Get ready for the 2025 BLOCK PARTY!
Friday, July 4, 2025
Monticello Place
It's almost time for the annual Block Party!!! Ready your running shoes for the Mingleside Mile, prep your egg tossing skills, and have beach towels ready for the inflatable water slides (two again this year!)
Thanks to everyone involved in planning, the party continues to grow! Check out our schedule below and join in classic fun like the Mingleside Mile, slides, games and potluck, or some of our newest activities like the kids' scavenger hunt and afternoon board and card game time. Or, come compete in the knockout or bags tourneys and the evening kickball game!
Signups for the potluck and volunteer roles are HERE - please take a look and sign up today to bring a dish or help throughout the day.
We can't wait to hang out with neighbors new and old, catch up and toast to the best 'hood in town. RSVP, schedule and signups below - contact Liz Adames with any questions and look forward to seeing you there!
SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 11:30am Help us design and paint the back side of our banner! All ages welcome - meet in the Adames' backyard @ 800 Monticello
MINGLESIDE MILE
Slip & Slide
TASTY BEVERAGES
POTLUCK
GAMES FOR ALL AGES
DJ
AND MORE!
JULY 4 SCHEDULE
9:00am Mingleside Mile Fun Run & Banner Raising
Come warm up for your day with a jog around the neighborhood - donuts and coffee provided. See note above about painting the banner on 6/28!
9:30am Bike Parade @ Orrington Track
A chance for younger kids to decorate and then ride around the track and show off their bikes!
10am Knockout Tournament @ Orrington Sport Court
Like limbo, but with free throws.
10am-4pm Slip & Slides
Two slides again this year, one for kids 9 and under; one for kids 10 and up - bring your suits and towels! Parents, please stick around to provide supervision.
11am-12pm Scavenger Hunt
Two options this year - a nature hunt for the littles to do with a grown-up, and a clue-based scavenger hunt for the readers!
12-1pm Hot Dog Lunch for Kids
Easy lunch after the scavenger hunt for neighborhood kids, outside 824 Monticello
1-4pm Tattoos & Tarot, Bags & Games
From 1-2p, get a glitter tattoo or your fortunes read. Then stay for the now-annual bags tournament @2p, or jump into board, card & dice games at the tables on Monticello!
TBD Evanston Fire Truck
A hit every year, the Evanston FD will swing by when they can for the enjoyment and cooling off of all!
4:00pm Happy Hour
Come enjoy a summer cocktail and catch up with neighbors new and old!
4:30pm Games Galore
Musical chairs, egg toss, tug o’war and relays
5:30pm Potluck Dinner
Please bring something delicious to share! We're renting tables and chairs again this year, but feel free to bring chairs or blankets if you'd prefer. Potluck (and volunteer) sign up coming soon!
7:30pm Adult & Older Kids’ Kickball Game
It's back! Kids 9 and younger, please come and be on the cheer team!
8:45-9:00pm Clean up, head to Evanston Fireworks
Group effort to help clean up, and then head out! Bring your own takeout containers – anything still on the table is fair game for you to bring home for July 5 😉
Get a printable schedule for your fridge here!!
RSVP
We're asking everyone to chip in $20 per person. This will cover activities throughout the day, including games, hot dog lunch, slip n slide, popsicles, beverages (incl beer/wine/cocktails) and more. We will do a potluck for dinner!
Please RSVP to Emily at 832 Ingleside with your payment (checks payable to Emily Cavanaugh.) You can Zelle to Emily at 847.521.0057 or Venmo @Emily-Cavanaugh-2. Thanks so much!!
SIGN UP
We would love your help to make the day a success! Volunteer and potluck sign-ups are now open - sign up HERE to contribute your time or your food & drink (or both!)
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Volunteer roles include helping set up or tear down, helping run any of the fun activities planned for the day, or even mixing up cocktails.
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We need your delicious food: side dishes, meats, veggies, desserts - all the things! Classic family recipes, store-bought goodies, favorites of all kinds are welcome to the table!
We did have an overwhelming amount of food left over last year, so consider bringing enough food for a family of 4-6, rather than 15+ folks as we'd previously requested, and bringing your own containers to take home leftovers at the end of the night. Have a no-cook July 5!
We can’t wait to see you!
Reach out with any questions to Liz Adames (800 Monticello) at
917-355-2084 or lizfey@gmail.com.
Submit any past years' photos to share to kirsten.karlen@gmail.com!