Well this year I have a few things planned for my WIC office.

First we do bulletin boards in the local hospital and YMCA.
The peer counselors put them up and take pictures so I can see
them as I don't usually have time to go out to take a peek.  They
always have done a wonderful job.  The hospital leaves their
bulletin board up all year!
We also do up a "baby shower gift basket".  We fill it with all sorts
of WIC items (obviously no ABM or bottles) and other things we can
get donated.  This year we have a couple of bfing books, a boppy
type pillow, breast pads and bunch of other things I can't seem to
remember.  We do it up in a wicker laundry basket (reusable) and
clear cellophane and a BIG bow.  It looks wonderful and sits in the
local Supermarket at the front of the store with a big sign noting
WBW and the slogan.  Next to it sits a pile of "raffle" tix and a wrapped
box for depositing them.  I pull a name from the box on the last day
of WBW.
I am also doing an "essay" contest at WIC: Why did you bf your baby?
The responses were collected for the months of May June and July.
I only received 10 entries but they are incredibly literate and touching.
I will draw the winner and 2 and 3 places on Wed but all will recieve
a gift.  The winner is getting a $50 Walmart gift card.
The last thing our office is sponsoring is a free conference registration
to "Breastfeeding in the Bay State".  A combined effort of the MA Bfing
Coalition, MDPH, AAP and ACOG.  The conference was purposely made
inexpensive and offers CME's, CEU's and CERP's.
The docs need to send in a brief
note detailing how their office helps support the bfing family.  Yesterday
I realized I may not get much of a response and decided to send a
check off list on the ways they might support (might also give them
ideas) with a blank space for "other" that they can fill in.  I also
included self-addressed stamped envelopes.  The name will be pulled
at the end of August.
So I think that's about all.  Happy WBW to everyone!

P.S.  It was really nice seeing so many new and old faces at ILCA!

Ilene Fabisch, BS, LLL, IBCLC
Listmom WICBFNET and MLCANET
Brockton, MA

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