Community Projects
We participate in many community events as well as organize and host several community projects to enhance the existing resources in Portland.
Current community projects:
- International Plastic Quilt Project
- Common Goods: preliminary planning stages
- Co-organizing to bring Breastfeeding Bags to local hospitals: join this effort here
- NE Homegoods Library
- Family Wellness Library
- Holistic Family Initiative: preliminary planning stages
Past community participation:
- Big Latch On, breastfeeding event, August 2010
- NE Sunday Parkways, diaper changing and nursing station, June 2010
- Connected with Green Bean Books & Milagros on a book drive to support the Children’s Book Bank, May 2010
- Free Classes at New Seasons, Joey Torgrimson’s: Traditional Diets and Practices for Enhancing Fertility and Conception, May 2010
- You Who art table, April 2010
- Alberta Co-op Grocery Wellness Forum, talk by Molly Fitzpatrick, March 2010
- Homebirth Family Social & Potluck, hosted by Silke Akerson at Nurture, February 2010
- Doula Meet and Greet, open forum mixer to meet potential doulas, October 2009 & December 2009
- Alberta Street Family-Friendly Halloween, October 2009
- Green Sprouts Organic Baby and Family Fest, diaper changing and nursing station, September 2009
- King Farmers Market, diaper changing and nursing station, summer 2009
- Free Infant Craniosacral Clinic and Hearing Screen, hosted at Nurture, June 2009, November 2009
- BOLD Red Tent, hosted by Mychelle Moritz, October 2008
If you have a community project idea that fits with Nurture, contact us at info@nurturepdx.com and let us know. We love connecting with others, and we love new projects!
