ellies. Babies. Families. Life. With the gift of her talent, a creative, fresh approach and her affinity for families, award–winning photographer Lindsay Calcerano captures beautiful moments in the lives of her sub-jects. When Lindsay heard about the worldwide photo competition for the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA), she just had to participate. A former registered nurse whose many encounters included mak-ing a connection with new par-ents, prenatal couples, infants and children—were the very connections that served as the

platform for the launch of Lindsay Calcerano Photogra-phy. Lindsay was fortunate that a friend was a La Leche League Canada Leader, and with her friend’s good guidance and assistance, was able to secure the two participating families for photo session time, that ultimately resulted in the award-winning shot! The photo session took place at the Kitchener Public Li-brary—a very receptive and supportive environment for these families to have spent a few hours having some inti-mate and natural moments captured in such a beautiful way.

Lindsay is grateful for the participation of these two special families, and was thrilled to be able to provide each with the shots from the day. We are also additionally thrilled that Lindsay has gen-erously donated her prize to La Leche League Canada—now that’s a gift that gives twice. Public spaces. Tandem feed-ing. Two great Moms. And the sweetest infant and tod-dler participants—it doesn’t get any better than this. Thank you Lindsay for these wonderful gifts! View the winning photo and entire photo session Photo credit: Lindsay Calcerano Photography

a gift that gives twice… award winning photographer lindsay calcerano gives as good as she gets

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Showing our Sponsors some love La Leche League Canada is so pleased to have support from wonderful spon-

sors. Our deepest thanks to Platinum Sponsors Milkface Nursingwear and

Comfy Cotton Diaper Service , and our Silver Sponsor Bumbini. We you.

To discuss Sponsorship Opportunities, kindly contact Melissa Munro: fundraising@lllc.ca

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good words

If a multinational company developed a

product that was a nutritionally bal-

anced and delicious food, a wonder

drug that both prevented and treated

disease, cost almost nothing to produce

and could be delivered in quantities

controlled by consumers’ needs, the

announcement of this find would send

its shares rocketing to the top of the

stock market. The scientists who devel-

oped the product would win prizes and

the wealth and influence of everyone

involved would increase dramatically.

Women have been producing such a

miraculous substance, breastmilk, since

the beginning of human existence….

Gabrielle Palmer

The Politics of Breastfeeding

bon mots

THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO OUR VERY ACTIVE ST. JOHN’S GROUP FOR THEIR DEDICATION AND ENTHUSIASM IN THEIR FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES THAT DIRECTLY SUPPORT LA LECHE LEAGUE CANADA. ST. JOHN’S GROUP RAISED AN AMAZING $1,742.65. JANE BANNISTER FROM THE GROUP DESCRIBES THE ACTIVITIES WHICH LEAD TO SUCH GREAT SUCCESS.

We have had a couple moms who are really great at bringing the

pledges in! Some moms only collect pledges in person, others have

made personal pages on Canada Helps to get pledges from friends

and family across Canada and around the world. We have also been

lucky enough to receive donations from a bank where the husband of

one of the local lactation consultants works as part of their community

support.

We make the actual walk a great event for the whole family. It takes

place on the weekend at a local playground that is designed for children

under 5 and is right next to a small pond with a lovely path. We collect

the pledges and paperwork, chat and have fun for a little while, then

get everybody organized to walk around the pond. There are lots of

strollers and baby carriers, big siblings and pets! Then after the walk

(which is happily quite short to accommodate little toddler legs) we

do a pot luck picnic lunch with healthy snacks provided by families in

attendance. Before everyone leaves, we have plenty of prizes and

draw names from those who raised money, with the top fundraiser

always getting first pick! The prizes are all donated either by group

moms or local businesses who cater to young families. Then after some

more playing at the playground, everyone's ready to go home for a

nap!

We couldn't do it without the dedicated group moms who promote

the event, collect donations for prizes, and help with the registration

on the day. We also had a group dad as our official photographer last

year. St. John's has 2 LLL Leaders and usually 1-2 Leader Applicants, so

it is not a huge group to draw on to do activities outside of the regular

meetings. We are so happy that we have moms eager to lend a hand

for this important and fun event!

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BreastfeedingBenefits Events Hello St. John’s, Newfoundland!

Giving Thanks ... … to Prairie Dawn Natural Body Products for their kind donation of 50 lipbalms in support of Breastfeeding Benefits this past year. Thank you!

Just look at those faces! Thank you St. John’s Walkers. You did great.

O ne of the hallmarks of our success as an national community has been our ability to reach into every corner of our country to pro-vide critical support and information to mothers. La Leche League Canada’s PSA, Breastfeeding Mothers — starring Little

Mosque on the Prairie’s Sitara Hewitt and a supporting cast of some wonder-ful Ontario moms and their babies — is one of our most treasured resources to help connect with those needing our help.

Please share this PSA with your networks far and wide and be a part of La Leche League Canada’s continued growth. Help us reach our goal of sup-porting every breastfeeding and expectant mother.

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When we’re needed, we’re here to help.

La Leche League Canada’s

Breastfeeding Hotline

1.800.665.4324

E ach year La Leche League Canada organizes Health Professional Seminars, which are intended to educate the healthcare commu-nity on the latest breastfeeding

information.

We are pleased to announce the speaker for the Fall 2012 Health Professional Seminar series: Linda J. Smith, MPH, IBCLC, FACCE, FILCA. Linda J. Smith is a lactation consultant, childbirth educator, author, and internationally-known con-sultant on breastfeeding and birthing is-sues. Linda is ILCA’s liaison to the World Health Organization’s Baby Friendly™ Hospital Initiative and con-sultant to INFACT Canada/IBFAN North America.

As a former La Leche League Leader and Lamaze-certified Child-birth Educator, she provided education and support to diverse families over 35 years in 9 cities in the USA and Canada. She is the author of Impact of Birthing Practices on Breastfeeding and Coach's Notebook: Games and Strategies for Lactation Educa-tion.

Visit Linda’s website for more information about her work.

The fall series will be entitled From Birth to Co-sleeping: How Choices Affect Breastfeeding and will be presented in:

St. Catharine’s, ON at Brock University on Mon-day October 15, Ajax/Whitby, ON at the McLean Community Centre on Wednesday Oc-tober 17, Edmonton, Alberta at Providence Re-newal Centre on Friday October 19 The Seminar topics will include:

Impact of Birthing Practices on Breastfeeding·

Fostering the New Normal: Breastfeeding for Two years and Beyond·

The Co-Sleeping Controversy: Reducing SIDS deaths and In-creasing Breastfeeding are Compatible Goals·

Teaching or Preaching? Reframing the "Breast is Best" Mes-sage in Light of New Research

More information on our Health Professional Seminars

We can never say it enough

to YOU…

Our members, donors, Leaders,

volunteers, sponsors, health pro-

fessionals and supportive families

... You are the centre of the impor-

tant work we do and you are the

heart and soul of our La Leche

League Canada community.

Thank you

Reaching out to those reaching out ...

Health Professional Seminars