We are partnering with the ND Club of Chicago to provide dinner service to Lincoln Park Community Services at their Old Town location (1521 North Sedgwick Street).

We will be volunteering in person - cooking and serving dinner together for 40 residents. Please wear closed toed shoes and arrive at 5:45pm with your ingredients. We are looking for 10-15 volunteers to serve with us.

We will follow-up with more specific details regarding ingredients to purchase and bring one week prior to the event.

For more information on this event, check out our recap blog posts from when we volunteered in October, March and June in 2024.

Read along with us this month! The genre for April is a mystery, so we are reading Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney.

Synopsis:

Author Grady Green is having the worst best day of his life. Grady calls his wife to share some exciting news as she is driving home. He hears Abby slam on the brakes, get out of the car, then nothing. When he eventually finds her car by the cliff edge the headlights are on, the driver door is open, her phone is still there. . . but his wife has disappeared.

A year later, Grady is still overcome with grief and desperate to know what happened to Abby. He can’t sleep, and he can’t write, so he travels to a tiny Scottish island to try to get his life back on track. Then he sees the impossible – a woman who looks exactly like his missing wife.

If you would like to attend the meeting, please contact us and we will send you the address.

Dinner Belles is a monthly dinner/brunch club and a fun, informal gathering to try new restaurants around the city and meet Belles of all class years. The dinners/brunches will be fairly small at 6-10 max to encourage conversation and develop friendships.

For our April outing, join us at The Perch on Wednesday, April 16th at 6:15pm. The restaurant is located in the Wicker Park area.

We have a reservation for 6 Belles so spots are limited! Please RSVP using the form below.

SAVE THE DATE:

Please join us for our 2025 Spring Spirits Fundraising event benefiting the Saint Mary's College Endowed Scholarship Fund on May 1st in Lincoln Park. This is a great evening to meet Belles from all years, network and give back!

Save the date and stay tuned for how to buy your ticket for Spring Spirits!

What is Spring Spirits? Our club hosts two flagship events each year: Spring Spirits in the spring and Founders’ Day in the fall. These are great events to meet Belles from all years, network and give back. These events are our biggest fundraisers for the Saint Mary’s Chicago East Endowed Scholarship Fund.

At Spring Spirits, we have a silent auction and raffle to raise money for the Saint Mary’s Chicago East Endowed Scholarship Fund. The scholarship is given to Chicago-area Belles. For the 2023-2024 school year, the scholarship awarded $15,900 to three students ($5,300 each).

Read along with us this month! The genre for May is a classic book, so we are reading The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett.

Synopsis:

“The Secret Garden” follows Mary Lennox, a neglected and spoiled girl, who, after her parents die in India, is sent to live with her reclusive uncle in a gloomy English manor. She discovers a hidden, neglected garden and, with the help of her cousin Colin and a local boy Dickon, restores it, finding both personal growth and happiness in the process.

If you would like to attend the meeting, please contact us and we will send you the address.