Bad day for them to return my call, I guess. Lori, the marketing person, called me a little while ago. Told me whatever it was she wanted to say, but I kept finding reasons to interrupt with my own opinion... You know, some of these mothers are feeding their babies straight cow's milk. "Lori, there is no documented evidence that cow's milk is any better or worse than infant formula." Well, we got together with WIC, and discovered that they are so poor, they just cannot afford infant formula, and rely on donations "Lori, that is all the more reason why you should be supporting breastfeeding and lactation services. They get a small donation today, but what do they do for the rest of their baby's first year?" These mothers are truly desperate. "Yes, I understand that. I also remember seeing the images of the truly desperate mothers whose babies were dying in the southern United States during the hurricanes which hit in the past few years. There was a huge rush to donate formula to these babies, and they died because of diluted formulas, dirty water, not enough to eat. And where are the donations today? Does anyone even remember Rita? Jeanne? Katrina? Ivan?" <<giggle>> but we don't have hurricanes here! "Well, that's true. But, have you had any ice storms or snow storms in recent times which froze pipes in the house, so water was not available? Storms which prevented mothers from getting to stores? Storms which prevented suppliers from getting to stores? " <<silence>> Well, we're just a professional organization trying to help some people. "Yes, and that is admirable. You have a lot of clout behind your name and it would be nice to see you find a more worthwhile cause. The multi-billion dollar formula industry doesn't need free advertising." She grew frustrated, and I really wasn't in the mood to be politically correct. She found a way to get off the phone, and I went back to reading my history book. As hard as she tried, she had no way of really convincing me that this was such a great idea. And just because "someone on the Oprah show payed it forward by using $1000 to buy formula" just doesn't cut it. Best wishes, Sam Doak << [this is a promotion organizes by the fans of a state basketball team] Lady Bucks Announce "Formula FastBreak" http://www.nba.com/bucks/news/FormulaFastBreak_070319.html>> *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html Mail all commands to [log in to unmask] To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or [log in to unmask]) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet or ([log in to unmask]) To reach list owners: [log in to unmask]