New York Statewide Breastfeeding Coalition

Visit the New York Statewide Breastfeeding Coalition: www.nysbreastfeeding.org

Contact Stephanie Sosnowski, Chair

845-492-9027

Please send information to: nysbcoalition@aol.com

NYSBC 2010 Membership Application

NYSBC Board of Directors (November 2009)

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BREASTFEEDING IN THE NEWS

Congratulations to the following

NYSBC Mini-Grant Awardees:

Awarded $500 towards

Worksite Lactation Development Projects:

Columbia Memorial Hospital

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Jefferson County

Cornell University

Cornell Cooperative Extension Dutchess County

Long Island Lactation Consultant Association

 

Awarded $500 towards promotion of the

NYS Nursing Mothers in the Workplace Law

Elmhurst Breastfeeding Coalition

New York City Breastfeeding Promotion Leadership Committee

Mid-Hudson Lactation Consortium

 

Breastfeeding - Blog Talk Radio Show - 12-16-09

 

CONFERENCES/TRAINING

 

Mid-Hudson Lactation Consortium and

Maternal-Infant Services Network

Annual Breastfeeding Education Conference

Dr. Michal Young

Dr. Sharon Mass

April 20, 2010

Anthony's Pier 9, New Windsor, NY

INFO: mhlc@misn-ny.org

Vermont Lactation Consultant Association

Annual Professional Lactation Conference

Peter Hartmann, PhD

Diana West, BA, IBCLC

April 15 and 16, 2010

Hilton Hotel, Burlington, VT

INFO: www.vlca.org

Lactation Counselor Certificate Training Program (CLC)

Spring Valley, NY

June 7 - 11, 2010

www.healthychildren.cc

 

2009 World Breastfeeding Week Events in NYS:

World Breastfeeding Week Celebration in Albany on August 6, 2009

 

July 30: 10th Annual Breastfeeding Awareness Day in Harlem

Aug. 3: Columbia-Presbyterian WIC Family event

Aug. 7: Newburgh  Photos

Aug. 7: Poughkeepsie

Aug. 7: Breastfeeding Subway Caravan

Aug. 7: BABE Festival

 

New York State Department of Health Announces a Call to Action to Increase Breastfeeding in New York State!

Commissioner Daines' press release

Photos from Albany Press Conference 08-06-09

National WIC Association Announces

Call to Action to Increase Breastfeeding

 

 

 

 
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