. I started this group in the hopes of connecting with other folks with young kids and babies, making some friends for our baby girl and for ourselves as we don't know very many other young folks with babies or toddlers in the 'burbs! Parents--both moms and dads--are welcome!  Jewish couples, interfaith couples--all welcome!  We will start with some playdates and outings, and add things like Shabbat get-togethers or ju …

Hi, I am Emily and I have a 7-month old daughter. I started this group to connect with other parents of babies who are roughly the same age as my daughter, both to make friends for my daughter and myself! We will get together every Thursday, as soon as we have a small little group, so we can all know that every Thursday we have a get together if we want to go! I am happy to host at my house, or we could rotate houses, go to the park, or do little outings.

The Jewish community in the northern suburbs appears to be quite diffuse. There is the JCC, the JYCS, the BJE, JUF, the various temples, the PJ Library and so forth. This website is intended to be a non-synagogue specific resource for people who are interested in exploring a variety of Jewish activities. Please post events for families with children from infants to middle school and contribute to what I hope will become a robust discussion board (for example discussing suggestions for kosher lun …

ARE YOU THE GREENEST SHEEP ON THE BLOCK? --- Cultivating, creating & coloring - like Max with his purple crayon - your family's holistic growth with your conscious green thumbs?… Desperately seeking like-minded & like-hearted others with whom to join, unite & explore in merry, relaxing, renewing, convivial, informative, rich, supportive community communion? WELCOME TO HOLISTIC MOMS (*DADS, FAMILIES) ! JOIN US IF YOU PLEASE ! LEARN MORE: http://LakeCtyIl.HolisticMoms.org

Hello all my fabulous Mommies! MOMVO, created by Terri Goetze of Moxie & Scout, ... is a spot for Moms to "convo" about all things Mommyhood. I invite you all here to share and swap ideas, referrals, events, product finds, and all else worthy of a MOMVO! We also host events & have playdates for the little ones. Join us on our Facebook Group Page @ https://www.facebook.com/groups/MOMVO/ and visit our sister site, the Moxie & Scout Blog: www.moxieandscout.com

This group is for people who have "modern families" like ours! We are looking to get together with the kids for playdates.  Also, enjoy a little adult time! We love  going out for dinner and enjoying a nice bottle of wine with good company! Excited to meet some new friends in the NorthShore area!!

Do you reminisce of times spent with family during Indian festivals and yearn to share similar experiences with your kids? And as much as you enjoy the great  culture and people of the United States, does your heart still yearn for the fun and festivities of India? We are a couple of Indian mothers who feel that way and are looking forward to building a network of friends with similar cultural interests, for ourselves and our kids. So lets get together for play-dates, crafts and activities for …

This is a group for moms to come together to support, share and inspire each other to be their best at empowering and growing their daughters through the challenging years of the teens. The tween and teen years can be daunting at times for our young daughters and can also be exhausting for us moms as well. This will be a judgement free, confidential and giving place to open your heart and hopefully provide new tools to parenting your daughter. We can let the issues and needs brought to the group …

Remember those college and post-college days when you always seemed to be surrounded by friends? What happened to that? Friends with Kids is a group for adults who are looking for friends ... and we all happen to be parents (including parents-to-be, adoptive parents, and foster parents). Sometimes we bring the kids along, sometimes we leave them behind for an all-adult evening. We're creating an in-person community dedicated to being there for one another and talking about real stuff (not just t …

Are you a mom or woman who has a new beautiful DSLR and doesn't know how to use it? Do you want to take your photography skills to a new level? This is a group for women and moms who want to share their love and passion for photography and who also want to take their photography skills to the next level! The mission of this group is to empower each other to challenge ourselves creatively through our love for photography. Meetups will consist of everything photography related..from meeting in the …

I start this group to meet other moms and have fun together with the kids we also arrange events for moms and kids movies, outing ,lunches,dinners, playing etc

Private Play Group for Northbrook/Glenview Babies Born in 2012. By invitation only.

Family Connect focuses on connecting families with each other and with other families. We do this through providing fun activities for families, informal social gatherings, and events to help equip your family for success. This group is sponsored by Great Commission Baptist Church (www.gcbc.info) and is open to any families wishing to participate. We will always let you know which events are are just for fun and connecting and which will have some Bible instruction as part of the agenda.

Let's pass on good values of hard work, kindness, and philanthropy to our children, while exposing them to some Indian culture so they can understand their identity. We are a busy household of three children (ages 12, 8, and 6 yrs old) in North Shore Suburb of Chicago. We just moved from Boston. We love to meet like minded families.