.
. WELCOME
. WELCOME BACK. LOOK, MOMS KNOW HOW TO MAKE
THINGS HAPPEN AND RIGHT NOW A
GROUP OF MOMS ARE FOCUSING ON
SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES
WITH A NEW CAMPAIGN CALLED MOMS
UNITED FOR CALEIGH.
AND JOINING US THIS MORNING ARE
SAN DIEGO MOMS NIKKI JONES AND
TIFFANY PARCELL.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU LADIES.
ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING.
YES.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND TALK
ABOUT THIS.
OKAY.
SO FOR THOSE OF OUR VIEWERS WHO
WHO DON'T KNOW ABOUT SAN DIEGO
MOMS NIKKI.
TELL ABOUT SAN DIEGO MOMS AND
WHAT'S THE GOAL?
>> YES, WE ARE AN ONLINE
PARENTING RESOURCE AND
LIFESTYLE BLOG AND WE'RE KIND
OF LIKE THINK OF IT AS A ONE
STOP SHOP FOR EVERYTHING AND
MOMS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SAN
DIEGO AND JUST KIND OF THIS
JOURNEY CALLED MOTHERHOOD.
IT'S VERY CHALLENGING.
THERE'S LOTS OF UPS AND DOWNS
SO WE KIND OF LIKE TO BE THERE
FOR EVERY ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS.
YEAH, IT'S IT'S A GROUP OF MOMS
IN SAN DIEGO.
>> I FOLLOW YOU GUYS ON
INSTAGRAM SO I LOVE IT.
HEY, TIFFANY, LET'S TALK TO
YOU.
WHAT'S THE GOAL OF THIS
CAMPAIGN THAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE
LAUNCHED?
MOMS UNITED FOR CARLY.
>> SO WE CAME UP WITH THIS
CAMPAIGN BECAUSE WE REALLY SAW
A NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY BUT NOT
JUST OUR SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY
BUT ALSO ACROSS CALIFORNIA
BECAUSE OF THE SHUT DOWNS,
SMALL BUSINESSES ARE REALLY
STRUGGLING.
>> AND AS A SMALL BUSINESS
OURSELVES, WE CAN RELATE TO
THAT AND WE REALLY WANTED TO BE
ABLE TO GIVE BACK TO OUR
COMMUNITY.
SO WE LAUNCHED HASHTAG MOMS
UNITED FOR CARLY AND WE
PARTNERED WITH OUR SISTER
LOCATIONS ACROSS CALIFORNIA.
AND WE'LL BE RAISING FUNDS.
WE HAVE TO GO FUND ME ACCOUNT
AND WE'RE ALSO JUST RAISING
AWARENESS ON HOW TO BETTER
SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES DURING
THIS TIME.
>> AND NIKKI, HOW DOES THIS
WORK AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER
YOURSELF?
TELL US HOW THIS IS GOING TO
BENEFIT SMALL BUSINESSES.
WHAT IS THIS CAMPAIGN ALL
ABOUT?
THE WAY.
WELL, I THINK YOU ONE THING FOR
US TO KIND OF THE WHY BEHIND IT
IS, YOU KNOW, SMALL BUSINESSES
BUILT OUR BUSINESS TO YOU KNOW,
WE WE WORK WITH SMALL
BUSINESSES ON A DAILY BASIS AND
WE WE JUST REALLY WANTED TO BE
ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM A VOICE
AND TO KIND OF SHARE THEIR
STORY.
I THINK WHEN YOU HEAR SMALL
BUSINESSES AND SHOP LOCAL, YOU
KNOW THOSE THINGS OBVIOUSLY
HAVE SO MUCH MORE MEANING THIS
TIME.
BUT WE REALLY WANTED TO BE ABLE
TO USE OUR PLATFORM TO SHARE
THEIR STORY AND REALLY SHARE
THE FACE BEHIND THE BUSINESSES
THAT ARE CLOSING DOWN AND ITS
FAMILIES.
IT'S IT'S IT'S US.
I MEAN THIS WAS EXTREMELY
DIFFICULT TIME SO WE REALLY
WANT TO RATHER THAN KIND OF
FALTERING DURING THIS TIME BE
ABLE TO SHARE THOSE STORIES AND
USE OUR OUTLET TO KIND OF GET
THOSE STORIES OUT.
SO BUSINESSES CAN GO ONTO OUR
WEB SITE AND THEY CAN APPLY FOR
US TO KIND OF SHARE THEIR STORY
AND THEIR BUSINESS AND WHAT
THEY'RE OFFERING RIGHT NOW TO
HOPEFULLY AND SALES FOR THEM
THIS HOLIDAY SEASON AND AND
HELP GET THEM THROUGH THIS THIS
DIFFICULT TIME.
BUT THEN ALSO JUST TO CREATE
THAT AWARENESS AND THEN FROM
THE READERS STANDPOINT THEY CAN
GO ON AND THEY CAN DONATE OR
THEY CAN GO AND JUST TAG THEIR
FAVORITE BUSINESS AND REALLY
SHARE IT AND JUST GIVE TALKING
BECAUSE THAT'S I THINK THAT'S
GOING TO BE THE LIFELINE THESE
NEXT FEW WEEKS.
YEAH, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU.
>> WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT
SIMILAR HERE AT OUR STATION.
IT'S CALLED SHOP LOCAL AND
WE'RE PROFILING LOCAL
BUSINESSES BECAUSE I THINK IT
IS IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, THE
HOLIDAYS ARE HERE.
THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO SUPPORT
LOCAL LOCAL BUSINESSES.
ANY MOM OWNED BUSINESSES YOU
CAN RECOMMEND FOR HOLIDAY
SHOPPING GIFT IDEAS.
>> OH, ABSOLUTELY.
WE HAVE OUR HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE
THAT WE LAUNCHED EARLIER.
A FEW OF MY FAVORITES IS RENE'S
BOOK CORNER.
SHE'S IN AS LAUREN BOOKS AND
MORE CONSULTANT.
THOSE BOOKS ARE JUST INCREDIBLE
FOR KIDS AS SOLLEY BABY CALLS
ON THEM.
WE HAVE A QUITE A QUITE A FEW
JUST DIFFERENT BRANDS AND
BUSINESSES THAT WE'VE WORKED
WITH AND TIFFANY CAN SPEAK TO A
FEW MORE OF THE MAAMOUN BRANDS
WE HAVE TO SNOOP FOR A BEAR WHO
IS ACTUALLY IT'S RUN BY JENNY
ATOMOS AND SHE CREATED THIS
AMAZING PLUSH BARE AND SHE ALSO
HAS A UNICORN THAT ACTUALLY
DIFFUSES ESSENTIAL OILS WHICH
IS PERFECT FOR COLD AND FLU
SEASON AND IT'S YOUR CHILD
ACTUALLY SLEEPS WITH IT
DIFFUSES AS THEY'RE SLEEPING.
SO IT'S KIND OF AMAZING AND WE
ALSO HAVE A CHILLY CHILD WHICH
IS A LOCAL BUSINESS I BELIEVE
IT'S IN CARDIFF AND I THINK IT
COULD BE DELMER BUT THEY THEY
ARE REALLY CUTE PONCHOS FOR
BABIES AND TODDLERS ESSENTIALLY
THESE ARE MOM PRODUCERS.
>> THEY ARE COMING UP WITH
THESE AMAZING IDEAS AND NOW I'M
SO HAPPY THAT YOU GUYS ARE
SHARING THEIR STORIES DIFFERENT
DURING A DIFFICULT TIME LIKE IS
WHAT HAS BEEN THE RESPONSE,
STEPHANIE, FROM THE MOMS WHEN
YOU GUYS LAUNCHED THIS CAMPAIGN
?
IT'S BEEN EXTREMELY SUPPORTIVE
NOT JUST FROM OUR LOCAL
STATIONS, SISTER SITES BUT ALSO
FROM JUST THE THE COMMUNITY OUR
COMMUNITY.
WE KIND OF ARE SEEING PEOPLE
LIKE THEY REALLY ONE WANT TO
HELP AND THEY I THINK THEY JUST
NEEDED THEY DIDN'T REALLY KNOW
HOW TO HELP.
AND SO I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE KIND
OF NEARING THE FOCUS AND
HELPING PEOPLE REALLY KIND OF
DRIVE THAT, YOU KNOW, PASSION
FORWARD OF HOW TO UNITE DURING
THIS REALLY CHALLENGING TIME.
>> THE MOMS UNITED FOR KELLY AS
YOU BOTH JUST MENTIONED TO THAT
SMALL BUSINESSES ARE THE
BACKBONE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND
WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO HELP OUT
ESPECIALLY THE HOLIDAY SEASON
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IDEAS, LOG ON TO SAN DIEGO DOT
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ALL THE INFORMATION.
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