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Combo Fun Day & News
August 5, 2021
Volume 1, Edition #14
Tell Me Something Good!

Virginia Promise Partnership was selected as one of only five recipients of Alliance For Early Success' Child Care NEXT, a grant program to support transformational change in a state’s child care system!
National Breastfeeding Month
Protecting Breastfeeding: A Call to Action for Shared Responsibility 

Our children’s health is our most precious resource, and our most important legacy. Approximately 15,000 babies are born in the Greater Richmond area each year. Sharing the responsibility of supporting access to human milk for our newest families is a way of putting foundational immunity into the community.  

Nurture RVA’s vision for Richmond, and for Virginia, is that we will be known as a community where all babies and their parents have the best possible start in life.  We invite you to join us in making that vision a reality. 

Watch Nurture’s video and sign the call to action HERE! 
For Providers and Care Givers

Self care for kids by age

Help kids overcome fear of the dark

New report: Young children took a blow from COVID. They need stable caregivers to recover 


What the return to normal means for toddlers who no longer remember normal 

A few days before he turned 80
He was sittin' out back in a rocker
He said, "What you been up to lately?"
I told him, "Chasing a dollar"
And in between sips of coffee
He poured this wisdom out
Said, "If you want my two cents
 on making a dollar count
Buy dirt."
Find the one you can't live without
Do what you love but call it work
Add a few limbs to your family tree
'Cause the truth about it is
It all goes by real quick
You can't buy happiness
But you can buy dirt.

"Buy Dirt - sung by Jordan Davis & Luke Bryan
News You Can Use

The Early Care and Education Consortium Announces Study on Future of Nation's Child Care 

What we heard from early childhood educators during the pandemic year 
Fun Day Friday - In the Garden

How to stop slugs naturally-5 great methods to control slugs 

This is the right way to store tomatoes

Sunflower fields in Richmond 
Other Interesting Things for Fun Day!

VA’s tax free weekend is this weekend! August 6-8! 

Summer fairs and festivals around Richmond

21 places that will make you fall in love with Virginia’s outdoors 
Please keep sharing-we are here for you. What are you doing FUN this weekend? Let us know! And by the way, we LOVE pictures! :)

Enjoy your weekend!

Stay safe and be well.

Your SBGR Team
Smart Beginnings Greater Richmond
admin@smartbeginningsrva.org
804-409-5650