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 | May 30, 2017 | Community
Giving birth is only the start. I’ve known this for some time now. In my previous professional “chapters” as a prenatal massage therapist, yoga teacher, and doula, daily interactions with my clients and students afforded me insight into the needs of RVA’s prenatal...
by Leslie Lytle | Jun 2, 2016 | Pat Asch Fellowship
On April 29 I was awarded the YWCA’s Pat Asch Fellowship for Social Justice, which provides support for a woman over 50 who is working for positive change in the Richmond Area. I am humbled and honored to be able to move Nurture’s mission forward through...
by Leslie Lytle | Apr 26, 2016 | Community, Five Questions
As part of our strategic focus on sistering with other organizations, we are partnering Capital Diaper Bank to spearhead a diaper drive at Nurture’s Birth & Baby Fair on May 7. Capital Diaper Bank provided more than 1.5 million diapers and served over 7,000...
by Leslie Lytle | Feb 29, 2016 | Community, Nonprofit Development
Thirteen years ago, during a renovation of our nearly 100-year-old home, my husband, a long-time general contractor, called me to the basement to show me something he’d uncovered during demolition. He pointed to a length of wood – a joist – that was a...
