Charity

Reno Moms Blog is proud to partner up with local non-profit Think Kindness to offer FREE tickets to the One Caring Adult Tour on September 11. Parenting a teen or pre-teen is hard, and this event will give you ideas on how you can be the adult to inspire our local …

One of the great things about living in Reno is seeing how the community responds when we have an emergency. We have helped our neighbors who have lost their homes to wildfires and floods. We have grieved their losses when they have grappled with family tragedies, and most importantly, we …

It’s barely summer in Northern Nevada and I’m already anxious thinking about more cheese ball and Otter Pop covered fingers destroying, err… exploring, the messy depths of my house. My current laundry situation is overwhelming at best and I find that just closing the door to the chaos that is …

Newcomers to Reno likely won’t appreciate how truly great it is to walk into a grocery store and not be hit by a huge waft of tobacco smoke, but those who’ve lived here a decade or more will. Our family moved from Reno to Southern California in summer 2005, when …

“Your daughter has a heart defect” is something I didn’t expect to hear after delivering my second child. I had assumed she would be born without any health issues just like my first child who is now two years old.  Although I’m a physician, when it’s a member of your …

I am a twenty-six-year-old woman learning to navigate the automotive world one day, more like one hour, at a time. As the Community Outreach Coordinator for Dolan Auto Group, I spend my days running, literally, back and forth between our four dealerships engaging with managers, customers, production crews, coworkers, our …

If you’re a parent, you’ll remember the day. No, I’m not talking about the first time your darling baby rolled over — though you may remember that, too. And no, this isn’t referencing first steps, a first tooth or a first adorable utterance of “Mama.” Though again, all totally rad moments. …

The holidays can be such a fun and sentimental time of year, but it always makes me think back to those holidays when Christmas shopping was a struggle. I was a single mom, working and going to school with little kids, and I did my best to stretch a $40 …

As moms, we’re all busy. Our jobs, our families, and our normal social commitments quickly consume our calendars. It feels hard, if not impossible, to carve out time for a Girl’s Night Out – but we really should make it a priority. Study after study has documented the extreme benefits …

While in college, I worked as a counselor for at-risk children and teens. I worked at a middle school, which after school hours, served as a safe zone for children and teenagers who lived in the city’s high-crime areas. It has been nearly 20 years since I worked at this …