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Support breastfeeding/human milk feeding families in Orange County!
ORGANIZATION: Breastfeed Orange NC
This opportunity is provided by VolunteerMatch's partner.
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Breastfeed Orange NC offers lots of ways to support infants and families. Breastfeed Orange NC works to impact health equity and create a more welcoming community for breastfeeding, chestfeeding, and human milk feeding families. We advocate for lactation-friendly policies and practices as part of the Ten Steps to Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities Designation (https://bit.ly/TenStepsBFFC).
Become a member of the Breastfeed Orange team. You will have the opportunity to work with community members, agencies and organizations.
- Our local governments to promote welcoming community spaces.
- Healthcare clinics and offices, especially those serving young children and families.
- Community partners - our businesses and organizations - to sign on to the Community Partner and Employer award.
- Local childcare and K-12 education programs to include books and curricula that normalize chest/breastfeeding.
For more information, please reach out at https://bit.ly/ConnectandVolunteer.
More opportunities with Breastfeed Orange NC
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Breastfeed Orange NC
Location:
203 Oak Glen Pl, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, US
Mission Statement
The mission of Breastfeed Orange NC is to foster a more breastfeeding family friendly community by advocating for policies and practices that support breastfeeding, chestfeeding, and human milk feeding, using a Ten Steps approach that complements the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF guidelines.
Description
Breastfeed Orange NC is a community-wide program to impact health equity. We advocate for chest/breastfeeding and human milk feeding policies & practices in healthcare, childcare, and education in our community. We offer resources & assistance to employers to provide lactation policies for employees. We celebrate the work of our local governments and the whole community to provide a welcoming environment that supports families to initiate chest/breastfeeding and to continue for as long as the family desires. Goals for Government: promote signage and verify that employee, emergency preparedness, and community policies are chest/breastfeeding supportive; Goals for Healthcare: support healthcare clinics & offices to achieve the local Clinic Award; Goals for Businesses: reach out to Orange County businesses to sign on to the Community Partner & Employer award; Goals for Education: work with childcare programs and local school districts to include books & curricula to normalize chest/breastfeeding for students of all ages. Help build a healthier, more welcoming community for families.
CAUSE AREAS
Advocacy & Human Rights,
Community,
Health & Medicine
WHEN
We'll work with your schedule.
WHERE
Multiple locations Chapel Hill, NC 27516
(35.914 ,-79.0946 )
DATE POSTED
March 15, 2023
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
N/A