Avec la Santé publique du Québec qui recommande aux organismes provinciaux d’annuler leurs défis allaitement, pas facile de trouver un lieu de rassemblement qui tienne toujours.
C’est toutefois confirmé, les défis de St-Eustache, de Laval-Lanaudière, et de Sept-Iles auront lieu. Il y aura aussi un défi alternatif organisé dans un parc de Montréal. La responsable de l’événement, Emma, aura accouché seulement quelques jours plus tôt. Les mères sont invitées à apporter une petite collation, une couverture et une chaise pliante.
Bon défi à toutes !
PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – MONTREAL, SEPTEMBER 18, 2009
MONTREAL Breastfeeding Challenge 2009 – “in the park”
Because in the face of H1N1, breastfeeding your baby is more important now than ever before…
WELCOME TO THE MONTREAL BREASTFEEDING CHALLENGE – IN THE PARK !
Official site info : http://www.babyfriendly.ca/challenge/site.php?qsit_id=1075
Date : Saturday, October 3rd
Time : 10:00am – 12:00pm
Location : on the large cul-de-sac lawn of Place Beaudet, under the maple trees
Google map : http://tinyurl.com/PlaceBeaudet
City : Ville Saint-Laurent, QC.
E-mail : emma.kwasnica@gmail.com
Event Description
In possibly the most ironic twist of ‘swine flu’ irony to date, the very popular Montréal Breastfeeding Challenge (originally scheduled for next month at the Palais des congrès) has been cancelled, due to the perceived threat of the H1N1 virus.
http://www.santepub-mtl.qc.ca/defiallaitement/english/index.html
It is our firm belief that it is lack of breastfeeding which puts babies and children at risk for contracting the virus, and that Santé Publique de Montréal has missed a prime opportunity to educate the public about the risks of not breastfeeding throughout this time; we are dismayed by this news and strongly believe that cancelling the Challenge will do nothing to protect Montréal’s most vulnerable citizens.
http://www.babyfriendly.ca/BFC2009_H1N1.pdf
It is as breastfeeding mothers and supporters that we forge onward, and are therefore proposing another (outdoor) location, another “lieu de rassemblement”, where all those who desire can breastfeed their babies, have them be officially counted among Breastfeeding Challenge participants the world over, and all the while continue to represent the breastfeeding population of Montréal for this well-loved annual event !
**THIS IS AN OUTDOOR EVENT LOCATION**
The official Challenge “head-count” will take place on Place Beaudet’s cul-de-sac (large lawn under the maple trees), in Ville Saint Laurent. The “latch-on” time is 11:00am — every breastfeeding baby counts !
-Please RSVP to emma.kwasnica@gmail.com
-Please consider bringing some type of refreshment to share with participants
-Please bring a picnic blanket and/or a camping-type chair to set up on the lawn, for your own comfort
-FREE PARKING (un-restricted) in Ville St Laurent
-1 km walk straight up Rue Beaudet from Métro DU COLLEGE, -OR- take bus #128 NORD from COTE VERTU Métro, getting off at Rue de l’Eglise and Rue Gratton. Walk one block south on Rue Gratton to Place Beaudet. http://stm.info/bus/planibus/128.pdf
-Emma Kwasnica (event coordinator) lives on Place Beaudet and is graciously opening her home for bathroom use for participants (please be aware that she will have recently given birth to her third baby, likely just 4 or 5 days prior to the Challenge date).
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Information : Emma Kwasnica 514.656.1560 / emma.kwasnica@gmail.com
