Our local breastfeeding coalition in Brattleboro (famous for its 28
naked-from-the-waist up ladies parade on a hot day several summers ago)
will be fairly quiet this year.  (It's our first year as a coalition and
we didn't get our creative juices flowing until April -- too late for our
first and we thought best idea:  store windows throughout the downtown
featuring breastfeeding and babies.  This is definitely in the works for
1996.)  Anyhow, we are placing a Letter to the Editor in the Brattleboro
Reformer and other local papers asking for parents to nominate a
Breastfeeding Friendly Business.
We already have an "It Takes a Village to Raise a Child" committee and
week, which does Child Friendly Businesses.  As you can imagine, LLL and
baby-people are heavily involved in all these committees.
With a letter, and then a presentation, we will at least get two mentions
in the local paper.  In addition, the Reformer and the Town Crier (a
weekly) will print well-written columns from various committee members.
So -- Melissa Vickers take note! - small rural areas and newspapers can
be friendly to mini-media blitzes like this.  And lots of people will
call me or talk to me later -- "Saw your -----in the paper!  I breastfed
my baby!"
So we will do our small part.  I feel we can really Think Globally and
Act Locally here on Lactnet!    With fondness to all my colleagues here,
Dawn Kersula, FACCE,IBCLC   Southwestern Vermont