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Each year, the WALC Board considers grant requests from individuals or organizations to fund projects consistent with the purposes of WALC. One of the best parts of this is seeing the results! We will be sharing feedback from grants that were awarded so you can see the wonderful things are members are doing.
Mothers Milk Bank of the Western Great Lakes
Project Reports for WALC Grants 2015-2016
Dear WALC,
We greatly appreciate the financial support that we’ve received from you in 2015-2016.
Below are our project reports for our 2 WALC grants:
1. In 2015 we received $3000. The milk bank opened its doors in mid-January 2016, but prior to
this we began accepting donors. Accepting donors means that we needed to pay for their lab
work. We are pleased to report that to-date we have 26 approved donors from Wisconsin. The
lab work for each donor costs $125, so we applied the $3000 towards the $3250.00 needed to
ultimately accept our Wisconsin donors. Thanks!
2. In 2016 we received $1400 as emergency funds for 2 freezers. During the course of the last 11
years, our milk bank set up an extensive donor milk depot system throughout Wisconsin. All of
the milk collected at our depots prior to January 2016 was shipped to the Indiana Milk Bank.
Once we opened our doors in January, we began receiving significant volumes of milk from our
depots. We initially estimated that we had sufficient freezer space, but 2 of our donated
freezers broke down, and we had an emergent need for more freezer space. We cannot thank
you enough for the $1400 which we used to purchase 2 freezers.
Thank you for your commitment to the development and sustenance of The Mothers’ Milk Bank of the
Western Great Lakes. Your financial support through grant money and your donations to us at the WALC
conferences have been invaluable for our success.
We hope that any of you have the opportunity to come visit us in Elk Grove Village, IL!
Anne Eglash MD, IBCLC, FABM
Mothers Milk Bank of the Western Great Lakes
Sept. 16, 2016- Wauwatosa. Summer Kelly RN, BSN, IBCLC Executive Director of the Mothers Milk Bank of the Great Lakes. Presenting on the microbiome and donor milk.
More information to come, save the original WALC date. ***WBC needs to focus on coalition business at their annual meeting this year, we will try to co-conference next year.
Mar 11
Mar 5
Thank you to everyone that came to the conference this year! It is always so invigorating to spend time with like-minded individuals with the passion for helping mothers and babies. Getting to see everyone in such a stimulating environment is wonderful. Let’s take this energy back with us and share with all those lovely dyads. Build confidence, empower mothers and babes as well as the caregivers. Skin to skin is biologically normal and inspires confidence!
Allison
This is the link for the evaluation form. Once it is filled out, you will receive your Certificate of Attendance. This is only available for 2 weeks.
https://www.regonline.com/followupsurvey2016walcbreastfeedingconfere_1819159
Thanks for attending
Feb 23
Do you have people ask you how to become an IBCLC? I do on a regular basis. One of the toughest requirements is getting your hours in. Finding ways to gather 300 to 1,000 hours of clinical experience is not easy!
I would love to find a way to connect IBCLC candidates with Mentors. Do you have mentor opportunities in your facility or know of someone that offers them? Would candidates be able to shadow you at work? Please post of any opportunities you know of in the member blog so we can help IBCLC candidates on their pathway to sit the exam.
WALC Conference registrations are pouring in – and February 4th is the last day for Early Bird prices. Postmark your mail-in registration or register on line by Feb 4th to save money! Our brochure is available on our website. Online registration is there too. Save your spot – sign up soon!
On January 20, 2016, Rep. Lisa Subeck introduced LRB 3285 for the purpose of strengthening current federal law (Break Time for Nursing Mothers) by closing the gap between wage and salaried employees and ensuring that women who need unpaid break time to breastfeed or express their milk remain eligible for employer-sponsored health insurance. LRB 3285 also has a strong enforcement provision not available under federal law.
Wording of LRB 3285: http://legis.wisconsin.gov/eupdates/asm78/15-3285_1.pdf
Representative Lisa Subeck’s press release: http://legis.wisconsin.gov/…/representative-subeck-introdu…/
This group will function as a way for breastfeeding advocates across Wisconsin to disseminate updates and information about this bill, including public committee hearings, upcoming votes, and ways to educate the public about this bill.
Our legislators need to know that working women are struggling to provide their babies with breast milk. There are many barriers in place that prevents them from doing so. They need to hear our stories. To find email and phone number information for constituent’s legislators, enter your address (street, city, zip) in the top right box.http://maps.legis.wisconsin.gov/
Calling or emailing only takes a few minutes!
This bill has bipartisan support BUT it will not pass a vote unless each and every one of Wisconsin’s legislators hear from their constituents (that’s you!) that this bill matters to families in Wisconsin.
Please find the WI Breastfeeding Bill Advocates page and follow for updates. A lobby day is planned for Friday (Jan 29) in Madison.
We are accepting nominations for Secretary for the WALC Board. If you are interested, please contact Allison before February 12th. allisonlavmon@gmail.com
Jan 19
Do you have mentor opportunities in your facility or know of someone that offers them? Finding a way to get hours to fill the requirements to become an IBCLC can be difficult. Please post of any opportunities you know of in the member blog so we can help IBCLC candidates on their pathway to sit the exam.
