Has anyone had any responses or successes with this effort yet.  PLMK
Thanks.

>Thought I would post this great idea here as well.
>
>Today we had our Breastfeeding Task Force meeting and we were =
>discussing ideas for WBW.
>Claudia Johnsen (hi Claudia :-)) from Hampshire County WIC made an =
>excellent suggestion.  Her suggestion is that we inspire the online =
>bookstores (as well as our local ones) to show commitment to =
>breastfeeding.  If we email these online stores we may be able to get =
>them to promote breastfeeding by dedicating their homepages to =
>breastfeeding friendly books during WBW Aug 1-7.  I made up a sample =
>letter and did a bit of the legwork (fingerwork!) by finding out a =
>few of the email addresses to send our requests to.  By all means =
>this is not a comprehensive list and I urge you all to do your own =
>searches if so inclined.  If all of us on wicbfnet send a letter to =
>each of these bookstores they will get 80 requests as we now have 80 =
>subscribers!  I hope we can also get lactnetters in on this as they =
>number about 2000 now I think.  Lets have some fun with this!
>
>Sample letter:
>
>Dear Amazon.com (Barnes and Noble, Books.com, Booksamillion and =
>Borders.com)
>     August 1- 7 is World Breastfeeding Week. World Breastfeeding =
>Week aims to increase awareness
>in every country and at every level of the significance of =
>breastfeeding and in particular to the development of the child.  =
>More than 120 countries are involved in this campaign. The theme for =
>the week this year is: "Breastfeeding: Education for Life".
>     I know you feel as I do that books are an important educational =
>tool.   I am appealing to your company to show your support by =
>dedicating your homepage contents to World Breastfeeding Week by =
>promoting "breastfeeding friendly books".  I would be glad to share =
>with you a list of books we have researched and found to be =
>supportive of breastfeeding.
>     Thank you for considering this option and for joining many other =
>countries, businesses, organizations and individuals during this =
>important week.
>
>If you would like to know more about WBW please follow this link:
>http://www.elogica.com.br/waba/wbw97/wbw99.htm=A0
>
>Sincerely,
>Ilene Fabisch, IBCLC
>WIC Breastfeeding Coordinator
>Brockton, MA


Warmly, Ilene Fabisch, Brockton, MA
"Each day is a blank canvas waiting for our unique brushstrokes to create
a masterpiece."

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