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World Breastfeeding Week
A YEAR OF CELEBRATIONS: WORLD BREASTFEEDING WEEK
AND LA LECHE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL’S 50th ANNIVERSARY
USA (Month, 2006) – La Leche League in the United States of America will observe two special occasions in 2006. World Breastfeeding Week and the 50th anniversary of La Leche League International will be celebrated with hundreds of activities around the country. These festivities will include walks, runs, concerts, picnics, auctions, prize drawings, children’s activities, and much more.
Breastfeeding provides optimal nutrition at no cost and live antibodies that protect a child against illness. Recent studies show that breast cancer and postpartum stress are reduced among mothers who breastfeed. In fact, a 2001 American Academy of Family Physicians’ Position Paper recommends that “all babies, with rare exceptions, be breastfed and/or receive expressed human milk exclusively for about the first six months of life. Breastfeeding beyond the first year offers considerable benefits to both mother and child, and should continue as long as mutually desired.”
La Leche League is a nonprofit, nonsectarian organization that offers mother-to-mother support, encouragement, and information to women who want to breastfeed their babies. La Leche League also provides continuing education to healthcare providers and is a founding member of the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA). WABA works to promote breastfeeding’s importance world-wide. La Leche League in the USA is a totally volunteer organization. Contributions are tax-deductible and can be made at https://donate2lll.org/indexSecure.htm.
For more information about La Leche League or to find a local Group, call 1-800-LA LECHE or visit the web site at www.lalecheleague.org and/or www.lllusa.org.
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