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Thank you to our awesome volunteers today! The remodel prep work party was a success. Bye bye carpet and fluorescent lights. We are ready for Essex General Construction, Inc. to take the stage soon.  

Did you know that Our Community Birth Center is led by birth center parents and midwives collaboratively? Our Board of Directors and many of our volunteers are birth center parents. Also, we are excited that even our architect, Kira Malone from 2fORM Architecture, who designed the remodel for our building is a birth center parent! It made the work of designing the birth center floor plan flow very smoothly since she has personal knowledge of the purpose and services of the birth center. Kira shared this photo and message about the project: "This birth center project is particularly meaningful for

The welcoming community room. The open kitchen located at the heart of the building for families and staff. The natural views of the park from the birth room windows. There are so many special aspects of this birth center that fill us with joy! We are looking for a few more volunteers to help with our remodel prep work party on Saturday June 26th. Let us know if you're available to help! We will be removing carpets and trim plus a couple other tasks.

We placed the order for our beautiful large birth pool! #waterbirth It's a FP3 Birth Pool by Edel Immersys. This tub was designed specifically for labor and waterbirth and we are so thrilled! Special thank you to Christine Heritage and her friends and family who donated to fund the purchase of this tub. Chris has been advocating for access to water immersion for labor and birth in Lane County since the 1980s. Thank you Chris . Photo from Edel Immersys.

The sun will be back soon and we've got new Our Community Birth Center clothing styles ready when it does! Order now and you can pick up in Eugene or we can ship to you anywhere in the US! Shop at https://ourcommunitybirthcenter.square.site

Today we received approval from Oregon Health Authority for our remodel plans! Remodeling is on track to start this summer. We have raised a little over $260,000 toward our Startup Campaign goal of $300,000! Donate at ourcommunitybirthcenter.org to help get the doors open and launch midwifery birth center services.

Thank you for helping Build Up The Birth Center! We are excited to get to share this pre-remodel video tour of Our Community Birth Center's new birth center building located adjacent to Island Park in Springfield, Oregon at 188 West B Street, Building O. Renovations start in June 2021 with a goal of opening for services by the end of 2021. We will keep you posted as the timeline gets more solidified.  Link: Our Community Birth Center Pre-Remodel Video Tour (3 minutes) One of the many things about this building that we are grateful for is that it already has

Today we were choosing paint colors, flooring, and counter tops for the birth center. It's all coming together and it's going to be beautiful! Thank you to our architect Kira Malone at 2fORM Architecture for helping guide us and for providing gorgeous options.

We have a Social Justice Committee made up of board members, staff, and volunteers (doing mostly behind the scenes work) helping to ensure equity and inclusion are sown into the roots Our Community Birth Center. The Social Justice Committee is launching a series of kid book suggestions. In particular, we'll highlight books centering People of Color, inclusion, and gender diversity. Books are a wonderful way to inspire important conversations with your kid(s) about loving themselves and others in all of our uniqueness. Elena Aguero (she/her), Development Coordinator of Our Community Birth Center shared the following book suggestion: Little Feminist Picture

Thank you to everyone who joined us for Build Up The Birth Center including the live zoom event and video tour, fun at home party packs, and the online auction! The event last week was a lot of fun and has given Our Community Birth Center a big boost toward our Startup and Remodeling fund goal. Build Up The Birth Center raised $25,411--surpassing our goal of $25,000 for this event! Thank you to all of our donors and volunteers and community supporters. You are bringing the new birth center to life and we appreciate you! Photo: Flower bouquets made by