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Sports & Hobbies groups near Saint Charles, IL

Hiking Feet, Trail Feet

Saint Charles, IL

Hiking Feet, Trail Feet
**About** This is a group created for people who love to hit the trails on weekends. If you are looking to enjoy the outdoors, practice your hobbies and socialize with like-minded group, you are most welcome to join us! We seriously want to enjoy those trails!! We are a fun group of all ages and abilities, and we just want to keep fit and have fun out there. **Activities** Depending on the season, we schedule short hikes, long hikes, easy hikes, and moderately challenging hikes. Hikes will be mostly around 5-10 miles in and around North, West, and South suburbs. We occasionally schedule day hikes located in Indiana, Iowa, and Wisconsin, including weekend camping, and road trips. We strive to accurately describe the hike and trail condition, but certain things are beyond our control, such as sudden weather changes, downed trees, ponding, mud, bugs, ticks, or any inconveniences real or imagined. These activities are free, and voluntary and it is expected that attendees will have checked the weather before leaving, be on time, come prepared, and be responsible for their own safety. **Attendance** The events organized are limited to a small group of people and sometimes, events have a waitlist. We therefore expect a bit of courtesy for people to sign up only if they can attend and to manage their RSVP at least two days before the scheduled event. **Weather** Weather is always a major factor to consider in organizing events. We do scheduled hikes in all Seasons but limit the mileage in the Summer to 5miles or less when temperature is too uncomfortable, or schedule it later in the afternoon when the sun is not too harsh. Hikes may also be canceled due to rain but not if it is only a drizzle. **On the trail** It has been our experience that some people walk faster than the rest of the group. That is not a problem, just please let the event host know you are going ahead and not stopping to check a tree, look at animals or take photos. Maybe we'll see you in the parking lot afterwards.
675 members · Private

630 Singles & Social Club (Age 40+)

Wheaton, IL

630 Singles & Social Club (Age 40+)
We are about fun and friendship. We schedule dancing, wine tastings, dinner, movies, plays, concerts, fairs and festivals, sporting and volunteer events and a whole lot more. Most of our activities are on the weekend and are scheduled in the Western suburbs, (Wheaton, Downers Grove, Naperville area) but not all. We are open to adding new organizers to our group as that means more variety of events and more fun for all. Message us through our site if you have an activity you want to organize. To join our group, you must use your real first name preferably with a last name or initial, and have a recent picture of yourself (just you, not multiple people) on your Meetup profile. We need to be able to see your face on the photo (No exceptions!). If your photo is blurry you will be declined. **We do not approve out of state requests to join or if you live too far away since that seems to invite more "no shows" at events**. Our group is for people aged 40 and over. For some events we may charge a small fee to help cover the cost of this site. If you have many RSVP day-of-event cancellations, No-Shows, or violate our Code of Conduct clause, you will get dropped from our group.   Everyone applying to join our Meetup group agrees they will not misrepresent themselves, or any material facts about themselves, to gain entry into our group. We reserve the right to deny anyone from joining our meetup group and also to remove anyone from our Meetup group, at any time, for any reason. Member Responsibility/Code of Conduct: All our members are expected to treat others with respect and not send inappropriate messages to others or post negative or non-event related messages or photos on our site. Please do not advertise your business using our Meetup site. Please see our full Member Responsibility and Code of Conduct Clause located on the "Discussions" tab. Disclaimer\*\*:\*\*  The 630 Singles & Social Club is not responsible and assumes no liability for any loss to property, illness or injury to persons who participate in our events. You participate at your own risk.
1052 members · Private

S.A.L.T. (Singles Actively Loving And Serving God Together)

Naperville, IL

S.A.L.T. (Singles Actively Loving And Serving God Together)

S.A.L.T. (Singles Actively Loving and Serving God Together)

seeks to bring Biblically-adherent Chicago-area Christian Singles together for the purpose of genuine fellowship as brothers and sisters in Christ.  Our activities range from sporting events, concerts, Bible studies, plays, dinners, movies, hikes, etc. along with serving opportunities.  Our S.A.L.T. meet-up group is unique because we not only seek to build strong community with each other, but we also seek to be salt and light to the singles around us who do not yet know the Lord.  As such, we seek to honor God in all of our activities and interactions with each other and with guests who have been invited to our events in an effort to encourage one another, build new friendships, and reflect the love of our Heavenly Father to others.

If you're living a Christ-centered lifestyle and are looking to meet and build friendships with committed single Christians in the Chicago area, then you should definitely consider checking us out!

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S.A.L.T. is a private meetup group and membership approval is required before admittance. While we are not a dating group, if healthy dating relationships occur within S.A.L.T., it's expected that your actions remain honorable to the Lord.

As a meetup.com group, of utmost importance is the fostering of a safe and comfortable experience for all members, online and during events.  S.A.L.T. leadership will not tolerate any comments or behaviors that are inappropriate, disrespectful and/or may that make other members uncomfortable.  Such actions may lead to a dismissal from S.A.L.T.  If conflict arises between either members or guests at a S.A.L.T. event (or online) it is expected that the matter first be dealt with honestly between the two individuals, as described in Matthew 18:15, before bringing the matter to S.A.L.T. leadership.  Members of this group are expected to take responsibility for their own actions.  As followers of Christ, we acknowledge that we are to be honorable in our interactions with one another.

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PRE-REQ1: You know and accepted Jesus Christ as Savior.

PRE-REQ2: Your martial status is single or legally divorced (not separated).

PRE-REQ3: You have a recent (and clear) photo of yourself on your profile.

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Please see the PAGES section to learn more about:

S.A.L.T. (Singles Actively Loving and Serving God Together)

460 members · Private

Cheers 2

Glen Ellyn, IL

Cheers 2
**About us**  Social happy hour, dining, dancing, festivals, outdoor activities, and whatever the event organizers wish to do! There is no fee to attend events or be part of this group. Some venues may charge an admission fee. An organizer may host Outdoor Winter activities such as skiing or ice skating. I'll host year-round hikes if they are in the area. This group changed names multiple times. Someone then told me to name it "Cheers 2" so I did. Earlier it was based on the final episode of Cheers sitcom [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP21b-AAXJk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP21b-AAXJk) . This group is mostly for ages 40s+ but not restrictive of other ages. Most events are held in the West Suburban area. We are expanding the areas where events are held. Organizers can host events wherever they want. There are no attendance requirements but please change your rsvp to NO if your plans change and unable to go to an event. Below are some reasons for removal from this group. **Rudeness, yelling at restaurant staff or skipping out without paying for your meal:** It happened at Eden restaurant event. Yelling at the manager because your gin and tonic took too long to get. Three people skipping out without paying for their food. If you walk out without paying and I find out who you are and you refuse to settle, you will be removed from this group. **General rudeness to another person in meetup** I intended this group to be friendly and welcoming. If I hear about people being really nasty to someone else then the perpetrator may be removed from the group. **Reporting a member to meetup in order to get them banned from meetup:** Please message me first if you experience conflict to the level where you want the person removed entirely from meetup! This is to prevent an unfortunate situation where the person who was reported and banned from meetup was also an event host. All of the person's events disappeared entirely. What's worse, people had paid for such event that disappeared. I spent 3 hours of my time trying to figure out why an event that people paid for suddenly disappeared. I was clueless. Finally got to the bottom of it. A member had a conflict with a person who was an event host and reported them to meetup to get them banned. We sorted it out but if this happens again the person who makes such a report will be removed from this group. **Leaving a one star review of a venue that does not deserve it:** I work hard to find venues that are suitable for our group. I spend hours driving around, checking it out, calling, and asking questions. Many do not accept separate checks even for party of just 8. Some want a deposit of $1000 to $2500 dollars to rent an area if you have more than 20 people. Others request that each person spend at least $25 or else I'm liable. Others state to me that I will be responsible for $25.00 fee for each empty seat at table when there is a popular band playing (tables for 20 in this case at Manhattans). Others want me to sign a contract of some kind. Some say that everyone must be there or we can't be seated, even for a party of just 12. If your food was not prepared to your satisfaction at any event (Steak over cooked, cold mash potatoes), please let staff know at the time of the event. I**ntolerance of others in our group**  Any expressions of hatred or demeaning comments will cause a person to be blocked out  of this meetup group. Please message me privately if you experience this.  I will not allow any expressions of this sort based on political party, race, ethnicity, LGBTQ, religion, handicap (mental or physical), age, or gender.  This includes comments I happen to see in other meetup group comments. **Sexual Harassment** This is not a hook up singles group and people have a right to be left alone if their not interested. Please message me if you receive unsolicited meetup messages from people you don't know. **Our political differences** Any discussions must be civilized. We don't want a fight to break out while we're dining, or anytime for that matter.  If your not capable of engaging in civil political discussions then either stay silent or ask to join another table if its a restaurant venue. **Let the event organizer lead the event:** If an event organizer lists a specific location where they will be at a venue then that's where the group is meeting. Event hosting takes time and effort. Please do not hijack an event and tell people "No, we're sitting here instead". This causes confusion and that's totally unnecessary. Hijacking an event in this manner is cause for removal from this group. I didn't think it would be necessary to add this policy to this group but a situation was reported to me on 08/18/23. That's like me hosting a dinner event and then some member comes in and tells people to go to another restaurant instead. Or, like me arriving to lead a hike (different group) and then upon my arrival a bunch of people are leaving because a member already did my hike for me (yeah that happened). Or, like me leading a hike and then a member demands that the group follow them instead (yeah that's happened too). The event organizers have final say in where the group is to meet and all other aspects of that event. They can also remove people who rsvp who have caused issues at a previous meetup. "Issues" are listed above. **Other general policies:** **NO SHOW at Sit Down Dining events** This only applies to restaurants where we have a limited number of people who can attend and we sit down together and have a meal. If you are a NO SHOW without reason you may not be able to attend events with limited seating. All meetup event hosts expect people to change their RSVP to NO if plans change. **Sharing phone numbers of members of the group** It is never ok to share phone numbers of people in the group with others without their permission. Please do not share any other personally identifiable information about others such as last name or address. **Event Organizers** Event organizers must report inappropriate conduct of any member to me immediately after an event thru email, private message or phone call. Safety is of everyone's concern and I also wish to keep this group respectful of others. **Event Organizers** To prevent fraud, use of your own personal Zelle/payment account for pre-paid events is not allowed. We recently found out that if a member leaves meetup altogether their event completely disappears. Most of us know each other but we have a few new event organizers. Pre-paid events must use a third party payment system, for example a music venue, theatre or sports arena that has its own link to pay. **Un-hosted events are not allowed!** I didn't even know about it until few years ago when Gregg (organizer of TGIF) notified me. I was very thankful that Gregg mentioned this to me. Up until that time I was posting "un-hosted meetup events" because someone suggested an event to me, it sounded great, I thought people would really like it, but I couldn't host. For your convenience, I'm copying and pasting content from https://help.meetup.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002897712-Meetup-groups-and-events-policies *"It can be a little intimidating to show up to an event where you don’t know anyone,* *so having a host at every event is important for making members feel comfortable and welcome.* *All Meetup events must have an in-person host present to help connect attendees,* *manage relationships with venues, and bring structure to the events. The host must,* *at a minimum, make members aware of the event location, and act as a point of contact during the event.* *If a business or an organization is sponsoring an event, the event description must identify a contact person who will be present at the event.* *If Meetup receives reports that there is no one present in-person hosting a* *Meetup group’s events, we may remove the group at our sole discretion."* If an event organizer has posted an event and then cannot attend later for some reason then either * Cancel the event and give the reason why * Find a person who can act as a one time host and agrees to host. Make that person official host in meetup event. Posting of any other un-hosted events will result in change back to member role and loss of ability to post events. I expect that event organizers will have some skills in mentioning whether or not there is a reservation and what the reservation is under (Cheers2 or your own name). If there is no reservation then event hosts shall mention in comments where they are at. **History of the group** This group was founded recently in June 2018 as a Woman's social group for ages 45 and up. I've renamed it a few times since then. Cheers 2 is here to stay.
2327 members · Private

OUT and About in the Northwest Suburbs

Schaumburg, IL

OUT and About in the Northwest Suburbs
Over five years ago this wonderful group was created to meet and connect people in  the area...it did just that. Lifelong friendships have been made during many events and we enjoyed years of fun and laughter.   Our focus is kindness and friendship among women of all ages within the LGBT community through activities including biking, hiking, brunch, picnics, arts, books, and sports events. We hope to SEE you soon, Alissa, Mary, Jessica, Lora, Nicky, and Sarah Disclaimers: Please note that attempt of using this group under promotion of a personal agenda, such as business, political or religion, will not be tolerated and the member will be removed from the group. We reserve the right to dismiss any individual that we feel may cause harm, disruption, and general discomfort to other members. We understand life gets busy, but we kindly ask that when you make a RSVP that you commit to that date and if you must cancel, please do so within 72 hours. Cancelling early assists the group readjust with venues and/or allow waitlist members in. If you have a last-minute emergency, please contact an Organizer and cancel your reservation. No shows will be kindly asked to correct on a future RSVP or be removed after three times of no show / no cancel.  Events that include alcohol, we ask that you please drink responsibly and if you have more than intended please arrange for transportation.  As most of our events will be women-only, we plan to host some events that will be open to everyone. All-inclusive events will be displayed clearly in the title of the event posted. Men and allies of the community that are invited by our members will be welcome to those specific events. **Men and heterosexual women are not eligible for membership.**
1132 members · Private