Why I Love The Root: Aly

How I've Been Involved with The Root:

Pregnancy and postpartum away from family can be scary and rough. As transplants to Sacramento, my husband and I thought our village would be small if it existed at all. I am so grateful that The Root is exists to help us on our journey with our growing family.

The Root provides community when you feel alone, education when you are googling, "Is this normal?" at 2:00 am, and opportunities to really focus on your physical and mental health when it is so easy to focus on your new human instead. 

Why I'm Supporting The Root's continued Sustainability and Expanded Services:

Having a child can be incredibly expensive from medical bills to childcare and everything in between. Perinatal health resources, education, and support can often feel like inaccessible "extras". I believe everyone should have access to The Root's offerings, regardless of financial status. I also believe that these offerings should be available across the Sacramento Region so that anyone in need can find support in their own backyard. The village needs to meet our young families where they are, not the other way around.

Note From The Root Team:

This Big Day of Giving we are hoping to raise a total of $10,000 to put towards programming for our non-profit to offer class vouchers to the constituents of our partners at the Valley Hi, Meadowview and La Familia family resource centers.  In addition this campaign will allow us to continue our programming at The Root's flagship location in East Sacramento in addition to supporting our continued pilot of pop-up classes throughout Sacramento both at the family resource centers and other community locations.  

No parent should go into their birth and postpartum journeys without feeling equipped to navigate the complex perinatal systems in our area.

It is our goal that every pregnant family in Sacramento have access to the fitness, educational and community supports that The Root provides, without cost being a barrier.