by Nurture | Mar 12, 2020 | Community
This is a truly painful blog post to write. Due to the rapidly unfolding public health situation resulting from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Nurture staff, Board of Directors, and volunteers have made the difficult decision to cancel this year’s Birth...
by Nurture | Jan 24, 2020 | Community, First Person, Nonprofit Development, Professional Development
Over the last three years, Nurture has worked with VCU Health Sciences students who are seeking internships related to their ultimate career goals. We typically ask new interns to write a “passion bio,” i.e. a short writing assignment based on the Life In...
by Nurture | Dec 10, 2019 | Breastfeeding, Community, Nonprofit Development
We are thrilled to announce that Nurture has received a Healthy Communities Action Team grant from the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth to support the continued work of #RVAbreastfeeds. The three-year, $90,000 grant will begin July 1, 2020. Over the past six...
by Nurture | Nov 25, 2019 | Birth, Community, Nonprofit Development
Dear Friends of Nurture, I would like to thank outgoing President Portia Chan and outgoing board members Alexis Willard and Caitlin Minnick for their leadership and dedication to Nurture. I also want to recognize Leslie Lytle, our Executive Director who is so...
by Nurture | Aug 1, 2019 | Breastfeeding, Community
Today is the first day of World Breastfeeding Week and National Breastfeeding Month. Looking back over seven years of celebrating breastfeeding in Richmond, I am moved to tears by the collaborative work that has taken place to move Richmond toward becoming a more...
