World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated from August 1 to August 7, 2008. If you are looking for a last minute way to mark the occasion and raise awareness of the benefits of breastfeeding, check out this helpful list of ten low cost or no cost ways to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week, compliments of the Breastfeeding Coalition of Washington (State). Check out the coloring page or take the Marvelous Mammals Quiz.

This year’s World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) theme of “Mother Support: Going for the Gold” gives a nod to the 2008 Olympics. In keeping with that theme, the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) has announced two ways to win gold, silver, and bronze WBW medals:
1. WBW 2008 Marathon Celebrations (celebrations that last seven, five, or three days and consist of at least five, three, or two events, respectively).
2. WBW 2008 Global Breastfeeding Wave Event (mass breastfeeding events of 200, 100, or 50 mother-baby pairs breastfeeding for at least one minute).
For more information, visit the WABA WBW site.

INFACT Canada (the Infant Feeding Action Coalition) now offers a World Breastfeeding Week 2008 Kit for sale. For CDN $65.00, one kit contains: seven fact sheets, two mini-posters (2 of each poster), five “Breastfeeding Rights” pocket cards, WABA Action Folder 2008, sample press release, Baby-Friendly Checklist Pad, two “Cost of Formula” wheels, “Risks of Formula Feeding” brochure, Nestlé boycott information, and three “Mother-Baby Friendly Communities” stickers. The items are also for sale individually. Visit INFACT Canada for pictures, additional information, and order forms.
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Twelve winning breastfeeding photos chosen in the World Breastfeeding Week Photo Contest can be seen here. These beautiful breastfeeding pictures represent the many ways in which we can support the WBW 2008 theme: “Mother Support: Going for the Gold.”
Don’t forget, the deadline for the World Breastfeeding Week Video Contest is April 30, 2008!

If you have a blog or other website, there is an easy and fun way to support World Breastfeeding Week 2008. A whole page of banner ads can be found on the LLL in the USA site. I simply right-clicked on each ad, saved a copy to my computer, uploaded it to my site, and linked it to the LLL in the USA WBW 2008 home page. (Really, that’s the best explanation I can give. The banner ads page has a link to contact someone for help putting an ad on your own page).
Here are the available ads:

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