Happiness is a state of mind or feeling characterized by contentment, satisfaction, pleasure, or joy. Happiness comes from deep within, and not from people, situations, or circumstances. According to Researchers from Harvard Medical School and the University of California, San Diego: “When an individual becomes happy, the network effect can be measured up to three degrees. One person’s happiness triggers a chain reaction that benefits not only his friends, but his friends’ friends, and his frien …

4-days after the 2010 earthquake struck Haiti, Chicagoans of this Meetup started spreading the message that HAITI needs help for a long, long time. One of the inspiration to start this group was an e-mail received 1-day after the earthquake, from Meetup co-founder Scott Helferman. He suggested to think about how to help Haiti by means of using a Meetup. Obviously if you’ve donated your share already, kindly pass this information to someone who likes to further help. Honestly your word-of-mouth p …

GENERATE MORE REFERRAL BUSINESS! The goal of this group is to give Gay & Lesbian and Gay-Friendly Business Professionals the opportunity to build relationships with Entrepreneurs, Small Businesses and other like–minded Professionals to collaborate, share ideas and help each other Grow their Businesses and build their Referral Network. In our Community we have hundreds of Business Owners, Sales professionals, Entrepreneurs and Start-Ups, ready to network and engage in business with others. We are …

With the desire to provide more unique, personal rec league experiences that focus on meeting new people as much as the sports themselves, S3 Leagues were first created in Summer '09 and have now seenover 4,100 players. While of course winning is always ohhh so sweet, we definitely have as much fun at our post-game bars as at the games themselves. We're more about simply having a good time than practicing to go pro. So if you're looking for a unique social league, where it's ridiculously easy …

"Where Europeans and Europhiles can meet and make friends" The aim of this group is to bring together internationally-minded people with a European affinity. Through convivial cross-cultural social gatherings we are building a vibrant circle of cosmopolitan friends who meet, talk, exchange experiences, practice their language skills, or just relax and feel at home. Anyone born in Europe or who has lived there or has some other strong European connection is welcome. If an expatriate, you might ha …

This is a group for folks who have just moved to Chicago, or who aren't originally from here. If you've chosen to make Chicago your home, it's a great place to be- there's lots of friendly faces, tons of culture, and so much to do. Join us for chances to meet new people and get to know this new city. If you've been here a while, or even if you're a native Chicagoan, you are certainly welcome. After all, it's nice to have a bit of a guide in checking out this wonderful, cosmopolitan city. For t …

Our aim is to provide safe transportation avenues and social services resources for children, families and friends of loved ones residing in all of the adult and juvenile State of Illinois and federal correctional centers. We plan to broaden our intercities networks by collaboration with all viable public and private social services agencies, prison advocate groups and social services resource providers serving the incarcerated and their families.

Welcome to The Chicago Loop Happy Hour group! We're Bryan and Tom, your humble Happy Hour facilitators. The Loop Happy Hour group is a unique meetup group created to provide all of us in the Loop with fun after-work opportunities to meet people and make friends while exploring the Loop's drinking establishments--all 72 of them! (But we won't technically limit ourselves to the Loop. There are some great places a few blocks North of Lake, West of Wells, East of Wabash, and South of Van Buren.) Ev …

ADVENTURES, ACTIVITIES & BUCKET LIST FUN ✔ was created because there are so many Fun Things to Do, Interesting Things to Learn, and Cool Places to Go in Chicago, Suburbs, and Beyond while meeting new people! FUN FOR ALL BUDGETS We often use group discounts, Groupons, Living Socials, etc. to do as many fun things as possible! biking, cooking classes, comedy clubs, dining out, festivals, free movies, happy hours, hang gliding, hiking, kayaking, outdoor activities, paintball, road trips, scavenger …

Inspired by the crazy group on How I Met Your Mother... We’re a fun, rowdy bunch… Think... that big, random group of crazy friends in college that always had the best stories. We're 25-40 mostly, men & women, gay, straight, single, coupled… as long as you can hold your own at a Karaoke bar, tell a good dirty joke or pull the crazy answer to that final trivia question out of your a**, you’ll fit right in. I have a feeling you'll enjoy Bros & Chicks if... You find the only word in the Urban Dicti …

See our webpage - www.asianamericanchicagonetwork.com Welcome! The first thing you will notice different about AACN is that we are a new, fun, and active group.  We were founded in the summer of 2011 and average more than 2 events per week.  Below is a short summary of who we are and what we're not. WHO WE ARE: The Asian American Chicago Network is focused on connecting younger and working Asian-Americans to NEW friends and connecting you to the city of Chicago! [Younger being New Professionals …

Welcome Everyone!! The goal of this group is to have an active and fun membership by meeting new friends in their 20's or 30's in the Bucktown/Wicker Park area and neighboring areas.  Great group to join if most of your friends are married, moved out of state, friends that have limited time to hang out, new to the area or just want to make new friends. Events can be anything from festivals, movies, sports, dinning, dancing, concerts, or just grabbing a drink.  Members are welcome to recommend i …

With the desire to provide more unique, personal rec league experiences that focus on meeting new people as much as the sports themselves, S3 Leagues were first created in Summer '09 and have now seen thousands of players. While of course winning is always ohhh so sweet, we definitely have as much fun at our post-game bars as at the games themselves. We're more about simply having a good time than practicing to go pro. So if you're looking for a unique social league, where it's ridiculously ea …

Are you WAY past the bar scene and looking to make some quality friends your own age while exploring some great venues?! Let's explore the neighborhoods, restaurants, pubs, BYOB's, festivals, theatre, coffee shops, brunches, bands and all that the Northside of the city has to offer! I am a professional living in Lincoln Square and I would like to meet other professionals who are social, friendly and down to earth... like I am! :) Please be a college educated professional in your 30's or 40's...s …

Membership is temporarily closed to new members. To preserve the purpose of starting this thing in the first place, membership has been temporarily closed to new members so that we can focus on existing members. Thanks for understanding. Hope to see you again once membership opens up. :) ----------------------------------------------------------- Remember when you were a kid and all you had to do to make friends was walk up to some other kid, not put gum in their hair, and just say "Hey you wa …

Are you Looking for more friends and dates?? Do you want to meet more people fast? New to Town and wondering how to make new friends quickly? If you are, This is how!! Speed Friending Events are for you!! Come see what everyone is talking about. Speed Friending Events is a fast new, super fun, and very low pressure way to make lasting friendships around town. Our events are the quickest, safest, most effective low-pressure way to meet new people in town. This is the ONLY place in Chicago whe …

Join us for Doggie Socials where both you and your pup can make new friends. All Breeds, Ages, Sizes Are Welcome At Our Events As Long As Your Pet is Friendly!

Todos estan bien venidos a este grupo! This group is for anyone interested making new friends and exploring out what Chicago neighborhoods have to offer... We will go out to dinner, movies, clubs, bars, museums, cafes, picnics, swimming, pool, bowling, sport arenas and concerts...I am open to new ideas, so feel free to suggest...

SHOP (and swap) Til You Drop Are you a natural born shopper? Do you like to dress up and do some on the town shopping? Or do you like to dress down, put on some comfy walking shoes, roll up your sleeves and get ready to do battle to get the best goods at the greatest prices? Are you one of the newly emerging who has found the ease of shopping online, being able to scan for treasure trove from the convenience of your own bed while reclining and still in your jammies? Well you can be all three and …

BroClub was created to solve a common problem we experience in our late 20's.  You may be new in town or your buddies may have relocated, married, or vanished off the face of the earth.  Guys tend to stick together much closer than women who rotate friends every six months, so this is your opportunity to form some good buddies in Chicago. The goal is to form a core group of like-minded bro's that are looking to build new friendships in Chicago.   We aim to do at least one event per week.  This g …

For couples located in the downtown area interested in networking and making new friends through social events ranging from game nights to traveling and all activities in between.

Group is to make it easier to organize a core group of friends.  It will be a tight knit group but will also bring in new people and grow slowly over time.  A current member has to know you in order to be added.

This group is for GLBT people that work, live, or study in and around downtown Chicago, in the loop. We schedule regular activities such as dinner, coffee, and cultural events for GLBT people of the loop to attend together. We'll make new friends and have a lot of fun!

Do you find yourself looking for any excuse to bake? Us too! We are just two Chicago baking addicts that randomly found each other, and we figured there had to be more of us out there, hiding behind our muffin tins and baking pans. We decided there ought to be a support group where we can freely bake till our heart's content. This group is designed for anyone with a love of baking, both men and women, from novice to expert and everything in between. Each month, we will host a themed event at som …

Chicago Social Events will be putting together tons of events for 20-30 somethings that focus on one thing: Meeting people and having fun. Well, that's kind of two things...Our group will live by the motto "A good time is all about who you share it with". I've been putting up our events in other Meetup groups for the past several months and have seen amazing turnouts with such great people, so now it just makes sense to create my own! We'll be organizing groups to do things like happy hours, tr …

have you recently come to Christ and let him into your heart? has he saved you but you feel like nobody understands. have your friends and family mocked you or even looked down on you? it is not easy to follow Jesus Christ. for in doing so, many do not understand your connection with him because they do not know him yet. it is important to surround yourselves with strong Christians and be dicipled into a life through Christ. this group will be focused on people who are new of faith or interested …

The Gay and Lesbian community in Chicago is among the strongest in the nation. We foster this growth through professional and social networking for Gay and Gay friendly Chicagoland individuals. We combine the best of professional networking with social activities to assist in building strong partnerships.

Come explore the Chicago city and what It has to offer with your fellow Desi friends The Chicago Desi Masti Group aims to bring together internationally-minded people with a Desi (something or someone who is from the Indian subcontinent) affinity. Join this circle of wonderful people if you want to - make new friends - Watch Bollywood/Hollywood movies - Take Road Trips - Partay till 4 am on the grooviest desi songs - Experience indian cultural events - Attend concerts or headbang to rock bands - …