Date: Sunday, August 10th, 1-5pm

Location: The Renaissance Center in Richmond

Guest speaker: Cara Muhlhahn, CNM, midwife from The Business of Being Born.

Awardees: Therese Hak-Kuhn from Richmond and
Brynne Potter from Charlottesville ~ View her acceptance speech: When an Unstoppable Force Meets an Immoveable Object

The afternoon's events included our annual Silent Auction, heavy hors d'ouerves, and live music.

Our Silent Auction was terrific! A few of our collected items included: Baby slings; Massage Gift Certificate; Paintings by local artists; Handmade jewelry; Yoga Class Certificates; Toy Baskets; Acupuncture consultation; Gift Basket from local restaurant; Handknit scarf; and much, much more!!!

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The Business of Being Born

Birth Matters Virginia, in partnership with the Virginia Chapter of the American College of Nurse Midwives, proudly offered special benefit screenings of Ricki Lake’s The Business of Being Born over three weeks in January. We reached approximately 430 people in seven communities, including Harrisonburg, Culpeper, Manassas, Reston, Springfield, Winchester and Sterling. "The Business of Being Born" also reached more than 675 people in two additional communities--Richmond and Tidewater. Our combined efforts reached over 1100 people in two months! (We reached another 200 at showings outside of those 2 months!) Thank you to all of the volunteers for their hard work and for all of the members of the birthing community who attended the panel discussions; your efforts made these screenings a great success!

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