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FRIENDS
 PROUDLY BREWING Two Brothers Coffee Roasters |  Tea Reverie is a local small batch loose leaf tea company. |  Plainfield Shorewood Area Chamber of Commerce |
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 Liquid Kourage Entertainment hosts a variety of fun events both live, and over Twitch Stream. |  Join us at Skeleton Key Brewery in Woodridge every 1st Wednesday. |  Joliet Pride network is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting inclusion, dignity, and acceptance through advocacy for members of the LGBTQ+ community. Our organization is committed to creating safe spaces and fostering diversity. |
 Naper Pride is Naperville's Pride organization and has been very supportive of Critical Grind's journey |  Bolingbrook Pride is a grassroots, community-led organization that is committed to promoting inclusion, unity, acceptance, open dialogue, and unconditional love in a time where these values are sometimes difficult to come by. We are committed to reaching out to and supporting LGBTQ+ people and allies throughout the lifespan, including youth and families. |  Queering the Binary Foundation collects donations of clothing, accessories, and beauty products for transgender/nonbinary/gender nonconforming individuals from ages 8-80+. We host monthly pop-up closets throughout the suburbs and the city of Chicago for transgender/nonbinary/gender nonconforming individuals to shop for free. |
 Lodge Con is an independently run board game convention in Kankakee, IL |  At Blooming Succulents Studio, we give you everything you need to develop your craft. Our guests pick out elements from our beautiful varieties of succulents in order to create unique pieces of art. Our Art Studio encourages our patrons to dream up creative and innovative projects. |  We've teamed up with our friends at Bricks & Minifigs Crest Hill a couple times. |
 Calliope Games publishes tabletop games for players of all ages and levels of skill. More than that, we use boards, cards, dice, and pawns to set the stage for people to share experiences that they will remember for a lifetime. Our goal is to provide the games so you can create memories together! |  Void Gate Games is your portal to other worlds. We’re a collective of artists and storytellers making and publishing tabletop RPGs that we want to play and share with fellow travelers of the aether. |  Creators of Canopy and Leaf, Weird City Games is based out of Portland, OR |
 This publishing company has been very great to us by providing us with copies of their games for our library! |  SensoryPlay provides wooden educational materials and wooden toys as well as home decor. They are also the amazing people who etch our tumblers and glassware. |  |
 |  We love hosting events with our local library |  Plainfield Public Library is hosting PROMicon and Fandom Fest in April of 2023 and has invited Critical Grind to participate. Keep an eye out for more details. |
 We have hosted multiple events at the Joliet Public Library and we love what they're doing for children and families in the community |  Long Rest Games is a company owned by friends of ours. Their goal is to promote and facilitate the idea of community in gaming. |  Meeple Swing is a public group of dancers and gamers. |
 Promoting inclusive gaming! |  Join us every 3rd Thursday. We're a local chapter for Silent Book Club. |  Our Pop-Up Bakery friend from September 2024 |
 Baby Doll Bakery was our featured Pop-Up Bakery in January of 2024. They're exclusively gluten free, dairy free, egg free, and vegan desserts. |  Cookie's Kitchen was our pop-up bakery for June of 2024 |  Sweet Traditions is a local woman-owned small business that specializes in delicious treats for any occasion. |
 Love Baked by J. Nicole was our Pop-Up Bakery friends in December of 2023! |  Biteable has a location in Lockport and make an assortment of delicious baked goods for people and pets! They joined us for a pop-up bakery in July of 2024 |  PoundCake Bakery has a location in downtown Lisle. They joined us for a Pop-Up Bakery in March 2024 |
 Pop up bakery shop specializing in French Macarons and decadent desserts. Located in Lincoln, IL, they were our first Pop-Up Bakery |  Moonfire Bakery is a home baker that makes specialty macarons, custom cakes and cupcakes, cookies and pies. |
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