Virginia Breastfeeding Coalition

10/20/2025

Love team work and want to help Virginia families with breastfeeding?💪💗

Now’s your chance to make an impact — the Virginia Breastfeeding Coalition (VBC) is accepting nominations for our Board of Directors! We are extending the deadline for board member nominations for the following positions:

Chair-Elect
Secretary
Member-At-Large

✨ Why join the board?
🤝 Connect with lactation & public health leaders statewide
💼 Build your leadership skills (looks amazing on a resume!)
🤱 Help shape initiatives that support families across Virginia
🏛 Chair-Elect serves on the VA Breastfeeding Advisory Committee, working with the VA Dept. of Health
🌎 Attend U.S. Breastfeeding Committee meetings & access leadership training
👩‍⚕️ IBCLCs — your service counts as recertification clinical hours! (IBLCE info)
💌 Nominate yourself or a colleague!

📧 Email [email protected] by October 24, 2025
If you'd like more information on any of the open positions please let us know.

10/14/2025

Do you have strong interpersonal skills and are passionate about supporting breastfeeding families in Virginia?

🌟 The Virginia Breastfeeding Coalition (VBC) is seeking nominations for our Board of Directors — and we’d love for YOU to join us!

Open positions include:
Chair-Elect
Secretary
Member-at-large (2-3 postions)

🗳 Nominate yourself or a colleague today!
Email [email protected] by Oct 20 with your name and a brief note on why you’d make a great addition.

Voting will commence on Oct 28-Nov 7. New officers will be announced at our November 12 membership meeting.

Let’s work together to make breastfeeding the norm across Virginia 💕

09/03/2025

Happy Workplace Lactation Week! This year's theme is "A World of Support: Creating Breastfeeding-Friendly Workplaces Everywhere." This observance celebrates the contributions of nursing mothers and parents in the workplace and aligns with Labor Day, highlighting the vital role working and pumping parents play in the workforce.​ Stay engaged this week with Workplace Lactation Week.

08/14/2025

Celebrate World Breastfeeding Awareness month by supporting this month long milk donation drive. No worries if you're not local!

Check the flyer for details on how your donation can still make a difference. 🤱

A pop up donation drive will be held in Richmond, VA on 8/19/25 from 11am-12:45pm at The Children's Hospital of Richmond. Donors must be pre-approved and schedule their drop off in advance with The King's Daughters Milk bank at 757-668-6455.

Scan the QR code or click the link in the comments to start the prescreening process.

08/12/2025

🍼Milk Donation Drive - To celebrate World Breastfeeding Month, there will be a Breastfeeding Awareness Month Proclamation Presentation on August 19th at 1:00pm at the Children's Hospital of Richmond. RSVP required.

05/30/2025

Join us for an engaging session on developing and delivering breastfeeding education. Jamie Brown will share insights from her experience with creating and teaching breastfeeding curricula.

Visit our website to register!

04/28/2025

Join the Virginia Breastfeeding Coalition for our next virtual membership meeting featuring Love Anderson, co-founder of Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities (BFFC)!

Love supports 24 community-led projects across the U.S., including Breastfeed Durham, the North Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition (NCBC), and the SAFE Team (Support and Advocacy for Feeding Emergencies).

Topic:
✨Support and Advocacy for Feeding Emergencies

🗓 Date: May 14
🕐 Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
📍 Register now at: vabreastfeedingcoalition.org

Don’t miss this important conversation!

03/10/2025

🌟 Attention all aspiring and current IBCLCs! 🌟

Join us for the Virginia Breastfeeding Coalition membership meeting on March 12 at 1 PM with Amy Black, IBCLC! She’ll be discussing the pathways to becoming an IBCLC and how to navigate recertification.

This is a fantastic chance to gain insights from an expert who has guided many on their path to this rewarding career.

01/23/2025

⏳ There's still time to join us as we educate the new Congress on our breastfeeding policy priorities. Join our organizational sign-on letter here: https://bit.ly/3Dxl0dO

11/07/2024

📌Reminder! Membership meeting next Wednesday at 6pm.

Join us on November 13 at 6pm for the next membership meeting! Nikki Hunter Greenaway Nurse Nikki LLC will be presenting It's More Than Breastfeeding: Addressing The Maternal Health Crisis with Comprehensive Lactation Care. If you are supporting lactating families in any way, you don't want to miss this one!

https://vabreastfeedingcoalition.org/event/november-2024-membership-meeting/

10/18/2024

Join us on November 13 at 6pm for the next membership meeting! Nikki Hunter Greenaway Nurse Nikki LLC will be presenting It's More Than Breastfeeding: Addressing The Maternal Health Crisis with Comprehensive Lactation Care. If you are supporting lactating families in any way, you don't want to miss this one!

https://vabreastfeedingcoalition.org/event/november-2024-membership-meeting/

10/05/2024

In the wake of Hurricane Helene, we are urgently seeking 20 Infant Feeding Specialists to support the efforts at the Lilac Birth Center in Asheville, NC starting tomorrow, October 5, 2024 at 9:30 AM and on an ongoing basis. The situation is critical, and we need trained support for outreach and education at shelters where mass distributions of formula and bottles are taking place.

Requirements:

Must be an Infant Feeding Specialist (IBCLC, CLC, CLE, LLL, Breastfeeding Peer Counselor, etc.)
Must review the Infant Feeding in Emergencies Toolkit prior to deployment. (Link is provided in the google form)
Must bring a photo ID and displays credentials (if available), or print credentials and place them in a plastic lanyard for easy identification.
If you are available and willing to help, please sign up using the Google Form below:

[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfQOLaMbpXignLu2GWB8orApfqtm9vWQLqfO2m_stxRzaBzcw/viewform]

Lilac Birth Center Address:

Lilac Birth Center
390 S French Broad Ave,
Asheville, NC 28801

We ask that you please share this form widely so we can get as many trained specialists on the ground as quickly as possible. Your support can make a significant difference to families in need during this crisis.

Thank you for your immediate attention and response.

If you would like to coordinate infant feeding in a location other than Asheville. Email Chair NCBC . And we will start mobilizing volunteers in your direction.

Love Anderson
Chief Operations Officer | BreastfeedDurham.org
Durham La Leche League Leader | LLLdurham.org
NC Breastfeeding Coalition Chair | NCBfC.org
Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities President & Lead Facilitator | BreastfeedingCommunities.org
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