We held our third annual awards ceremony on the steps of our state capitol building here in Austin this morning in honor of World Breastfeeding Week. Our Healthy Mothers/Healthy Babies Breastfeeding Coalition presents our "Hero" award to individuals whose dedication to maternal-child health through support of breastfeeding deserves recognition. This year's Hero was George Sharpe, MD, neonatologist and co-founder of the Mothers Milk Bank at Austin. The Mayor of Austin gave a wonderful speech, and there were moms and babies, lactation consultants, La Leche Leaguers, friends from the Texas Dept of Health, and several Lact-nuts, (Hi Anna Swisher and Linda Duce!) One of the local TV stations covered the event. I really enjoy hearing what others do to mark the occasion, and thought people might be interested in our celebration. Barbara Wilson-Clay, BS, IBCLC Austin Lactation Associates LactNews Press www.lactnews.com *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] 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