CHEER CHAMPION OF THE WEEK: DALVERY BLACKWELL!

Jun 24, 2019

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This week’s CHEER Champion of the Week is Dalvery Blackwell, BA, IBCLC, Executive Director and Co-Founder of African American Breastfeeding Network, Inc. (AABN). She was nominated by Erica Morrell, PhD, for being a “dedicated a

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CHEER CHAMPION OF THE WEEK: REBA LEE!

Jun 17, 2019

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Reba Lee, RN, IBCLC, RLC, is a Lactation Nurse and the Lactation Team Lead at CHAMPS hospital, Anderson Regional Medical Center in Meridian, Mississippi. She was nominated as CHEER Champion of the Week for her many years of dedicated service to mothers and babies, and for her help with the Baby-Frie

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CHEER CHAMPION OF THE WEEK: ALASKA NATIVE MEDICAL CENTER!

Jun 10, 2019

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Congratulations to Alaska Native Medical Center (ANMC) in Anchorage, Alaska, for becoming Baby-Friendly designated on May 22, 2019! ANMC was part of the American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) CHAMPS program from 2015 until the end of the AI/AN CHAMPS grant in 2018. It is the largest tribal hospital i

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CHEER CHAMPION OF THE WEEK: ELNA MATERNITY CENTER!

Jun 3, 2019

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The Elna Maternity Center, which shelters pregnant women and families with infants and children in central Athens, Greece, is today’s CHEER Champion of the Week! Elna became an independent non-profit on May 1st, 2019, but had already been housing refugees for a year in their current location, whic

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