Tuesday, November 1, 2011

KENSINGTON LA LECHE LEAGUE GROUP BEGINS TOMORROW




La Leche League
Wednesday, November 2nd, 11:00 a.m.

A La Leche League group will have its first meeting in Kensington tomorrow morning (Wednesday, November 2nd). To find out where the meeting will be and to confirm the starting time as 11:00 a.m., send an e-mail to hezmez [at] optonline.net. Meetings are tentatively set for Wednesday, November 30, 2011,and Wednesday, January 11, 2012.

La Leche League International (LLLI) is a mother-to-mother breastfeeding support group that is open to all. Founded in Illinois in 1956 by seven mothers, its mission is "to help mothers worldwide to breastfeed through mother-to-mother support, encouragement, information, and education, and to promote a better understanding of breastfeeding as an important element in the healthy development of the baby and mother."

LLLI is international (it's in sixty-eight countries), nonprofit, and nonsectarian. Mothers who are breastfeeding and women who are pregnant and are interested in breastfeeding are welcome to attend meetings. Children of all ages are welcome.