Dear Lactnetters, Have you ever noticed how "new" innovations seem to pop up throughout the world at the same time? There's a term for this, I believe, but I can't recall what it is. Anyway---it seems that the wave now is for Breastfeeding Centers. Over the past few months we have learned of Kathy Leepers, Beth Ricci's, and now Kathy's. Bravo! My partner, Colette Acker, and I have recently formed a non-profit corporation called the Breastfeeding Resource Center. Our two goals are to provide lactation consultation services to breastfeeding families regardless of income level or ability to pay, AND to provide clinical education experiences for resident physicians, visiting and physician office nurses and aspiring LCs. We hope to become self-supporting ,but are busily writing grants to get started. We have a fabulous board of directors that includes enthusiastic physicians, an attorney, a social worker, a dietitian, university profs and volunteer counselors. I am sharing this news with fellow Lactnutters because a) I'm hoping someone might have some leads on potential donors or foundations who give to non-profits serving women and children, b) I'm hoping someone with more experience than we have might be willling to review some of our grant proposals to make sure they have the proper pizazz and format before we send them off, and c) Colette and I are very excited about this and love to tell people about it! Anyone with any input/ideas/suggestions/willingness is invited to be in touch. Thanks, and I look forward to hearing about the swell of this next wave in our profession! -Debi Page Ferrarello in soggy suburban Philadelphia looking forward to this week-end's Private Practice Workshop! *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html