From the WBWC Blog:

WBWC Committee Members Needed

 Are you passionate about supporting the good work happening at Women’s Birth & Wellness Center?  Do you want to volunteer on a committee and work with the WBWC Board of Directors and Leadership team to help improve and sustain this non-profit organization that you love? If you answered YES to these 2 questions please see the opportunities below and send your resume and letter of interest to  women@ncbirthcenter.org with the subject ‘Committee Volunteer.’ Finance & Operations Committee Duties: Oversees finance, personnel, facilities, business strategy. The Operations Committee provides financial review, guidance and oversight for the overall operations of Women’s Birth & Wellness Center. Members develop insight into the business operations in order to suggest strategic business directions and business policy implementation. Chair: Treasurer, Cynthia Meurling Members: Board Treasurer, 2-3 additional persons + Executive, Business and Clinical Directors §  QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED Education Bachelor’s degree required; degree in business administration, finance, accounting, or another relevant field preferred. §  Related Work Experience Two or more years of work experience in: administration, accounting, management or finance §  Skills · Excellent written and oral communication skills. · Strong problem-solving skills, analytical abilities and attention to detail. · Proficiency in Microsoft Office, comfort level reviewing financial statements. · Discretion, tact, and the ability to function as part of a team. · Flexibility in work schedule to accommodate occasional evening or weekend meetings §  Preferred Skills & Experience Experience in budget management and strategic planning Knowledge of issues related to health care. Fundraising & Development Committee Duties: Fundraising and events. The Fundraising Committee is dedicated to planning and orchestrating promotions and events to raise funds for Women’s Birth & Wellness Center. The Fundraising Committee is in constant contact with key staff members to determine the needs that must be funded. Chair: Vacant Members: Seeking 3 people §         Related Work Experience: Experience in grant writing, fundraising, event planning or marketing  Executive Committee Duties: To oversee committee activities, advise Executive and Clinical Directors and develop board meeting agendas. The Executive Committee supports and encourages the diversification and ongoing growth of Women’s Birth & Wellness Center’s governing body.  The Executive Committee performs ongoing needs-assessment among the full board to ensure board operates at its full potential. Chair: President, Elizabeth Kasper Members: Board officers and committee chairs. Seeking 2 people.

Funding Needed For Groundwater Approach Presentation

Dear WBWC supporters, We have a specific funding request and would love to give you the opportunity make a community investment. WBWC wants to further walk the walk of racial equity by hosting a “Groundwater Approach Presentation.”    We want to provide an on-site, one-day training with the Racial Equity Institute for WBWC staff and volunteers that will help us work harder to improve equity in our community. In an effort to stay focused on the structural and cultural roots of racial inequity, the racial equity institute developed the “Groundwater” metaphor and accompanying analytical framework to explain the nature of racism and it currently exists in the US.   https://www.racialequityinstitute.com/groundwaterapproach  Please help WBWC cover the costs associated with this important training by sponsoring a staff person’s training. It is $146/person and we have 41 folks on staff. Perhaps you want to help us train 3 staff for $438.   Click here to donate. In the “donation message” field please type Groundwater Training.  Thank you, Brianna Bennett, Business Director

BeSpree App Early Launch

You are invited to participate in the early launch of BeSpree – a new, ultra-convenient way for individuals and families to connect to affordable health and wellness activities in Durham and Orange Counties.  The mobile app is free and connects you to:  – yoga – gardening – walking – cooking classes – art in the park – boot camps – kid-friendly programs – and many, many more activities!!!   Download BeSpree to explore activities, including our Birth Center sponsored activities: iOS / Android.  You can share community activities with friends and chat with our instructors ahead of the event.  Please help us get the word out to help more of our community know about our WBWC preventative health offerings.   If you are a certified professional organizing health and wellness activities, sign up as an organizer to post activities by emailing info@bespree.com to sign up to become a verified health advocate.  Be Healthy.  Be Free.  BeSpree.  

Free Class: Your Pregnant Body/Your Postpartum Body

Introducing “Your Body” Series of FREE Classes developed by Dr. Lori O’Neill, PT, DPT from Vitality Physical Therapy, LLC. These 1 hour free classes are taught the first Sunday evening every month and include information not likely presented in any other  childbirth/parenting class on how to proactively optimize your transforming body during the childbearing years. Class highlights include: Your PREGNANT Body Strategies for encouraging baby positioning and why it matters The biomechanics of a birthing body Protection of vulnerable areas to prevent/relieve common pain patterns Proactive habits to optimize postpartum physical recovery Advantages and disadvantages of various delivery positions Your POSTPARTUM Body Immediate perineum care and scar healing (perineal and c-section) Protective movement strategies for the first month What is “normal” bowel/bladder/sexual functioning after birth? Breastfeeding implications to vulvar tissue and body mechanics Safe return to exercise recommendations including “core muscle” training Questions: www.VitalityPT.org Click here to register

New Arrivals

Skylar Rey Rooker – May 17 – 6 lbs., 14.5 oz. Khaleehah Ahara Muhammad – May 14 – 8 lbs., 14 oz. Amaziah Dietrich Bracey – May 3 – 7 lbs., 12 oz. Elena Rosas – May 20 – 6 lbs., 4 oz. Skylar James McNamee – May 8 – 7 lbs., 9 oz. Ronan Kai White – May 24 – 8 lbs., 13 oz. Chloe Rose Hooks – May 26 – 9 lbs., 9 oz. Winston Joseph Sayre – June 26 – 8 lbs., 12 oz. Kash Chennuri Kraut – June 29 – 7 lbs., 12 oz. Jane Verblaauw – July 1 – 8 lbs., 6 oz. Kayson Daniels – July 3 – 6 lbs., 6 oz. Silas Aleczander Cohrs – July 6 – 7 lbs., 1.5 oz. Madelyn Leigh Bradshaw – July 7 – 8 lbs., 7.5 oz. Oscar Elizald Sonnenberg – July 7 – 6 lbs., 7.9 oz. Violet Eliza Meitl – July 8 – 6 lbs., 9.5 oz. Aiden Noel Sineni – July 8 – 7 lbs., 5 oz. Omari Giovanni Arrington – July 9 – 7 lbs., 10 oz. Elizabeth Yount – July 10 – 8 lbs., 3 oz. *Oona Rose McCorkle – July 11 – 7 lbs., 12 oz. Viola Kleindienst – July 12 – 8 lbs., 12 oz. Eleanor Tomlinson – July 13– 8 lbs., 6 oz. Veronika Beazlie – July 16 – 7 lbs., 4 oz. Halo Reign Pomales – July 17 – 7 lbs., 11 oz. *Tycho Rivers Smitley – July 19 – 8 lbs., 6 oz. Damian Theodore Arguello – July 21 – 7 lbs., 9 oz. Kahne Easton Shough – July 22 – 8 lbs., 9 oz. Lucas Henry Stallings – July 23 – 5 lbs., 13 oz. Melanie Brooke Hutchison – July 23 – 6 lbs., 15 oz. Maksimilian Aleister Wolfe Kromer – July 24 – 8 lbs., 3 oz. *pictured above  July Stats Total babies born: 49 Biggest baby: 10 lbs., 4 oz. Smallest baby: 5 lbs., 13 oz.  To be included in this celebratory list, please email Missy at missy@ncbirthcenter.org with your baby’s birth announcement information that includes their name, date of birth, and birth weight as well as a photo, if available.If you would like to send us your birth story, we are happy to include that in a future newsletter! Also, if you have a printed birth announcement to share, we’d love to have a copy to add to our bulletin board in … Read More