by Nurture | Mar 8, 2019 | Community, Five Questions, Uncategorized
On this International Women’s Day, we wish to honor those who are helping our newest families navigate the tender and powerful transition of pregnancy, childbirth and early parenting. The obstacles are enormous and sometimes the work feels unrelenting: rising maternal...
by Nurture | Jan 22, 2019 | Community, Nonprofit Development
This month Nurture welcomes VCU student Attiya Shah as our spring semester intern. In just one week, she’s already been of immense assistance as we plot out our #RVAbreastfeeds campaigns for the year, plan for our upcoming 2019 Birth & Baby Fair, and begin...
by Nurture | Jan 4, 2019 | Community, Nonprofit Development, Uncategorized
As 2019 begins to unfold, we are thrilled to welcome five new board members to our Nurture table. Devon Copeland, April Fraser, Malikah Karim, Melicent Miller, and Cheyenne Varner will join us this month to help move forward our mission of improving the health and...
by Nurture | Oct 1, 2018 | Community, Nonprofit Development
As I dig for wild orchids in the autumn fields, it is the deeply-bedded root that I desire, not the flower. IZUMI SHIKIBU (974-1034) translated by Jane Hirschfield with Mariko Aratani As leaves begin to fall and the holiday season approaches, my thoughts turn to what...
by Nurture | Jul 5, 2018 | Breastfeeding, Community
Nurture is pleased to announce that we have received a two-year, $60,000 Healthy Communities Action Team grant from the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth. The grant will support the work of #RVAbreastfeeds, a coalition that seeks to reduce childhood obesity...
