Mothers For Breastfeeding

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• Do you have a strong personal connection to breastfeeding? 

• Do you want to help promote breastfeeding awareness? 

• Do you want to network with other mothers who also want to make a difference? 

Now there is a way! 
Become involved with Mothers For Breastfeeding! 

The Breastfeeding Task Force of Greater Los Angeles is organizing Mothers for Breastfeeding groups in your area.

Download Mothers For Breastfeeding flyer here

YOU can get involved by:

• Calling Ellen Steinberg, RN, IBCLC at 818-345-4439
• Email Ellen at esteinberg@breastfeedla.org
• Joining our online Yahoo! Group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MothersforBreastfeeding

This group is online through Yahoo Groups. To sign up for yahoogroups, send an email to:
MothersforBreastfeeding-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

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Mothers for Breastfeeding is a part of the Task Force that is designed to encourage the participation of mothers in breastfeeding advocacy.  Mothers' meetings are held on a monthly basis.

Mothers for Breastfeeding is off to a great start this year with many new projects already under way. We welcome your involvement in any of the following plans that we have. We also welcome your input into these projects as well as your ideas for new projects.

Come to our meetings, or send us an email.

Visit Task Force volunteer opportunities and committees.

Mothers for Breastfeeding Committees

At the next Mothers for Breastfeeding meetings, action plans and committee will be discussed.

Communications Committee

• Calls to prospective members

• Emails to current members

• Membership sign-ups on-line

Webpage Committee

• Schedule of meetings

• BF stories

• Discussion Board

• BF Friendly lists  

• BF Friendly books for children

Meeting Preparation Committee

• Refreshments

• Signs

• Finding Locations

• Handouts

• Agendas

• Minutes

Awards Committee

• Who Gets Them

• How Distributed

•  World Breastfeeding Week, Quintessence Challenge, Mothers Day

• Awards Dinner

Breastfeeding Items Committee

• Decal redesign, printing and distribution

• Breastfeeding wrapping paper, greeting cards

Resource Directory Committee

• Find out who is distributing them

• Distribute them to locations in communities throughout LA

Public relations committee

• Facilitate placement of public service announcements

• Connect with celebrity spokeswomen

• Write press releases about upcoming events that should attract media interest

Education Committee

• Assist at TF Seminars

• Ideas for seminars for mothers and family members

Public Policy Committee

• Communicate with legislators

• Assist the TF in developing public policy          

• Explore insurance reimbursement for breastfeeding needs

Fund-raising Committee

• Plan fund-raising projects

• Assist in grant finding and grant-writing

This page was updated on 09/10/2007