EVENTS
26th Annual Chip in for Girls Golf Outing
Chip in for Girls
Save the date for the 26th Annual Chip in for Girls Golf Outing! Join us at Harborside International Golf Center in support of girls attending our Sports & Leadership Summer Camp.
Since 1995, Girls in the Game has provided a foundation for girls to develop physical, mental and emotional strength. Since our founding 30 years ago, more than 65,000 girls have started the journey to become strong, confident women, beginning with the support, guidance and opportunities provided by Girls in the Game. We give girls the tools they need to become whatever they decide. We help them develop confidence in the person who matters most-herself. We know from research and from girls themselves that Strong Starts Here.
Date
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
8:30 AM - Registration
9:30 AM - Best Ball Scramble
2:30 PM - 19th Hole Celebration
Location
Harborside International
11001 S. Doty Ave. East
Chicago, IL 60628
What
Professionals from the corporate, medical, and fitness sectors raise funds to support Girls in the Game summer programs!
Sponsorships, foursomes, and individual tickets are available. For more information, contact Dawn Kobel at dkobel@girlsinthegame.org.
2025 Sponsors
Par Sponsors
Hole Sponsors
Aetna, Anning-Johnson Company, Byford Construction, Cushman & Wakefield, Design Collective by Cintas, Executive Construction Foundation, Mortenson, Kate Norris, Pepper Construction
Chip in for Girls 2024 Program Book
For 29 years, Girls in the Game has been an organization that consistently challenges itself to better meet the needs of girls. This summer, girls ages 7-13 will join us Monday through Friday for full days of sports, health and leadership rotations. Girls will learn to understand the importance of team building, they will have the chance to try different sports, and they’ll learn how to communicate and manage their emotions. They will have the chance to work with guest coaches from sports teams, volunteer groups from corporate partners and, most importantly, be coached by current teen participants and program alumnae, allowing younger girls to see the types of leaders they can become if they stay with Girls in the Game.
Girls in the Game summer programs are more than just sports. More than exposure to new role models and future career paths. More than a first trip out of the city to try canoeing, rock climbing or zip lining. It’s about showing up every day for yourself and for your team, and learning from everyone around you. It’s about not being afraid to try new things and being open to what else you can tackle when you discover your courage. It’s about setting goals and fighting through challenges with determination. In fact, that is what we are working to develop: the next Determined Nation.
We know this work won’t end at the end of this summer, or even with the three-year plan, but we also know that these steps will help us create an even greater Determined Nation in Chicago. And with those new leaders being developed in that time, who knows where they will take our lessons, our drive and our belief in girls?
Upcoming Events
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Send a Mother’s Day Card
Click here for order dates and details.
Celebrate a strong woman in your life this Mother’s Day with a meaningful gift. When you donate to Girls in the Game in her honor, we’ll send your recipient a virtual card ($10) or a physical card ($20)—each featuring a special message from Girls in the Game, with the option to include your own personalized note. For more details, click here.
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Mother's Day Auction
Monday, April 28th to Tuesday, May 7th
Looking for the perfect gift for your mom or another amazing woman in your life? Don’t miss our Mother’s Day Auction, featuring incredible items like a VIP NASCAR weekend experience, private wine tastings, a deluxe portrait session, and so much more! Click here to check it out today and start bidding!
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SPF Pickleball Fundraiser
Mother’s Day Weekend
SPF will be opening various open play courts the Saturday and Sunday of Mother’s Day weekend. 10% of total Mother's Day open play sales and 10% of Mother's Day weekend cocktail sales will be donated back to Girls in the Game. Come play pickleball for a good cause! Click here to learn more.
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Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams Fundraiser
Thursday, May 22nd from 4-7 PM
Visit Jeni’s Wrigleyville location (3657 N. Clark St.) to get a sweet treat and support our mission of empowering girls in Chicago!
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Bingo Night
Wednesday, June 4th from 7-9 PM
Join us at Dovetail Brewery (1800 W. Belle Plaine Ave.) for a night of bingo fun! Each ticket includes two drinks and food, and each bingo winner will receive a prize. There will also be a raffle that you won't want to miss! Click here to learn more.
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Chip in for Girls
Tuesday, June 24th
Save the date for the 26th Annual Chip in for Girls Golf Outing! Join us at Harborside International Golf Center in support of girls attending our Sports & Leadership Summer Camp. To learn more, click here.
Field of Dreams
30th Anniversary Field of Dreams Gala
Field of Dreams
Join us on Thursday, February 27, 2025 to celebrate 30 years of service.
On Feb. 27 2025, join business and culture leaders, local and national celebrities and those who have been part of the organization’s history in celebrating 30 years of success and powerful girls and women everywhere.
Tables are sold out and sponsorships are no longer available. To join the table waitlist, for more general event information, or to join the event planning committee, contact Dawn Kobel.
Date: Feb 27th 2025
Time: 6pm Registration, 7:15pm Dinner
Location: Intercontinental (505 N. Michigan Ave)
Attire: Business
2025 Champions
Rohini Dey
PhD - Sanctuary Restaurateur, Founder Let’s Talk Womxn
Julie Giese
President Chicago NASCAR Street Race
Ebony Ladies Golf League
Supporting Equality in Golf for 50 Years
NK Gutiérrez
Actor and Activist
2025 Field of Dreams Sponsors
Gold Sponsors
Jill Allread & Family
Season Ticket Holder Sponsor
Silver Sponsors
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, Chicago Bulls, Chicago Stars FC, Continental Electric Construction Company, Core & Main, Crowe LLP, Executive Construction Foundation, Fox Sprinkler Supply Corp., Gibson Electric, Jamerson & Bauwens Electrical Contractors, Inc., Kelso-Burnett Co., Loyola Women’s Sports Medicine, Maddock Industries, Mechanical Equipment Company, McHugh Concrete Construction, Porter Pipe & Supply, Power Construction, Marilynn Preston, Michelle Salomon
Bronze Sponsors
Spirits Sponsor
DAOU
Printing Sponsor
Cushing Co.
Field of Dreams 2025 Gala Program Book
Back in 1995, the founders of Girls in the Game likely weren’t thinking about where they would be in 30 years. Instead they focused on delivering programs that offered opportunities for around 100 girls to learn sports and the lessons that come with it.
Those founders probably never imagined when they held their first Field of Dreams anniversary event in a gym, serving hot dogs to people in running shoes, that 30 years later they would welcome more than 500 guests to the Intercontinental Grand Ballroom on Michigan Avenue. They wouldn’t have imagined professional videos, high-caliber honorees, or that, in those 30 years more than 65,000 girls would take part in Girls in the Game programs.
Instead, they focused on the work that was ahead of them with determination. That one word is the very thing that can transform an idea into an action that will change lives. And those lives changed aren’t just the ones of the girls who have come through programming. It’s the lives of volunteers, Board members, school partners, and staff members. Because it takes all of these people to grow something as long-lasting as Girls in the Game. It takes not just determination, but a Strong Starts Here.