Barbara,
I am so glad this discussion has come up. I have been doing research for about a month, trying to fiqure out how to get a milk bank up and running here in Jacksonville, Florida. I told my husband after I helped a 83 year old Jax. women, who had GI cancer & who was drinking breastmilk shipped from Calif., that I was going to open one here because it is so hard to come by. May I please email you off-line for your expertise? I will be sure to include you in my opening statement when I announce my milk bank :)
Thank you,
Melissa Wolfersberger CLE, LLLL, CPD, LD
~CAPPA(childbirth and postpartum prof. assoc.), SE Regional Rep.
~Motherwise Preg. & PP Services, www.mothersupport.net
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Barbara Wilson-Clay <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Valerie McClain makes some excellent points. I'd like to add one more:
>Don't mourn, Organize! It is useless to sit around wringing hands at any
>sad state of affairs or sniping at one another. We might be powerless as
>individuals against giant conglomerates and rampant consumerism, but we
>aren't helpless -- esp. if we act together. I don't want to hear another
>word about the evils of formula from people who aren't willing to get out
>into their communities and found milk banks. If we can do it in Austin, it
>can be done anywhere. Part of our milk bank's general committment and
>mission statement is to help (in terms of logistical support) any group
>considering such a project. We've been very successful in our strategizing,
>and we'll gladly share our tricks. People think they can't change
>everything, so they don't bother trying to change one thing.
>
>Same thing with calling for research. If you have an idea, go for it.
>Grants are available to fund small projects, and many of us just absorb the
>costs ourselves. It is so important to get observations into the
>literature, even if just in the form of case reports, and that takes only
>time, not money.
>
>Barbara Wilson-Clay, BS, IBCLC
>Austin Lactation Associates
>LactNews Press
>www.lactnews.com
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Melissa Wolfersberger
~CLE, LLL, LD, CPD
~CAPPA SE Regional Rep
~www.mothersupport.net
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