2015 World Breastfeeding Celebration | Eastern North Carolina Now

The Maternal Expressions boutique at Vidant Medical Center is a proud sponsor of the 2015 World Breastfeeding Celebration. The celebration honors working mothers and encourages support for women to combine breastfeeding and work.

ENCNow
Press Release:

    GREENVILLE — The Maternal Expressions boutique at Vidant Medical Center is a proud sponsor of the 2015 World Breastfeeding Celebration. The celebration honors working mothers and encourages support for women to combine breastfeeding and work.

    Maternal Expressions will hold a latch-on event on Saturday, Aug. 15 at 11:30 a.m. for all breastfeeding moms. There will also be healthy food samples from Women, Infant and Children's Program (WIC), door prizes, exhibits, personal stories, learning stations, and a children's craft area.

    The light tower at the James and Connie Maynard Children's Hospital will turn to dark blue on Friday, Aug. 14 in recognition of World Breastfeeding Month.

  • WHAT
  • 2015 World Breastfeeding Celebration

  • WHEN
  • Saturday, Aug. 15
  • 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

  • WHERE
  • Pitt County Agricultural Center
  • 403 Government Circle
  • Greenville, NC

    Vidant Health, a mission-driven, not-for-profit corporation, owns, leases or has a majority membership interest in eight eastern North Carolina hospitals. The health system includes Vidant Beaufort Hospital, Vidant Bertie Hospital, Vidant Chowan Hospital, Vidant Duplin Hospital, Vidant Edgecombe Hospital, The Outer Banks Hospital, Vidant Medical Center, Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Vidant Home Health and Hospice,Vidant Wellness Centers, Vidant Medical Group and is affiliated with the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. On the web at www.vidanthealth.com.
Go Back


Leave a Guest Comment

Your Name or Alias
Your Email Address ( your email address will not be published )
Enter Your Comment ( text only please )




Kristin Blankenship, certified physician assistant, joins Vidant Gastroenterology Washington ECU Health, Body & Soul, Health and Fitness They are replaying the Woodstock Pop Festival Movie on cable


HbAD0

Latest Health and Fitness

"Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a foolish man, full of foolish and vapid ideas," former Governor Chris Christie complained.
New state-of-the-art facility features 144 beds and a healing environment for behavioral health patients
Equity has replaced excellence, and Americans are worse off physically and intellectually.
The panel referred to pregnant women as "pregnant persons."
"When vaccine safety issues have come before Gavi, Gavi has treated them not as a patient health problem, but as a public relations problem."
“There's no evidence healthy kids need it today, and most countries have stopped recommending it for children.”

HbAD1

The assessment comes after CIA Director John Ratcliffe was confirmed this week.
The AAMC removed and restricted info on its website after a Do No Harm report exposed its commitment to DEI
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper has proclaimed March Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month.
Two applicants have filed certificate of need applications with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to develop a fixed MRI scanner in response to a need determination in the 2024 State Medical Facilities Plan.
As part of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ ongoing effort to respond to the rise in syphilis and congenital syphilis cases and increase access to treatment, NC Medicaid will now cover an additional treatment for syphilis and congenital syphilis, Extencilline.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services will host a live Spanish-language Cafecito and tele-town hall on Tuesday, Aug. 6, from 6 to 7 p.m., to discuss who is newly eligible for Medicaid under expansion
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is hosting a virtual meeting on Friday, March 1, 2024, for the Standardized Foster Care Trauma-Informed Assessment Workgroup.
RALEIGH — The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today released a multi-year Direct Support Professional Workforce Plan.

HbAD2

Approximately 6,800 people in North Carolina have sickle cell disease, of which approximately 95% are Black or African American.
After saying the six-foot social distancing guideline during the COVID-19 pandemic “sort of just appeared,” Dr. Anthony Fauci on Monday testified that his statement had been “distorted” and that it “actually” came from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The state Supreme Court has agreed to hear one of two pending cases involving North Carolina bar owners challenging Gov. Roy Cooper's COVID-related shutdowns in 2020.
Former White House medical advisor Anthony Fauci changed his view of COVID vaccines from 2021 to 2024, clips show.
A GOP-led House panel is seeking access to Dr. Anthoni Fauci‘s personal email accounts and cell phone records as part of an investigation into the origins of COVID-19.
North Carolina has been declared free of “bird flu” by the World Organization for Animal Health after a dairy herd in North Carolina tested positive for the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, or “H5N1” as it is better known, earlier this year.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is launching a Community Partner Engagement Plan to ensure the voices of North Carolina communities and families continue to be at the center of the department’s work.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services will host a live Spanish-language Cafecito and tele-town hall on Tuesday, Feb. 27, from 6 to 7 p.m., to discuss how to support and improve heart health as well as prevent and manage heart disease.
Part of ongoing effort to raise awareness and combat rising congenital syphilis cases

HbAD3

 
Back to Top