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Donna Walls

                  WELCOME SUMMER!!!!

Our OLCA Members YaHoo mail list is growing. Click the "Resources" button above to view other member benefits and to link to detailed instructions for joining our OLCA Members mail list.

For more information about joining OLCA, click on the forms button for the membership application.

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2008 OLCA Dates to Remember!     

OLCA meetings and CERP offerings:

September 13th and November 8th

The newly revised OLCA By-laws are available!

(click on blue "OLCA By-laws" to access the by-laws)

Please review and send any comments to "contact us".

                                                                                   There will be a vote by membership this fall.

World Breastfeeding Week

Share your plans for Breastfeeding Week with others in Ohio.  If you have events or just great ideas, let us

know by sending a message to our "Contact Us" and we will post on the web site.

OLCA sponsors a "sister partner" in Malawi, Africa

See her note of thanks and information on Jean Whitaker in the web corner.

Much thanks to OLCA members for your support!!

 

Conference Headlines:

For details, please visit the Conference Home Page.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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