Our Logo
Ohio Lactation Consultant Association
 Home |
 Resources |
 Find an LC |
 Conference |
 Newsletter |
 Maps & Misc |
 Contact Us |
 Forms 

See Also :

OLCA Bylaws and Proposed Bylaw changes

Webmaster Note (Monday, May 18):

The Bylaw documents were sent to me Sunday for urgent posting on this page. They came in two formats and were posted as received.

Webmaster Note (Wednesday, May 20)

The Bylaw documents that were available on this site Monday, May 18, through Wednesday morning, May 20, have been replaced with new versions sent to me on May 19. The files have not been opened or edited by me.

If you made copies of the earlier versions, your copies are now obsolete. Please replace them with one of the files below.

You choice of files is:

1. RTF, "Rich Text Format," which should be readable in any word processor, or
2. PDF, "Portable Document Format," which should be readable in an up-to-date copy of Adobe Reader, which is available at no charge from www.Adobe.com. (The PDF file is smaller and will download faster.)

To view and/or download OLCA Bylaws and proposed changes, click one of the links below:

OLCA Bylaws and changes as RTF

OLCA Bylaws and changes as PDF

 

From the President

For in depth comments, please visit the President's Web Corner.
headln.html
Donna Walls

       

    The By Laws are above!!  

Congratulations to Scholarship and Grant Recipients!

The complete list of Scholarship and Grant Recipients is in President's corner. The link is opposite the "From the President" title above.

       

  HAPPY NEW YEAR   2009! Happy Holidays!

 

                     Breastfest is around the corner- here's the info:

                                                                                        March 20 and 21, 2009

Featured speakers are: Susan Ludington, PhD, CNM, RN, Karen Kerkhoff Gromada, MSN, RN, IBCLC, FILCA, LLLL

and Chrsitine Valentine, MD, MS, RD, FAAP

Topic: Late preterm and near term infant breastfeeding

ohiolactationconsultantassociation.blogspot.com

                                                                                                  To sign up on Acteva:

                                                                                            www.acteva.com/go/ breastfest

                                           2009  OLCA Dates to Remember!     

OLCA meetings and CERP offering

June 13th- Judy McCurdy

Breastfeeding in Emergencies

Looking for a few good leaders!

We are accepting nominations for OLCA  board positions-

Central Representative and treasurer

     Grants and scholarships applications are open!

Forms are available on the website

Deadline for submission is Febrauary 28th

 

Conference Headlines:

For details, please visit the Conference Home Page.

OLCA horizontal divider

Our Mission

To be the voice of Ohio Lactation Consultants in their efforts to transform society into a breastfeeding culture. To empower, support, and educate our membership enabling them to be articulate agents for change.

OLCA horizontal divider

About Us

OLCA (Ohio Lactation Consultant Association ) is one of the oldest and most active affiliates of the International Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA). Our close ties to ILCA are strengthened by the direct involvement of our members. We fully embrace and are committed to the directives included in the World Health Organization, the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes, The Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding, and the ILCA Position Paper on Infant Feeding.

Members of OLCA come from all over the state of Ohio. You do not have to be a certified Lactation Consultant to belong. Our members bring with them a wish to support and promote breastfeeding in our state. Some are members of the medical field, some are dietitians, others belong to LLL. Many of our members are active in other professional associations and serve as links for breastfeeding dialogue across the state.

OLCA horizontal divider

OLCA has ...

bullet Participated in the ODH Ad Hoc Breastfeeding Steering Committee for the Ohio Department of Health Breastfeeding Policy and attended Maternity Licensure Committee Meetings.
bullet Provided over 25 IBCLE continuing education credits per year at member meetings and at our annual spring Breastfest conference.
bullet Testified and interacted with legislators regarding legislation impacting breastfeeding mothers, Lactation Consultants and Breast feeding Counselors in Ohio.
bullet Testified as an organization, along with individual members, at hearings for Title V MCH Block Grant every year since 1992.
bullet Collected position descriptions and proposals for lactation programs for member reference.

OLCA horizontal divider

Points of Contact

President
Donna Walls, RN, IBCLC
 
Vice President
Tracey Waller, RD, IBCLC
 
Mail
General e-mail: President@Ohio-OLCA.org
Snail mail to: 6077 Far Hills Ave. PMB #288, Centerville, Ohio 45459-1923

For WHO's WHO IN OLCA please see the news section of our most recent newsletter. It will begin with a current listing of officers and contacts.
See Future OLCA Meeting Dates and Future ILCA Conference Dates sections in the current newsletter for up-to-date event schedules.

Top of Page Please contact OLCA concerning content of this site. Send web site technical or design comments to webmaster@Ohio-OLCA.org .