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<\/p>\nMom Monday: Celebrating motherhood & saving money on children’s necessities<\/p>\n
Owner and founder of Orlando Mom Collective Eryn Vargo joins WESH 2 to preview the 11th annual Bloom event and Boutique for a Week Children\u2019s Consignment Sale <\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCELEBRATING MOTHERHOOD IN EVERY STAGE AND CREATING SPACE FOR MOMS TO FEEL SEEN, SUPPORTED AND INSPIRED. THAT IS THE MISSION BEHIND EMPOWERING EVENT. RETURNING TO CENTRAL FLORIDA, WE HAVE ERIN VARGO, THE FOUNDER AND OWNER OF LOCAL PARENTING RESOURCE ORLANDO MOM COLLECTIVE, WITH US THIS MORNING. GOOD MORNING ERIN. MORNING. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. WE ARE EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT THIS EVENT. IT\u2019S CALLED BLOOM. SO FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR, CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT BLOOM AND HOW THIS ALL GOT STARTED? ABSOLUTELY. SO WE\u2019RE CELEBRATING OUR 11TH YEAR OF BLOOM. IT GOT STARTED BECAUSE WE WANTED TO CREATE A SPACE FOR MOMS TO GET TOGETHER. ORIGINALLY, IT WAS FOR NEW AND EXPECTING MOMS. AND AS IT EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS, IT BECAME A GREAT EVENT FOR THOSE MOMS. BUT THEN COVID HAPPENED AND WE DECIDED, LET\u2019S JUST MAKE IT A CELEBRATION FOR ALL MOMS. AND SO SINCE COVID, IT\u2019S JUST BEEN BLOOM, A CELEBRATION OF MOTHERHOOD. AND IT\u2019S BEEN AMAZING BRINGING WOMEN TOGETHER IN THE COMMUNITY. THERE\u2019S ALWAYS JUST GOOD CONVERSATION, LAUGHS AND EDUCATION RESOURCES. AND JUST LIKE ME, TIME FOR THESE WOMEN. YEAH. AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMISERATE. ABSOLUTELY. ALL THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF MOTHERHOOD. SO WHAT CAN PEOPLE EXPECT AT BLOOM? SO THIS IS OUR 11TH YEAR, AS I SAID, AND WE\u2019RE DOING A MINI POP UP VERSION THIS YEAR. SO IT\u2019S SOMETHING WE\u2019VE NEVER DONE.BUT WE HAD A REALLY BIG EVE LAST YEAR CELEBRATING THE TEN YEARS, AND WE DO A REALLY HUGE WELLNESS EVENT IN SEPTEMBER. SO WE DECIDED TO SCALE IT DOWN, TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT. SO WE\u2019RE PARTNERING WITH KENDRA SCOTT AND MILLENNIUM MALL. AND SO IT\u2019S A POP UP VERSION OF THE EVENT. SO THERE WILL BE A PRIVATE SHOPPING EXPERIENCE, A MINDFULNESS ACTIVATION PHOTOS. WE\u2019LL HAVE OUR SPONSOR THERE, ADVENT HEALTH, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE SOME BOUQUETS OF FLOWERS FOR THE MOMS AND SWAG BAGS. SO IT\u2019S REALLY JUST A TIME TO COME. IT\u2019S FROM 6 TO 8. SO MOMS CAN COME AT ANY POINT IN TIME DURING THAT. AND IT\u2019S LIKE I SAID, A PRIVATE SHOPPING EXPERIENCE. YOU GET A DISCOUNT AT KENDRA SCOTT. JUST KIND OF TIME TO JUST TALK AND BE AND EXIST AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE SOME ME TIME WITHOUT THE PRESSURE OF KIDS AND, YOU KNOW, JUST EVERYTHING ELSE IN LIFE. I MEAN, I THINK FOR NEW MOMS, FOR ALL MOMS, IT\u2019S HARD TO GET AWAY AND TAKE TIME FOR YOURSELF, RIGHT? THERE\u2019S A LOT OF MOM GUILT ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, BUT WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT FOR MOMS TO BE ABLE TO COME TO AN EVENT LIKE BLOOM, EVEN IF FOR JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS, WE HAVE TO MAKE TIME FOR OURSELVES? WE CAN\u2019T POUR FROM AN EMPTY CUP. AND WHEN WE ARE NOT MAKING TIME AND PRIORITIZING OURSELVES, JUST EVEN A LITTLE BIT, WHERE YOU CAN JUST BE WITH OTHER MOMS AND LIKE YOU SAID, COMMISERATE, TALK, BUILD COMMUNITY, SHARE WHAT\u2019S GOING ON, GET ADVICE, ASK QUESTIONS. EVEN THAT MINDFULNESS ACTIVATION THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR FRIENDS AT HARLOW COUNSELING, IT\u2019S JUST A GREAT WAY TO LIKE RECENTER YOURSELF. AND MOMS DON\u2019T GET ENOUGH OF THAT. AND SO THIS EVENT IS REALLY KIND OF BRIDGE THAT GAP A LITTLE BIT. OKAY, SO I DO WANT TO SWITCH GEARS JUST A LITTLE BIT, BUT BEFORE I DO, WHERE CAN PEOPLE GO TO FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT BLOOM ORLANDO.COM? IT\u2019S RIGHT ON THE FRONT PAGE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO SWITCHING GEARS, WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THIS. KIDS GROW SO FAST. WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT IN THE COMMERCIAL BREAK. THERE WAS AN EVENT NEXT WEEK TO HELP FAMILIES SHOP. AND IT\u2019S ALSO GOING TO HELP THEM SAVE MONEY. ABSOLUTELY. NOW I THINK IS THE BUZZWORDS, RIGHT? YOU CAN ALSO SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES. TELL US ABOUT THAT. SO BOUTIQUE FOR A WEEK. IT IS THE LARGEST CENTRAL FLORIDA CONSIGNMENT EVENT THAT HAPPENS. IT\u2019S A TWO TIME A YEAR EVENT. AND SO IT\u2019S APRIL 15TH TO 17TH. THEY\u2019RE ONE OF OUR PARTNERS. IT\u2019S A GREAT EVENT. NOT ONLY DO YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY AS A MOM TO RESELL SOME OF YOUR STUFF, YOU DON\u2019T DO ALL THE WORK THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT. SO LIKE THINK ABOUT A GARAGE SALE AND HOW CHAOTIC THAT IS. THIS TAKES ALL OF THAT AWAY FROM YOU SO YOU CAN SELL YOUR STUFF OR YOU CAN GO AND YOU CAN BUY GENTLY USED ITEMS AT A VERY STEEP DISCOUNT AND YOU\u2019RE SAVING A TON OF MONEY AS OPPOSED TO GOING SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, BUYING SOMETHING BRAND NEW. SO IT\u2019S A REALLY GREAT EVENT FOR PARENTS THAT ARE TRYING TO SAVE MONEY. THEY HAVE MULTIPLE KIDS, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE KIDS, THEY\u2019RE THE SAME AGE AND YOU HAVE MULTIPLE CAR SEATS AND STROLLERS. IT GETS REALLY COSTLY. SO THIS IS A GREAT EVENT TO HELP YOU SAVE NOT ONLY ON CLOTHES, TOYS, BUT THOSE OTHER NECESSITY ITEMS YOU NEED AS WELL. AND I\u2019VE ALWAYS FELT THIS WAY, ESPECIALLY WITH BABY ITEMS. KIDS GROW SO QUICKLY THAT OFTENTIMES THESE ITEMS HAVE BEEN USED SOMETIMES ONCE, TWICE, THREE TIMES. THEY\u2019RE IN GREAT SHAPE. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT PEOPLE CAN EXPECT TO FIND? STROLLERS, HIGH CHAIRS, CAR SEATS, CLOTHING, TOYS. YOU KNOW, THOSE BUMBO SEATS LIKE OH YES. YEAH, ANYTHING? YEAH, ANYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF. PEOPLE ARE SELLING THAT THERE. IT IS A HUGE SALE. AND THERE\u2019S ALSO VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL. SO IT\u2019S A REALLY GREAT WAY TO GET INVOLVED WITH THE COMMUNITY, SELL YOUR STUFF. AND THEN IF YOU NEED THINGS, YOU GET IT AT JUST SUCH A GREAT DISCOUNT. AND THEY LITERALLY HAVE EVERYTHING. IF YOU GO TO ORLANDO.COM, THAT SALE IS JUST A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN WHEN YOU SCROLL AND CLICK THROUGH THAT ARTICLE, YOU\u2019LL LITERALLY SEE THERE\u2019S SO MUCH AT THESE SALES AND IT\u2019S SUCH A GREAT WAY TO SAVE. AND I THINK IT\u2019S GREAT TOO, BECAUSE SOME OF THE ITEMS YOU LISTED ARE SOME OF THOSE HIGHER TICKET ITEMS LIKE STROLLERS. AND AGAIN, THESE ARE WONDERFUL WAYS TO GET GENTLY USED ITEMS, OFTENTIMES WITH BABIES. I MEAN, REALLY, THEY LOOK ALMOST BRAND NEW AND THEY ONLY SELL GOOD QUALITY. THEY\u2019RE NOT SELLING BROKEN. THINGS OUT TO SELL. SO YOU WON\u2019T GET SOMETHING DESTROYED, BROKEN, NONE OF THAT. YEAH. THAT\u2019S AWESOME. OKAY. YOU\u2019VE MENTIONED A COUPLE TIMES HERE, BUT FOR EVERYBODY WHO\u2019S WATCHING WHO MAY WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM, WHERE CAN THEY FIND MORE INFORMATION? JUST GO TO ORLANDO.COM. EVERYTHING IS RIGHT THERE ON THE FRONT PAGE. YOU GUYS HAVE\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Mom Monday: Celebrating motherhood & saving money on children’s necessities<\/p>\n
Owner and founder of Orlando Mom Collective Eryn Vargo joins WESH 2 to preview the 11th annual Bloom event and Boutique for a Week Children\u2019s Consignment Sale <\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 10:09 AM EDT Apr 6, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n