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, …

Dedicated to--- preserving mature trees by getting cities,villages,park districts and other public entities to appropriate funding for plant health care maintenance. If a mature tree dies or is removed we can never replace the time it took to grow it; ask cities and villages to protect their mature trees and make it harder for removal of healthy mature trees. WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR TREE CANOPY!;We want to resurrect the Chicago Tree Initiative which was proposed in 2009 with the goal of increasin …

Holistic Learners Homeschool Group is a non-directed support group made up of open-minded homeschoolers of all ages, that puts our children's education safely in our own hands. This group does not only focus on the academic portion of schooling, but teaching the whole child - mind, body and soul to create life long learners. As a group, we welcome all learning abilities and celebrate the diversity our world has to offer us. We are proud to have families originating from all around the world as p …

      Create positive connections   with other northern Illinois families who educate their children at home!   Our primary purpose is to support the unique intellectual, emotional and social needs of homeschooling families with gifted and twice exceptional children. We welcome people of all ages and abilities who strive for individualized, child-centered learning at home. We strive to be a truly open group… welcoming, accepting and uniting all. All homeschooling styles are welcome. We have …

Come learn about gentle birth options, with a focus on out of hospital birth, home birth and midwifery care. Meet other mothers/parents who are passionate about gentle birth and explore a new compelling birth topic every month presented by a variety of birth professionals from home birth midwives to herbalists to doulas. Nursing babies/children and other peaceful little ones are always welcome!

MOMS Club® of Northern Chicagoland, IL is a local chapter of the International MOMS Club, a non-profit support group designed for the at-home-Mother and their children. MOMS Club® has over 2,000 chapters and more than 100,000 members worldwide. If you're interested in the world around you, want a variety of activities for you and your child, and are proud of your choice of at-home mothering, then this group is for you. Such activities our moms take part in are playdates, park dates, museum out …

Hey mamas: where are the down-to-earth, socially-conscious, left-of-center, organic, environmentalist, breastfeeding, crafty, artistic, creative, or bookish moms of the Western Suburbs?! UNITE! We don't all agree or do things the same way; but, with this group, you can expect lively and fun conversation about health, nutrition, vaccinations, natural childbirth, co-sleeping, attachment parenting, cloth diapering, extended breastfeeding, education and even politics. "We think long and hard about t …

Many people hunger to live within a supportive community where they feel welcome and comfortable, a modern, highly functional family of choice. Everyone wants this but surely vulnerable populations need it. Single parents, seniors, young people starting out, veterans and disabled people would be more stable and secure with back up to look after the children, remember the medication, cook dinner or clean it up, shovel the walk, mow the lawn and much more. Purchasing a 2 to 4-flat with friends and …

  WELCOME KAYAKERS   Upcoming Changes for 2012: The 2012 year is amongst us, and this year we will be offering RENTAL BOATS for advertised events for all members to use.  After 5 years and over 360+ trips, FLOAT YOUR BOAT has decided to meet our members needs and offer ACA Certification Classes and Lessons from ACA Instructors. We will be also offering discounted rental boats for registered class participants. Rentals are licensed and insured. We have partnered with Thekayakers.com and KayakMor …

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 …

Pagan Unity is run by members of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Elgin with the intent of hosting public Wheel of the Year Ritual Celebrations at the church. This is in accordance with our denomination's 7th Principle: "Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part" that is drawn from "Spiritual teachings of earth-centered traditions which celebrate the sacred circle of life and instruct us to live in harmony with the rhythms of nature." We encourage those who p …