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Up Close - Up Close - July 19, 2012
Raising a birth community
Organization builds resources as women explore options in choosing maternity care

By Treva Lind
Of the Journal of Business

Bloom Spokane founder Tine Reese launched the nonprofit after giving birth to 3-year-old Andre, in arms, and Mac, 5, seated.
Bloom Spokane founder Tine Reese launched the nonprofit after giving birth to 3-year-old Andre, in arms, and Mac, 5, seated.
—Staff photo by Treva Lind
Bloom Spokane, a three-year-old nonprofit that provides childbirth resources, is blossoming itself with more than 3,300 visits a month to its website and almost 90 health care providers listed as members.

The group grew from founder and executive director Tine Reese's initial desire to offer online information to parents about regional maternity care choices. Soon after Reese moved with her family to Spokane from San Francisco in 2008, she became pregnant and tried to find childbir...


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