by Leslie Lytle | Dec 21, 2020 | Community, First Person, Nonprofit Development, Postpartum, Pregnancy
My name is Caitlin Minnick. In 2015, my husband and I moved to Richmond so he could go to graduate school just six weeks before I gave birth to our first daughter. We had no friends in the area, and our closest family was in Philly, four to eight hours away, depending...
by Leslie Lytle | Jul 31, 2020 | Breastfeeding, Community, Early Parenting
As World Breastfeeding Week 2020 begins, we find ourselves living in a world that has been disrupted by a global pandemic, which more severely impacts people with underlying medical conditions, such as diabetes, obesity, and heart disease. A burgeoning racial justice...
by Leslie Lytle | Jun 9, 2020 | Community, Uncategorized
Pregnancy is a key risk factor for experiencing domestic violence during ordinary times. The COVID19 pandemic appears to have increased that risk. As part of our effort to understand the impact of COVID19 on pregnant and postpartum people in our community, Nurture’s...
by Leslie Lytle | Jun 4, 2020 | Community
The last few days have been gut-wrenching. Like so many others, we mourn the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery, and countless other Black people whose lives have been cut short by white supremacy, racism and the violence they engender. Nurture...
by Leslie Lytle | 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 Leslie Lytle | 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 Leslie Lytle | 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 Leslie Lytle | 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 Leslie Lytle | 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...
by Leslie Lytle | Jun 27, 2019 | Breastfeeding, Community, First Person
On June 13 – 15, Leslie Lytle, Executive Director of Nurture and Coordinator of our #RVAbreastfeeds Healthy Communities Action Team, and Shakeya Lewis, #RVAbreastfeeds Social Media Manager and resident Certified Lactation Counselor, attended the Ninth National...
