BCSCW Year-in-Review 2014

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Annual Report on Actitivites

Prepared for:2014 Annual Meeting

October 13, 2014

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Just the Facts, Ma’am• Website: www.bcscw.org• The BCSCW was formed in 2010 and became a

501c3 non-profit organization in May 2013.• Membership: 84 active members. Membership

is managed through Wild Apricot – which has been upgraded in 2014 as our needs have evolved. Allie Valitchka.

• Facebook: 381 “Likes”

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“Improving the health of residents in South Central Wisconsin by bringing together community

members to protect, promote, and support breastfeeding. ”

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2014 Meetings• The 2013 Annual Meeting was

held October 24, 2013• BCSCW Board of Directors

meets each month on the second Monday.

• Board elections occur once per year at our Annual Meeting (tonight!)

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2014 Board of Directors

Laura Berger, RN, CLE Emily Shier, MSE

•President, 2014•Board Member: 2013 & 2014•Symposium Chair 2013 & 2014•Public Health Nurse, Public Health Madison & Dane County•UP FOR RE-ELECTION

•Vice President, 2014•Board Member: 2014•Board Doula/Owner, Beautiful Birth•OPEN BOARD POSITION

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2014 Board of Directors

Ildi Martonffy, MD, IBCLC Laurel Franczek, Treasurer

•Secretary since 2012•Founding Board Member•Chair, Healthcare Outreach•Physician at UW Dept. of Family Medicine

•Treasurer 2014•Board member: 2014•Repiratory Therapist, St. Mary’s Hospital•La Leche League Leader & MMA•2013 Breastfeeding Advocate Award

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2014 Board of Directors

Alice Meyer, RN, BSN Cathy Szudy, CNM, IBCLC

•BCSCW Past President 2012 & 2013•Founding Board Member•Public Health Madison & Dane County•UP FOR RE-ELECTION

•BCSCW Vice President 2012•Founding Board Member•Lactation Consultant, Meriter Hospital•Mothers’ Milk Bank of Western Great Lakes & Mothers Milk Alliance•2014 Distinguished Service Award

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2014 Board of Directors

Alison Dodge, CLC Anne Eglash, MD, IBCLC

•BCSCW Medical Director•Founding Board Member•Physician - UW Dept of Family Medicine•Founding member, Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine•Mothers Milk Bank of Western Great Lakes•2013 Distinguished Service Award

•BCSCW Treasurer 2012 & 2013•Founding Board Member•Co-founder, Happy Bambino•Co-founder, Natural Parenting Network•Administrator – Madison Nursing is Normal Project

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2014 Board of Directors

Anne Altshuler, RN, MS, IBCLC Sara Downie, RN, CLC

Founding Board MemberLa Leche League Leader2012 Distinguished Service AwardUP FOR RE-ELECTION

Founding Board MemberPrenatal Program Coordinator, Access

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2014 Board of Directors

Brenda Trudell, DC

2014 Award recipient

Board members: 2013 & 2014Chiropractor in private practiceHolistic Moms NetworkUP FOR RE-ELECTION

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2015 Board Elections

Each Director shall hold office for a two-year term with approximately 1/2 of the Directors elected each year in staggered terms. Maximum 11 Board Members.

Each member attending the Annual Meeting for election of the Board of Directors is eligible to cast one vote.

The candidates receiving the highest number of votes up to the number of directors to be elected shall be elected. Five seats are open this year.

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2015 Board CandidatesCurrent Board Members• Alice Meyer• Anne Altshuler• Brenda Trudell• Laura Berger

New Candidates• Alix Loniello• Johanna Hatch• Miranda Welch

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2014 Accomplishments:Community Participation in support of Breastfeeding &

Coalition-Building

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• Facebook Engagement: Likes: 381 – up 25% from 2013• Participated in the National Parenting Expo at Monona

Terrace March 23, 2014• Representatives from BCSCW attended the Wisconsin

Breastfeeding Coalition Summit June 13, 2014 in Plover.

• Laura and Allie will attend a dayl-ong training 10/22 with Fran Butterfoss, national expert, on coalition development ‘Coalitions Work” in preparation for future strategic planning.

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2014 Accomplishments:Fiscal Support in Support of

Breastmilk Feeding

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• Financial sponsor for the showing of “Breastmilk: the Movie” on July 31, the showing of which was a fundraiser for the Mothers Milk Bank of Western Great

• $500 donation in support of Full Circle Doula training to train women of color.

• Subsidized two registrations in the BF Champion training to help prepare 2 peer support mentors within the African American BF Alliance.

• Fiscal sponsor for Dane Birth Coalition

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2014 Accomplishment:Establish Pump Program

for Bereaved Mothers

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• Helps pay for the cost of a pump for mothers who have lost a baby and would like to remember the baby through donations of breastmilk.

• $5 can be added to membership to help support this program.

• Donations can also be made online through the BCSCW website.

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2014 Events:Journal Clubs

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• Journal club was held to provide education and discussion on current topics relative to breastfeeding.

• Topics included contaminates in breastmilk and medications and breastmilk.

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2014 Event:Community

Breastfeeding Awards Ceremony

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Breastfeeding Awards: May 14, 2014

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2014 Breastfeeding Awards 

BF Friendly Business/Public Place AwardMadison Public Library - Central Library 

BF Friendly Employer AwardJ.H. Findorff and Son Inc. 

Healthcare AwardMeriter Neonatologists

 BF Friendly Childcare Center Award

Pooh Bear Childcare 

BF Advocate AwardMothers Milk Alliance

 Distinguished Service Award

Cathy Szudy

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2014 Recognition:AWARD – GOLD STATUSWisconsin Breastfeeding

Coalition

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Anne Altshuler completed a22-

PAGE application! And BCSCW was awarded “Gold Status” by the

Wisconsin Breastfeeding

Coalition.

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2014 Event:World Breastfeeding Week

Annual Picnic

Dream Park in MononaAugust 9, 2014

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2014 Event:Breastfeeding Champion

Trainingfor Office Nurses

September 2014

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• 16-hour curriculum offered over 2 Saturdays (Sept 13 & Sept. 27)

• Training for office nurses to perform optimal breastfeeding telephone triage and basic in-person breastfeeding support.

• Breastfeeding triage tools that are easily adapted for electronic medical record systems.

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54 attended:31 - both days23 – one day

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2014 Accomplishments:Breastfeeding-Friendly Community Committee

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• Increased available information about rooms for moms who need to pump

• Created more awareness in our community of the need to support breastfeeding

• Meets one Monday every month.

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2014 Accomplishments:Healthcare Outreach

Committee

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• Members continue to take part in the Newborn Nursery Committee at St. Mary’s hospital as it works toward becoming Baby-Friendly.

• Board members Ildi Martonffy and Anne Eglash continue to give regular lectures to the UW Family Medicine residents and NP students.

• Dr. Martonffy gave a Primary Care Conference talk at St. Mary’s on 4/16/14 focusing on medications in lactation.

• Michele Lorenz Malloy is working on a letter regarding radiology and medications to be distributed to health care facilities in the area in response to some incorrect information that patients have been told regarding the need to interrupt nursing after having studies done.

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2015 GOAL:Re-build and MaintainEducational Website

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2015 GOAL:Establish other goals

following 2015 Budget meeting

(November 2014)

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