National Breastfeeding Month is a time of celebration, and we see so many powerful and beautiful images of nursing families and the communities that support them. In keeping with that celebration, Breastfeed Orange NC invites you to a FREE family photo shoot! The event is a collaboration of Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities in Chatham, Durham […]
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Exciting news! The following Orange County businesses recently received the Breastfeeding Friendly Business award from the North Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition! We love to celebrate our Breastfeeding Family Friendly Businesses in Orange County and to connect them with families in the community. Apply for the Breastfeeding Welcome Here award. Check out all our breastfeeding friendly community partners and
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Mayor Lydia Lavelle (re)proclaimed the Town of Carrboro to be a Breastfeeding Family Friendly Community. Mayor Lavelle reminded us that the Town of Carrboro continues its commitment to “helping families to thrive by ensuring that they receive community support to develop and sustain healthy lifestyles.” Shawna Daniels represented the initiative and spoke about the importance
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On Wednesday, April 21, Mayor Pam Hemminger (re)proclaimed that Chapel Hill is a Breastfeeding Family Friendly Community! During the virtual town meeting, Mayor Hemminger shared important reasons for the Town of Chapel Hill’s commitment to being a breastfeeding family friendly community and expressed thanks for the many community stakeholders who are working in the community
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On February 8th, 2021, Jenn Weaver, the Mayor of Hillsborough NC, proclaimed the Town of Hillsborough as a Breastfeeding Family Friendly Community. The town is committed to supporting families and working towards the Breastfeeding Family Friendly Community designation. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Dietetic Association, American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, American
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Breastfeeding Friendly Childcare! Breastfeed Orange NC, in collaboration with other breastfeeding family friendly communities in NC, is providing monthly webinars – Building Blocks of Breastfeeding Friendly Childcare Learning Bursts. Many parents need to return to work before lactation is well-established or have challenges maintaining milk supply after returning to work. Childcare providers are an important
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COVID-19 has had a tremendous impact on our communities from businesses to schools to government services. Families finances are stressed, and many food pantries are feeling the strain of additional families in need of food support. How can this community partner – the Food Bank or Food Pantry – play a part in a Breastfeeding
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It is Week 4 of National Breastfeeding Month 2020 in the US, a month-long breastfeeding awareness event. And the month culminates in Black Breastfeeding Week 2020. Revive. Restore. Reclaim! For eight years now, during the final seven days of National Breastfeeding Month, Black Breastfeeding Week has been celebrating Black breastfeeding families and bringing focused awareness
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National Breastfeeding Month 2020 continues with a focus this week on Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies (IYCFE). Communities experience emergencies, both natural and man-made, that impact important services, e.g., reliable electrical service, safe and clean water, access to community services. Communities now also are faced with responding to emergencies in the context of
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National Breastfeeding Month 2020 continues in the US! This week, from Sunday, August 9, to Saturday, August 15, breastfeeding, chestfeeding, and human milk feeding is celebrated as part of Native Breastfeeding Week – #StrongResilientLatched. On the Native Breastfeeding Week Facebook page, we are reminded that this week addresses “the inequity and injustice of Indigenous parents
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