2007 Breastfeeding Awareness Walk

The California WIC Association and the California Breastfeeding Coalition with help from the California WIC Program are organizing a Breastfeeding Awareness Walk throughout California on August 7, 2007 to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week.

Click here to see the walks and activities planned.

Other States promoting breastfeeding in August:

Texas
Colorado
Florida
Idaho
Wisconsin
Louisiana
Michigan
Oregon
Virginia
Washington
Illinois
Maryland
Connecticut
New York

One of the California walks will be held at our State Capitol in Sacramento from 12pm to 1pm and is sponsored by Senator Tom Torlakson. Invited guests include Governor Arnold Schwarzeneggar, First Lady Maria Shriver, Dr. Mark B. Horton, Director California Department of Public Health, Senator Carole Migden, Allen Ng, Regional Administrator, USDA Food and Nutrition Services.

California Breastfeeding Coalitions participating:

Alameda County BF Coalition
Amador and Calaveras County Breastfeeding Coalition
Babies First Breastfeeding Task Force in Fresno
Babies First Breastfeeding Task Force in Fresno
BF Advisory Committee of San Mateo County WIC
BF Coalition of Greater Sacramento
BF Coalition of Placer County
BF Coalition of San Joaquin County
BF Coalition of Stanislaus County
BF Task Force of Humboldt County
BF Task Force of Solano County
BIBS Breastfeeding is Best Support Group [Inyo & Mono Co.]
Butte County BF
Contra Costa BF Task Force
El Dorado County BF Coalition
Glenn County BF Coalition
Imperial County BF
Inland Empire BF Coalition
Kings County BF Coalition
Madera County BF Coalition
Marin County Breastfeeding Coalition
Mendocino County BF Coalition
Merced County BF Coalition
Monterey Co Healthy Mother, Healthy Babies, BF Promotion Committee
Napa Valley BF Coalition
Northern California Breastfeeding Coalition
Orange County BF Coalition
Santa Cruz County BF Coalition
Shasta County BF Coalition
Siskiyou County BF Task Force
Sonoma County BF Coalition
The BF Task Force of the Greater Los Angeles
The Community BF Coalition of Yolo County
Trinity County Breastfeeding Promotion Project.
Tuolumne County BF Coalition
Yuba/Sutter/Colusa BF Task Force

California WIC Agencies Participating:

Alameda County Health Care Services Agency WIC Program
Alliance Medical Center, Inc.
American Red Cross
Axis Community Health
Butte County Department of Public Health
Central Valley Indian Health, Inc.
City of Berkeley
City of Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services
Clinica Sierra Vista, Inc.
Clinicas de Salud del Pueblo, Inc.
Community Action Partnership of Kern
Community Bridges
Community Medical Centers, Inc.
Community Resource Project, Inc.
Contra Costa County Health Services
County of Humboldt Department of Public Health and Human Services
County of Inyo Department of Health and Human Services
County of Mendocino
County of Orange Health Care Agency
County of Sonoma, Department of Health Services
County of Tulare Health and Human Services Agency
Del Norte Clinics, Inc.
Delta Health Care and Management Services Corporation
E-Center
El Dorado County Department of Community Services
Fresno County Economic Opportunities Commission
Gardner Family Care Corporation
Glenn County Health Services
Human Resources Council WIC Program (Amador/Calavares)
Indian Health Center of Santa Clara Valley, Inc.
La Clinica de la Raza Fruitvale Health Project, Inc
Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor UCLA Medical Center
Madera County Department of Public Health
Marin County Health and Human Services
Merced County Community Action Board
Monterey County Health Department
Napa County Health and Human Services Agency
Native American Health Center, Inc
Nevada County Public Health Department
Northeast Valley Health Corporation
Northeastern Rural Health Clinics., Inc.
Placer County Department of Health and Human Services
Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino Counties
Sacramento County Department of Health and Human Services
San Benito Health Foundation
San Joaquin County Public Health Services
San Mateo County Health Services Agency
San Ysidro Health Center
Shasta County Department of Public Health
Siskiyou County Public Health Department
Solano County Health and Social Services Department
Somona County Indian Health Project, Inc.
Stanislaus County Health Services Agency
Sutter County Human Services Department-Health
Tehama County Health Services Agency
Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center, Inc.
Toiyabe Indian Health Project, Inc.
Trinity County Health and Human Services
Tuolumne County Health Department
United Health Centers of the San Joaquin Valley, Inc.
United Indian Health Services, Inc
Watts Healthcare Corporation
Yolo County Department of Public Health

Click here if your coalition is also planning a Breastfeeding Awareness Walk.

Your walk might be as simple as getting breastfeeding advocates and WIC staff together at lunch time to walk around the block, or as elaborate as an event with speakers and a health faire at the finish line.

A Toolkit has been developed to help you make your plans a reality without having to reinvent the wheel.

Step One:

Review the Breastfeeding Awareness Task List

Step Two:

Decide on the scope of your Breastfeeding Awareness Walk.
Write to Daisy Silverio, dSilveri@dhs.ca.gov, that you plan to organize a walk. She will create a press release.

Step Three:

Read the Protected Form Instructions for the Breastfeeding Awareness Walk 2007 Forms

Step Four:

If you solicit local Sponsors, see the Sponsorship Form
If you partner with Employers, see the Employer Sponsor Letter
If you have booths, see the Booth Request Form

Step Five:

If you have local funding for Tee Shirts, use the Waiver and Tee Shirt Order Form.

Step Six:

Have a great time planning and implementing your Breastfeeding Awareness Walk. We thank Laurie Misaki and the Our Babies First Breastfeeding Task Force in Fresno, California for sharing the materials and slogan that they developed when the held their successful Breastfeeding Awareness Walk last summer.