August 6: Big Latch On @ Milagros | FREE, Synchronized Nursing Event
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From press release:
The Big Latch On
Saturday, August 6
10:30 a.m. | FREE | All Ages
Milagros Boutique
5433 NE 30th Avenue
On Saturday 6th August 2011 at 10:30am thousands of nursing women and their babies across the United States will gather in their own communities to take part in the Big Latch On, America's first synchronized nursing event in multiple locations. Our local Big Latch On will take place at Milagros Boutique, 5433 NE 30th Avenue, Portland, OR 97211.
The first record for a single location was from Berkeley, CA USA in 2002 where 1,130 mothers breastfed simultaneously. The international record for one location is 3,738 mothers held by the Philippines in 2006. Since then, there have been several coordinated international events and in October 2010, 9,826 nursing mothers were recorded at 325 sites in 16 countries.
The Big Latch On is originally from New Zealand. It was introduced to Portland, Oregon in 2010 by Joanne Edwards as a celebration for World Breastfeeding Week. During the same week Annie Brown, a La Leche League Leader from Connecticut organized a simultaneous breastfeeding event in her home state. For World Breastfeeding Week 2011, they are working collaboratively and with the support of La Leche League USA to bring the event across the country.
World Breastfeeding Week, August 1-7, is celebrated in 120 countries and marks the signing of the WHO/UNICEF document Innocenti Declaration , which lists the benefits of breastfeeding, plus global and governmental goals.
