Saturday, Aug. 3 at Brownsville Children's Museum from 9:30am to 1pm to raise awareness about the health benefits of breastfeeding for mom, child and family.
As part of the Big Latch On, groups of breastfeeding women coming together at registered locations around the world to all latch on their child at a set time. All the breastfeeding women and children are latched on for one minute at the set time and are counted by the witnesses. The numbers are added up and we see if we can beat previous Big Latch On records or maybe even the world record.
Goals:
Support for communities to identify and grow opportunities to provide ongoing breastfeeding support and promotion.
Raise awareness of breastfeeding support and knowledge available in communities.
Help communities positively support breastfeeding in public places.
Make breastfeeding a normal part of the day-to-day life at a local community level.
Increase support for women who breastfeed - women are supported by their partners, family and the breastfeeding knowledge that is embedded in their communities.
Communities have the resources to advocate for coordinated appropriate and accessible breastfeeding support services.
Registration for participants will be from 9:45-10:15am
First 100 people will be Free, there after entrance is $5 pp (children under 1yr free)
Goodie Bags will be given to those participating!
Dr. Lee will be a keynote speaker addressing women's health
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