One of our most popular parties is back for another year! Join us for a Bell moms' night out with tacos and margs!

📆 August 22, 2025

⏰ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

📍 Casa de Gurber (details will be provided to attendees)

🎟️ $75

Eligible participants: Bell moms

Thanks to: Hillary Gurber, Sarah Hwang, Mara Markzon, Nisha Mohindra, Ann Reardon, Simeen Alikhan Kazmi, Alyse Liddell, Marci Sieracki, and Rebecca DeGrado

Spend the afternoon practicing yoga outside with your friends followed by light bites and heavy cocktails. We will host 15 adults for a 60-minute yoga session followed by an hour-long champagne and appetizer happy hour. All you need to provide is a yoga mat. We’ll provide the vibes!

Eligible participants: Open to all

Thanks to: Laura McDaniel, Madonna Lekas, and Sarah Jerutis

Ticket: $75

Grab your favorite euchre player (friend, husband, grandma, etc.) for an exciting multi-house euchre tournament. Only euchre player in your circle? Sign-up and we can match you with a partner! Drinks and snacks will be provided, so just bring yourself and your card-playing skills.

Eligible participants: Bell parents 

Thanks to Shannon & Ryan Slade, Lauren & Derek Nelson, Kara & Tom Barta, Lindsey & Parker Ignotz

Ticket: $45

Game night for moms! Come join us for a kid-free evening of dinner, drinks, and fun with a variety of games.

Eligible participants: Bell moms

Thanks to: Jessica Benjamin and Melissa Boyer

Ticket: $40

Join us for a night of fun at Lincolnwood Pool reserved exclusively for the Bell Community! Enjoy slides, diving boards, and water features at 3 different pools. Lifeguards will be on duty and snacks provided. Bring your family and friends, we have up to 1,000 spots available for the Bell Community!

Note: Ticket price is per person; families should purchase a ticket for each member attending (including kids of all ages).

Eligible participants: All Bell families!

Thanks to: Shannon Slade, Kara Barta, Diana Fleck, Anne Lenze, Katie McAvoy, and Maytinee Peck-Walden

Ticket: $20

Big Lebowski night! Get a babysitter and join us for bowling and burgers! If you are not a bowler, no problem, come for the other fun! Cash bar stocked with White Russians and cheap beer.

Eligible participants: Bell parents

Thanks to Mead and Petersen Families

Ticket: $50

Due to overwhelming demand the Bell Dad's Garage Crawl (BDGC) is back for 2024, and rest assured it will be bigger and better than ever before. This year the ELITE package is included with the price of admission, which means more events, more swag, more fun, and sets the stage for BDGC to take our place as the biggest parent party of the year. Not only is the fun worth the price of admission, it gets you out of the house for 5 hours (for less than the cost of a babysitter), and all proceeds go to your kids. Smash that buy button and sign-up today.

Eligible participants: Bell dads

Thanks to: Keith Petersen, Scott Walster, Mike Mead, James Davidson, and Matt McMillion

Ticket: $100

Join us for a wild night of snacks, drinks, prizes, and BUNCO! Used for decades as a thinly veiled excuse for women to hang out and party, we promise Bunco is not just a game for bored geriatrics. Never played before? No worries. All you need to know is how to roll the dice!

Eligible participants: Bell moms

Thanks to: Melissa Boyer and Carlie Irwin

Ticket: $50

WHIM is an immersive theater experience hosted @ Stage 773 (non-profit). WHIM is IMMERSIVE ART, UNIQUE COCKTAILS, and CAPTIVATING PERFORMANCES that create unforgettable moments of discovery. WHIM embarks audiences across a path of dreamlike theatricals that immerse the individual into an eclectic range of perspectives. The night will include: WHIM experience ticket + WHIM cocktail and appetizers + (optional) karaoke!

Eligible participants: Bell Parents

Thanks to Ryan Hayman and Alison Hayman

Ticket: $60

Need some pampering before Spring Break? Come enjoy light snacks and cocktails while you get your nails done with other Bell moms! Ticket price does not include the cost of services or tip.

Eligible participants: Bell moms

Thanks to: Sara Warner, Ria Ventimiglia and Andrea Ries

Ticket: $25

A night just for the dads. Enjoy pizza and beer in a private space full of your favorite arcade games (pinball machines, pop-a-shot, NBA Jam, NFL Blitz, Galaga, Rampage, several of the Mortal Kombats... and a ton more). 

Eligible participants: Bell dads

Thanks to: Scott Green and Mike Pantoliano

Ticket: $50

Join us for a 45-minute bootcamp workout with elite trainer Kelly Amshoff. Stay for morning cocktails and food!

Eligible participants: Open to all

Thanks to: Jessica Mead and Tina Potanos

Ticket: $50

A night of fun at a members-only indoor golf & social club! Come hit balls/work on your game or just Bell-y up to the bar. Some food and snacks provided but will be mainly BYO food and booze. Extra golf clubs will be on hand as well.

Eligible participants: Open to all (21 yrs. +)

Thanks to: Colleen Citro

Ticket: $50

Spend the afternoon practicing yoga outside with your friends followed by light bites and heavy cocktails. On Saturday, September 23, we will host 15 adults for a 60-minute yoga session led by yogi and life coach @sprinklesofkaty followed by an hour-long champagne and appetizer happy hour. All you need to provide is a yoga mat. We’ll provide the vibes!

Spots available: 15

Cost: $75

Eligible participants: Open to all

Thanks to: Laura McDaniel, Madonna Lekas, and Sarah Jerutis

One of our most popular parties is back for another year! Join us for a Bell moms' night out with tacos and margs! 

Spots available: 65

Cost: $75

Eligible participants: Bell moms

Thanks to: Hillary Gurber, Tiffany Patel, and Sarah Linn

Moms, get ready to pop some corn and champagne corks! Celebrate another school year's end with a fizzy, poppy party. Help fulfill our school's Wishlist by partaking in this a-maizing fete, full of champagne bubbles and popcorn dreams. All moms are welcome, so bring a friend, bring a neighbor, or make a corn-ucopia of new mom friends and commemorate our combined Bell mom joys, thrills, and chills at this fizz-stravaganza.

Spots available: 40

Cost: $55

Eligible participants: Moms

Thanks to: Kathryn Schad Reuther, Kelly Shoemaker, Darlene Sagun, and Megan Winzeler

Due to overwhelming demand the Bell Dad's Garage Crawl (BDGC) is back for 2023, and rest assured it will be bigger and better than ever before. This year the ELITE package is included with the price of admission, which means more events, more swag, more fun, and sets the stage for BDGC to take our place as the biggest parent party of the year. Not only is the fun worth the price of admission, it gets you out of the house for 5 hours (for less than the cost of a babysitter), and all proceeds go to your kids. Smash that buy button and sign-up today.

Spots available: 50

Cost: $100

Eligible participants: Bell dads

Thanks to: Keith Petersen, Scott Walster, James Davidson, and Matt McMillion

It’s a mixology class where you'll learn how to make cocktails like a pro. Spend an afternoon enjoying speakeasy vibes along with the cocktails you stir and shake up.

Spots available: 10

Cost: $75

Eligible participants: Bell moms

Thanks to: Shannon Slade

Calling all moms!  Let's get you pampered and get you the chance to win some great prizes from female-founded businesses in Chicago.

Please join us for a private party at female-owned Face Foundrie in Bucktown, where you can choose from a Mini Mask or Mini Derma facial.  The experience will include an opening and closing massage ritual, double cleanse, mask or dermaplaning, and application of finishing products.  Before and after your facial, you can hang out and enjoy light bites and bubbles.  

But wait, there's more!  The purchase of your ticket enters you into a raffle that will be drawn during the party.  The list of prizes keeps building, but here is a sneak peek of what you have the chance to win:

- Blowout at Salon JP (from owner Jessica)

- Gift Card to Pretty Cool Ice Cream (from founder Dana)

- Focused Facial at Face Foundrie Bucktown (from owner Nicole)

- Jewelry from Vo Jewelry (from founder Amy)

- Gift Card to Primrose Flowers (from owner Leah)

Please note the ticket price does not include the cost of service ($50) or tip (20%).  Hope to see you there!

Spots available: 35

Cost: $60 (plus the cost of a service)

Eligible participants: Bell moms and friends

Thanks to: Nicole Grede

Join us for a wild night of snacks, drinks, prizes, and BUNCO! Used for decades as a thinly veiled excuse for women to hang out and party, we promise Bunco is not just a game for bored geriatrics. Never played before? No worries. All you need to know is how to roll the dice!

Spots available: 20

Cost: $50

Eligible participants: Bell moms

Thanks to: Melissa Boyer and Carlie Irwin

Need some pampering before Spring Break? Come enjoy light snacks and cocktails while you get your nails done with other Bell moms! Ticket price does not include the cost of services or tip.

Spots available: 20

Cost: $25

Eligible participants: Bell moms

Thanks to: Sara Warner, Ria Ventimiglia and Andrea Ries

A night just for the dads. Enjoy pizza and beer in a private space full of your favorite arcade games (pinball machines, pop-a-shot, NBA Jam, NFL Blitz, Galaga, Rampage, several of the Mortal Kombats, and a ton more). Address to be provided to attendees within confirmation.

Spots available: 22

Cost: $50

Eligible participants: Bell dads

Thanks to: Scott Green and Mike Pantoliano

Join us for a 45-minute bootcamp workout with elite trainer Kelly Amshoff. Stay for morning cocktails and food! 

Spots available: 20

Cost: $50

Eligible participants: Open to all

Thanks to: Jessica Mead and Tina Potanos

Game night for moms! Come join us for a kid-free evening of dinner, drinks, and fun with a variety of games.

Spots available: 20

Cost: $40

Eligible participants: Bell moms

Thanks to: Jessica Benjamin, Melissa Boyer