Congratulations to the recipients of the Inaugural Midwifing the Birth Center Award. “Midwifing” used as a verb symbolizes the acts of supporting, uplifting, empowering, and caring that are some of the key traits of midwifery care. This award is for supporters of Our Community Birth Center who have gone above and beyond to support and uplift the birth center itself with their personal contributions of all kinds. 2020 Awardees: Janell Niemann-Ross CNM and Sarah Imig RN IBCLC Congratulations and thank you for your contributions to Our Community Birth Center's mission to open a new birth center in Lane County! We

RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/our-community-birth-centers-capital-campaign-virtual-year-end-celebration-tickets-129266829567 One year ago, Our Community Birth Center hosted a joyful and packed Capital Campaign Launch Party (with babies, kids, snacks, and so much good company!). We wish we could get together in-person once again; however, since that is not an option... We invite you to join us online for a brief celebration of our accomplishments over the past year and a look ahead to the next steps as we get closer to opening an new nonprofit nurse midwifery birth center for Lane County. We will share Our Community Birth Center's highlights of the past year, introduce our 2021

Many thanks to all our donors and matching donors! Thank you Christine Heritage, Janie Akerlund, Nancy MacMorris-Adix, Cynthia J. Hunter, Holly Russell, Hope Ruddell, Sharon Baker, Jenny Noyce & Cory Hoover, Ruth Ezeonwuka, Annie Hoag, Christine Apollony Donaldson, Hilary Prager, Kirstin & Pete Carhart, AlexAnn Westlake, Linda Motzkin & Jonathan Rubenstein, Temple Sinai, Jude Hales, and Jeanelle Martinez for matching donations!

Job Posting: Development Coordinator, Our Community Birth Center Are you an organized, self-motivated professional with fundraising experience?  Would you like to put your skills and expertise to use in an organization committed to equity, social justice, and anti-racism?  Are you excited by the chance to join a nimble, flexible team in a community-based midwifery birth center and health clinic?  If you said “Yes” to any of these questions, we may have the perfect job for you! Our Community Birth Center is a community-focused organization that is growing and evolving even as we recruit for this position.  We are seeking a

MORE VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED! We are so proud of our Lane County Community Members showing up to help their neighbors in this local wildfire crisis exacerbated by the pandemic and economic recession. Thank you! There is a huge amount of work to do now and on-going to support our community members who have lost their homes, possessions, jobs, and more because of the wildfire. Please sign up to volunteer using these current opportunities and if you know of other volunteer needs please share in the comments. Sign up to volunteer for Lane County Community Organizations Active in Disaster (COAD) Help

Update: We plan to continue Baby Gear Network through December 31, 2020. Our Community Birth Center is helping coordinate between local community members donating and local community members seeking pregnancy and baby gear and clothing. These items are often quite expensive and can be an immensely helpful gift to other parents. We have set up a system to help match people offering items with people seeking items. Thank you for participating to help lend a hand to another family during this exceptionally challenging year! TO REQUEST ITEMS: You are invited and encouraged to fill out our form (link below) to

Figuring out how to keep the smoke out of your living space takes time and energy (which can be extra hard to find when you're busy keeping your children safe and busy indoors all day!) Here are some tips and resources to help, including DIY options! Turn off and tape plastic garbage bags over the fan vents in your bathroom and kitchen (do not leave them running to clear the smoke, this creates negative pressure which sucks more smoke into the house through all the tiny cracks in doors and windows). If you have AC, only use it if it

Thank you to all of the firefighters, volunteers, and community members showing up to respond and provide relief as Lane County is suffering from lost homes and lives and severe smoke conditions. If you are safe at home, here are ways you can help your community! GIVE OR RECEIVE ASSISTANCE: https://lane.recovers.org/ DONATE FUNDS: CORE, Black Thistle Street Aid, Occupy Medical and Lane County Mutual Aid: Community Wildfire Refuge Support Fund: https://fundly.com/community-wildfire-refuge-support United Way of Lane County Wildfire Response Fund: https://egiving.unitedwaylane.org/wildfires Lane County Mutual Aid in partnership with NAACP: https://lanemutualaid.org/ Carry It Forward Supporting the Unhoused in Eugene/Springfield: https://www.carryitforward.net/ Food for

In Memory of Dennis Carr 2/17/1952 - 8/8/2020 In fall of 2019, we asked Dennis Carr to join the Board of Directors of Our Community Birth Center. Dennis shared that he was starting treatment for cancer, and despite that, he committed to the Board because he said "The birth center is very important for our community." Not only was Dennis a recent supporter of Our Community Birth Center, Dennis and his wife Michele Peters-Carr CNM have been dedicated birth center advocates for many years, which many of our supporters know, since they had Michele as their midwife. Dennis worked as Chief Human