Good news for the Heartland! Indiana has opened its first milk bank. Here's a website with the press info: http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?id=14748 Here's the Bank's website, though it isn't finished yet: http://www.clarian.org/portal/IMMilkBank Of interest to those who know about my job woes of a few years ago: the hospital system who sponsored the opening of this milk bank is the one I worked for and the lady who is the chairwoman of the board, who is interviewed regarding the milk bank, is the one responsible for firing me per the doctor's wishes! Other than that, the LC's involved in the bank are top notch (not their fault they work for her...) and the new co-director of the milk bank is Donna Miracle, who worked with Paula Meier and has participated on our state committee to form a state plan to improve breastfeeding support! We're very excited for our state! (As an aside, I can't possibly go into my feelings about the politics involved in this situation. While it is painful to me, the bank will be a good thing for babies in our area and for that, I am happy.) Marsha ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Marsha Glass RN, BSN, IBCLC~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mothers have as powerful an influence over the welfare of future generations as all other earthly causes combined. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~John S. C. Abbot~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html