June 23, 2015 Meeting Minutes

Attendance:  Lynn, Laura,  Diane, Amanda, Rose, Nicole and Elise, Pat, Krisanne

Welcome to new attendees– Amanda is a registered dietitian who works for the Association for Child Development; Nicole is a teacher and bf mom who is on the Willow Tree Board; and Krisanne is a bf mom who works for a pharmaceutical company, and dropped in to nurse.

1. List of referrals for tongue and lip tie revisions: this is needed, especially for low income and Medicaid-covered families. Action– Laura will work on a list.

2. Day care providers and breastfeeding–changes are proposed that will provide reimbursement for breastfed babies’ meals if the mother breastfeeds the baby on-site at the dc provider. See Laura’s article by Googling ILCA Lactation Matters.org. Article on USDA Food Program and Toddlers. Training for providers could include paced feedings and reasons for moms to bf at day care.

3. Friend of the Court —Letter sent to Judge Lawless from CABC supported the nurse-in, prompted by a mom asked to leave the court when she began to nurse her infant. Emily Wacs thanking her for positive response to the nurse-in. Diane received a call from the court administrator regarding a specific case, and requested CABC input regarding acceptable accommodations. Diane asked Tracie and Ann for input, and responded with ideas that might be considered, with an emphasis on accommodating the needs of the mom and baby, while recognizing the constraints of the court setting. If a mom does not have assistance to care for the baby, there may be resources to explore at Family Outreach Services, or Strong Start/Healthy Start. Pleased that court reached out to the Coalition to discuss.

4. MI Breastfeeding Network: posting for a new Executive Director has been put on the website.

• June 18th webinar for local coalitions: This was recorded and will be put on the MI BFN website. Diane and Beth joined the webinar. 3 coalitions presented info:  Calhoun, Midland and Macomb. Ideas such as “You are busted” campaign to recognize and reinforce nursing moms, how coalitions get funding, membership, meeting activities, etc. included. Agreed that it will be great to get info from other coalitions.

 

• Golf outing “Tee Off for Babes” is scheduled at Fenton Farms for August 7th at 9:00am. Registration is up on the MiBFN website http://www.mibreastfeeding.org/content/tee-babes. The Network is giving back to the local coalition $100 for every team that they register from the coalition and 1/2 of the sponsor money for anyone that the coalition gets as a sponsor. For instance, it cost $100 to sponsor a hole. If you get someone to sponsor that hole we will give the coalition $50 of that money. I’ll give you more information about the sponsor levels later. Discussion: Coalition has 3 who will volunteer to be a team: Mary, Tracie, and Stephanie. Need one more. Stephanie will coordinate. Golf clubs needed. Diane has offered to donate $75 to either help defray the team cost, or to go toward sponsoring a hole.  The Coalition needs to donate a gift for the prizes. Action–need a player for the CABC team– can be a friend, spouse, sister, mother, etc. Need donations for a gift item–Tracie will see if Dusty’s Cellar can donate a wine basket; otherwise, need volunteer to ask Old Town or other businesses to donate or to sponsor a hole. Diane will get donation of $ to Stephanie. Need updates from Tracie and Stephanie!

 

• Local coalition support . Action– Tracie reported by email that Ingham may not be able to assist CABC with the $50 membership, as they are already a member. Will need another source of funding.

 

5.World Breastfeeding Week/Breastfeeding Month: 

• Big Latch-On at Mother & Earth Baby Boutique on July 31 and August 1. Action–think about a fundraiser for CABC at the BIg Latch-On, possibly donating a portion of profits that day, having a raffle, or photographic services.
• Lugnuts outing–Mary provided info on group outings at Lugnuts Nicole said that WIllow Tree is planning an outing in August–Nicole will check with Willow Tree and get in touch with Mary. Diane will let Mary know that the coalition supports this

 

6.Breastfeeding friendly businesses–website form is now live!  Visit  https://mibreastfedbaby.com/ to add a business. Action– Diane will modify and add Midland materials to the website. Lynn will create a draft window cling design for the next meeting. Lynn will talk with Old Town Business Association re: getting sign-up information to businesses.

 

7.Sparrow Breastfeeding Clinic–info is now on the on-line resource guide. Discussion and questions about whether the clinic will be collecting any feedback or data from clients who use the clinic. Action:  Beth or Mary–do you know if this is being done?

 

8.CABC display & banner— The new banner needs bungees for attaching to smaller tables. The Coalition also needs a table-top display, and will need fund-raising to pay for the display. Action–  Ann will check on pricing for a roll-up table-top display–could be $80-90.

 

9. EL Art Fair– Action– For next year, Diane will contact McLaren marketing department to ask if their first aid tent (sponsored by McLaren) in children’s area could include changing table and chairs for nursing.

 

10. Baby Cafe– email from Mary: Baby Cafécontinues to go well, we are going to be opening another site in collaboration with WIC as of July 16. The meetings will be held at the Health Department on Thursdays. Meeting time is still pending.

 11. Ingham County–Plan to start Baby Cafe July 16! Time TBD.

 

12. La Leche League- Leaders received emails from ACLU, asking for support for breastfeeding accommodations for nursing moms who are taking the Bar Exam. LLL does not give this type of support, but Laura will ask the ACLU to contact Diane, and the Coalition will then be able to sign on to a support letter. Action– respond to ACLU request when received.

The LLL conference in Charlotte at ALIVE was very good and the accommodations were great.  Keep in mind as a good venue for meetings.

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13.CABC Fundraising– wishlist for funds includes:

• Table top display
• MiBFN membership–$50
• Gift bags, supplies and materials,
• Car window clings, “I breastfeed anywhere”
• Baby cafe and other BF support group needs
• License to breastfeed cards– printing and laminating

 

Ideas for fundraising discussed included a fundraiser at Mother & Earth Baby Boutique, and asking area businesses to support. Action–Krisanne will send Lynn a template letter for requesting donations, as a model for us to develop one for the coalition. Lynn will think about a fundraiser for the Big Latch On.

 14. Volunteer list–suggest a list of “mother-size” jobs that could be done from home or a little at a time, such as Resource Guide checking (websites, phone numbers), asking businesses if they will display window clings, delivering window clings.

 

Other Action Items: If you have clean plastic silverware from take-out restaurants, please bring it to a coalition meeting/potluck– thanks!

 

Next Meeting:  Monday, July 27, 5:30 – 7:30.  Lynn will send out minutes and Diane will post on CABC Facebook page.