by Leslie Lytle | Nov 5, 2015 | Community, First Person, Nonprofit Development
I started teaching prenatal yoga 15 years ago, before it was a “thing.” Having worked with pregnant women as a massage therapist and a doula, I was able to integrate some pregnancy-related information into my classes. But I was so focused on poses that most of this...
by Leslie Lytle | Sep 14, 2015 | Birth, Breastfeeding, Community, Nonprofit Development, Postpartum, Pregnancy
When I speak with pregnant or postpartum women about Nurture’s goal of opening a nonprofit resource center to support RVA’s childbearing families, they typically nod their heads in agreement saying “Oh yeah!” Their relief at the idea of a “home of their own” is...
by Leslie Lytle | Nov 8, 2013 | Community, Nonprofit Development, Professional Development, Uncategorized
As I looked around the room, the Garden Hall, at Maymont on that afternoon of October 18, I saw a piece of what I had hoped to see in those early days of envisioning the work of Richmond’s Maternity Resource Center. Back in late 2011 when a few of us met at...
by Leslie Lytle | Oct 31, 2013 | Community, Nonprofit Development
What happens when people pool their energy and resources in support of a vision? Dreams start to take shape. We are humbled to have launched our first fundraising campaign and find that so many people in our community are willing to put their trust in our vision...
by Leslie Lytle | Sep 12, 2013 | Community
Now that the fall season has arrived, the folks at Nurture are putting our shoulders into the work necessary to reach our goal of creating a nonprofit maternity resource center. It takes a lot of effort to get your wheels turning when you’re at the start...