Parents To Learn About Importance of Breastfeeding During Celebration and
Baby Fair at DMC’s Center for Early Learning on Aug. 5 (PHOTO OPPORTUNITY)
Childcare facility and local La Leche League joining forces to educate community
as part of World Breastfeeding Week
WHO: Representatives from Del Mar College’s Department of Human
Services, including Linda Ard, department chair, and Diane West, director of
the Morris L. Lichtenstein, Jr. Center for Early Learning; Rachel Lebowitz with
the La Leche League of Corpus Christi; representatives from the Nueces County
Community Action Agency Birth-to-Five Head Start program and the Education Service
Center Region 2; and parents and children from the campus and general community
WHAT: World Breastfeeding Celebration and Baby Fair
WHEN: 6 to 9 p.m., Friday, Aug. 5
WHERE: Morris L. Lichtenstein, Jr. Center for Early Learning, Del Mar
College East Campus, corner of Staples and Baldwin (campus map available at
www.delmar.edu/maps/east.html)
VISUALS: Parents, especially mothers, sitting through educational sessions
that stress the importance and benefits of breastfeeding their infants. Children
attending the event with their parents participating in children’s activities
and story time. Participants placing bids on items as part of a silent auction
to raise funds for the local La Leche League.
FYI: Del Mar College’s Morris L. Lichtenstein, Jr. Center for Early
Learning, the La Leche League of Corpus Christi, the Nueces County Community
Action Agency Birth-to-Five Head Start program and the Education Service Center
Region 2 are joining forces to encourage local mothers to breastfeed their babies.
On. Aug. 5, organizers will host a World Breastfeeding Celebration and Baby
Fair as part of the national La Leche Leagues recognition of World Breastfeeding
Week.
“Breastfeeding gets babies off to a good start,” says Linda Ard, chair
of the College’s Department of Human Services, which offers certificates
and associate’s degrees in early childhood and child development. “It’s
not only beneficial for babies. The ‘win-win’ results also benefit
their families and the community.” For a full news release, go to www.delmar.edu/news/babyfair072705.html.
CONTACTS: Linda Ard, chair of the Department of Human Services, at 361/698-1316,
Diane West, director of the DMC Center for Early Learning, at 361/698-1082 or
Rachel Lebowitz, La Leche League of Corpus Christi, at 361/855-8499 or 443-1086
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