Searching for the ultimate shopping and pampering experience. Then you will love the Raise the Loot Shopping Event on Saturday, September 22, 2012: Club West Med Spa Mac’s Smack Skincare Thirty One bags and gifts Wildtree gourmet culinary blends Stella & Dot boutique style jewely Bite Size Heaven delicious sweet treats Designerz Edge Nail Salon […]
The Richmondmom.com Monthly Wine Down event is scheduled at The Wine Loft on Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012 to benefit the Tad DuPriest Foundation. Tad DuPriest Foundation is a local non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness and contributions for children and families afflicted bycancer through its support of the ASK Childhood Cancer Foundation. You don’t want to miss […]
Richmondmom.com has always been a supporter of Richmond non-profits, so there’s nothing more exciting to share than a new program aimed at reducing childhood obesity. Introducing Greater Richmond’s Fit4Kids: a new organization solely focused on improving children’s health and reducing childhood obesity. Fit4Kids was created to be the organization that works directly with children in the Richmond […]
The Richmondmom.com Monthly Wine Down event is scheduled at The Wine Loft on Wednesday, June 6th, 2012 at 6:30pm to benefit The Children’s Heart Foundation. You don’t want to miss this fun night out with friends, old and new. Thanks to Downtownshortpump.com’s Trevor Dickerson for partnering with us each month, and for Gundlach Heating and Plumbing for sponsoring. […]
A shortage of diapers can have a severe adverse impact on a child’s well-being. -The Capital Diaper Bank website Our children have a lot of stuff, mostly toys. The journey of the toys from their origin to our house has involved generous grandparents, loving friends, adoring parents (us), garage sale finds and some mysterious appearances […]
IMPACT 100’s third annual “Big Give” is underway. Four local non-profits serving women and children will compete for a $100,000 grant. The grant comes from local women from all walks of life who pool their resources each year to help a Richmond non-profit. Each IMPACT 100 member donates $1,000, raising $100,000 (or more) for a mutally-agreed upon organization. The concept behind […]
There is a small group passionate ladies interested in bringing the non-profit “Girls on the Run” to Henrico. If you have not heard of this group, it is a terrific program dedicated to inspiring girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running. The program combines an interactive […]
When we start complaining about children’s art and the most appropriate places to display it, it’s time to re-prioritize, Richmond. A recent post in The Cheats Movement explains the controversy surrounding larger-than-life artworks by Richmond-area youth, made possible through an amazing organization, Art 180. According to TheCheatsMovement.com, Fanofthefan.com and several friends involved with this effort, Art 180 has […]
Many people want to put their passion to work by serving others. You might want to channel that passion into a specific effort that helps others through nonprofit work. In part one of this series, I shared some of the important tasks central to starting a nonprofit. Specifically, bring in key players to help determine […]
My world as a mother began officially on October 21st 1999 when I gave birth to a perfect baby, well minus the hip dysplasia which threw me into fits of hysteria. How would we get through this? Sounds silly but at the time she could’ve been missing legs. She wore a harness for 8 long weeks, […]
