Households throughout Miami are invited to the third Annual MOCHA Household Wellness Honest, set for Sunday, September 28, at KIPP Academy, 3000 Northwest a hundred and tenth Road, Miami.
The free occasion runs from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. and guarantees a full day of well being, enjoyable, and group connection—all whereas elevating funds to help girls and households.
This yr’s truthful doubles as a fundraiser for Metro Mommy Company and Behind The Leaf, two native organizations devoted to advancing girls’s well being and financial empowerment. Metro Mommy offers training, advocacy, and help for girls navigating being pregnant and motherhood, whereas Behind The Leaf helps girls entrepreneurs safe capital, mentorship, and enterprise coaching.
“Proper now, the general public well being house is in a frenzy as I anticipate the potential lack of a federal program that reduces toddler deaths,” mentioned Esther Louis, founding father of Metro Mommy Company and a board member of Behind The Leaf. “Our MOMCHA program receives three to 4 new referrals every week, however we lack the doulas and funding to help all these households. My aim is to boost $150,000 to cowl direct companies and supply assets for mothers and households.”
Behind The Leaf founder Vivian Olodun added that monetary well being is simply as very important as bodily wellness. “At Behind The Leaf, we assist girls see entrepreneurship as a path to generational wealth. Partnering with Metro Mommy Company via MOCHA permits us to handle each side of the wellness coin: sturdy households and robust monetary foundations.”
A day of actions and assets
The truthful kicks off with a Morning Wellness Stroll at 7 a.m., adopted by the principle household truthful from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Highlights embrace meals vehicles, native distributors, free well being and monetary workshops, and a Youngsters’ Zone with face portray, balloon twisting, and bounce homes.
Neighborhood companions embrace The Youngsters’s Belief, Intercredit Financial institution, Karmic Foreign money, Florida Worldwide College, Black Moms Care, The Miami Basis, and a number of other others. Featured distributors vary from healthcare suppliers to small companies akin to Southern Beginning Justice Community, YWCA, ABA Facilities of Florida, and Miami-Dade Public Library System.
Organizers are nonetheless welcoming sponsors, distributors, and donors to assist meet the $150,000 fundraising aim. Households can register and RSVP on-line to attend the truthful, which is free and open to the general public.
