Meet Ida Newsome | CEO/Founder

We had the good fortune of connecting with Ida Newsome and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Ida, can you walk us through the thought-process of starting your business?
The little boy Jordan Belliveau whom his mom killed him , inspired me I felt like I’d the mom had a little more assistance and help he may be alive right now

Can you give our readers an introduction to your business? Maybe you can share a bit about what you do and what sets you apart from others?
Mission: to assist moms and dads with kids 0-5 yrs old With baby essentials and tangible needs . So what happens is the client come in do intake at the end of intake they get $25 beloved bucks which is fake money basically with those beloved bucks they are able to shop in the building everything in the building has a price on it the way they earn more beloved bucks they can take the baby to the doctor, sign up for wic, , go to a PTA meeting ,, get a job , do a résumé , parenting classes , they bringing prove that they did those things and earn more beloved bucks , each item has a different amount of how much they earn for each one , I also have a TOP program that’s a program where the mom feeling stressed can bring there child to the building for 2/3 hours while they give them self some me time ,
If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
My friend Chantel comes in town Monday , flight lands at 5pm. I get to the airport around 4:30 waiting around until she comes, once she get here and in the car I ask her did she eat ? She says no . Ok cool we in Tampa let’s grab a bite to eat , we go to Cheese Factoey to grab a bite. We get back to Saint Pete is about 8 o’clock I’ll bring her to the house we relax and chill I’ll call the family Nana she here of course they gonna come over so now we’re just chilling around the house till bedtime. Next morning we get up and go eat at Kiki‘s and then I give a tour Saint Pete. As last time we come back home we have a bite to eat and then go shopping come back home go to my house cause everybody over here eating chilling talking reminiscing since we’ve been my friends for 25 years , now its Wednesday I get up cook some farina ,we get dress and go to the mall shopping then come back to house bcuz she wants seafood, my daughter cook the crabs and other seafood items so we’re just sitting around chilling night ends now we have Thursday we get up in the morning we go for spa day then we go to lunch at Lalas restaurant in Saint Pete it’s about 10 of us doing karaoke in her own private room if they did so about 435 we pick the kids up at school call Sami movies and eat dinner here now we have Friday we go eat breakfast at kissing cousins then we go get a hair done getting ready for the club tonight we’re just chilling doing whatever at eight now we’re getting ready for the club we both slow getting dressed slow it’s about 11 Oclock a few drinks chill everybody there cousins, sisters, friends so we were having a good time now we have Saturday we get up Chantel decided she wants to go to the beach we go and stay there for a couple hours come back about dinner time fry some chicken rice corn and dessert , we are chilling next day Sunday get up cook breakfast bacon sausage toast and eggs, go back to the beach bcuz Chantelask to go jet sking , When we come back start dinner started ham ,macaroni cheese, yellow rice, collard greens, cornbread and dessert we all over at my house playing cards and chilling, now it’s Monday till it’s time for a great breakfast again then we go to the airport that’s the type of things that we do when we’re together we are very family oriented

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Carole Alexander : Ceo/Founder of Next Stepp Pregnancy Center

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