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💗 THANK YOU to everyone who donated to our Giving Tuesday campaign! We surpassed our goal of $10,000, thanks to your generosity this holiday season. Also a big shout-out to our matching sponsors: McInnes Group, Inc. and Brown Button Estate Sales. We appreciate both of your support!

🎄 Pictured below is baby Edgar. His family participates in our Healthy Start program. Learn more at https://nurturekc.org/solutions/.

Thank you to Associated Humanity for selecting Nurture KC to be your first charity of choice – giving back 55% of net revenue from www.associatedhumanity.com to us through March of 2022! Check out their “people over profit” clothing and support Nurture KC with each purchase. (Holiday gifts, anyone?!) Associated Humanity is a local start-up collaborating with different designers and influencers to support local non-profits, like ours.

Did you miss our Executive Director, Tracy Russell, discussing the maternal health needs of Kansas with the MATCH Coalition? Along with Sharla Smith of the University of Kansas School of Medicine. Watch the replay here. It was a valuable discussion, and one worth watching! Learn more about MATCH at www.matchcoalition.us.

We’re honored to receive the 2021 Outstanding Agency Partner Award from Happy Bottoms! This partnership helps our families’ babies stay clean, happy and healthy. On hand to accept the award are our Community Health Workers from Swope Health, Rodgers Health and our main Nurture KC headquarters, along with our Executive Director, Tracy Russell, and Kelly Clay of Happy Bottoms.

Support Nurture KC, and the sweet families we serve, by donating here. Every dollar counts, stays local and will be matched by McInnes Group, Inc. and Brown Button Estate Sales. We value their partnership, and everyone who donates to help our Healthy Start families and our mission. Thank you!

Nurture KC is proud to be 1 of 7 local non-profits featured in The Kansas City Star for Giving Tuesday. Access the article here.

Q: What are you thankful for this Thanksgiving? 🦃
A: From 5 families in our Healthy Start program …
🍁 Brianna: I am thankful for my kids, having a place to call home and food in our mouths, and for a healthy pregnancy so far!
🍂 Contreras: I’m grateful for putting programs like Healthy Start in my life and social workers like Marcela, who provides unconditional support.
🍁 Cortne: I’m so thankful for my beautiful family and my mom who has been there for me every step of the way to help lighten the load.
🍂 Miryam: I am grateful to God that we’re staying healthy in these difficult times of so much illness.
🍁 Evelin: I’m thankful for arriving in this country safely, and for placing good people in my path who have helped me.

Check out our November Update. So much to be thankful for this month, and so much going on! See what’s new with Nurture KC.