BEAUTIFUL BEGINNINGS, a prenatal and postnatal class by Dr. Heather Yost is a place where families are educated to their fullest potential! The class offers a mindful exploration of pregnancy, exercise, nutrition, birth plans, labor, breastfeeding, newborn to toddler care, and much more! This hands-on class is held the first Saturday of each quarter from 11am-noon.

Welcome to the Meetup for the Cedar Falls/Waterloo Secularists - a social group for those with a religion-free worldview in the Cedar Valley area. The intent of this Meetup is to form a community of atheists, agnostics, humanists, freethinkers, and other non-religious persons. If you are searching for just such a community or are interested in learning more about the views of our members, join us at any of our Meetup events. We meet for coffee on the second Sunday and drinks after work on the fo …

Become a part of a revolutionary Succession Planning Professional Community! Sponsored by the International Succession Planning Association ® (ISPA ®,) Edge/Schneider Consulting and The Rawls Group, this group will promote an environment for sharing ideas, leveraging resources and will provide access to cutting edge professional development, marketing opportunities and resources. THIS GROUP IS FOR YOU IF YOU ARE: An advisor who works in or supports the business succession planning process or o …

Our goal is simple: To educate and support healthy lifestyle choices by providing free community workshops. Our plan is to protect the health of our community one healthy habit at a time!

Welcome Hip Chicks! We’re looking for some positive, fabulous, fun-loving chicks in their 20’s, 30’s and beyond, who value honest words, honoring commitments, building relationships and having fun! If you are a transplant or just miss having a close group of girlfriends, then this is the group for you! Let’s put together a strong group of good girlfriends who enjoy each others company and to give you a network of fabulous, hip chick friends to call whenever you want to get together. I want this …

Welcome! MOMSnext is for moms of school-aged children.  It is an extension of MOPS International. We meet the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month in the morning, during the regular school year at Lutheran Church of Hope in West Des Moines.  This website is our online home which serves as member directory, discussion board, file folder and event calendar.  If you are interested in joining, please contact us so you may attend a meeting. We would love to meet you!  Registration is $45 for the school …

Self Reliance, Disaster Preparedness, and Sustainable Living Group for Des Moines and Surrounding Areas.

A group for like-minded home birthing mamas to get together for socialization and fun! Open to mamas that have had or planned a home birth, expectant moms, and those interested in home birth!  My hope is that this can become a tight-knit community where everyone can get to know each other.

We are a group of women (or men...princes are absolutely welcomed as well) who tend to say, "Calgon take me away!" or "Spa me!" on a regular basis. We know and appreciate the value of a good facial, massage, or spa day. We want and need that zen environment in our lives and we are passionate about pampering ourselves, knowing that we can only be at our best if we do...and gosh darnit we deserve it anyway! Let's get together and find all the great pampering Des Moines has to offer!! I plan to ma …

This is a group that is interested in liberty, United States Constitution, camping and prepping. We are looking for members interested in any of these things. Are you looking for a group of like minded people who want to be better prepared for a disaster, emergency or a more sustainable living? There is so much concern right now and history has shown us that being prepared is not enough, we need each other to survive in good times and in bad times. Everyday living can become strain and challenge …