CHEER CHAMPION OF THE WEEK: BREANNA PENNINGTON!

Nov 11, 2019

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Breanna Pennington, CLC, BD, is a doula who works full time as a Community Care Coordinator at Tougaloo Delta Health partners/United Health Care Greenville MS, a home visiting program for pregnant women. She was nominated for her contributions as a volunteer for the Delta Baby Café in Greenville.

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CHEER CHAMPION OF THE WEEK: EAST MISSISSIPPI BREASTFEEDING COALITION!

Nov 4, 2019

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This week, we would like to recognize the East Mississippi Breastfeeding Coalition (EMSBFC), an organization that strives to promote awareness and correct misconceptions around breastfeeding in Golden Triangle and surrounding counties. Established in 2017, “EMSBFC’s mission is the advancement of

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CHEER CHAMPION OF THE WEEK: TANEFER L. CAMARA!

Oct 28, 2019

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Our CHEER Champion of the Week is T’amentanefer (TaNefer) Lumukanda Camara, BS, MS-HCA, IBCLC, and Certified Doula. TaNefer is a maternal health strategist, healer, and lactation/breastfeeding expert with 13 years’ experience as a doula, lactation consultant, and infant feeding specialist. She c

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CHEER CHAMPION OF THE WEEK: JUDY ELLZEY!

Oct 21, 2019

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This week’s CHEER Champion of the Week is Judy Ellzey, CLC, Peer Counselor 3 and Special Projects Officer 1 with the Mississippi State Department of Health’s (MSDH) WIC Breastfeeding Program. She was nominated by a past supervisor, Shellie Evans, AA, BS, CLC, for 23 years of compassionate and de

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CHEER CHAMPION OF THE WEEK: BECCA YOUNG!

Oct 14, 2019

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This week’s Champion is Becca Young, medical student at Oxford University and CHEERing volunteer. Becca was nominated for her hard work and dedication while she volunteered with CHEERing in Athens last August. Being a medical student with a keen interest in international aid work, Becca decided

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CHEER CHAMPION OF THE WEEK: DR. PAULA K. SCHRECK!

Oct 7, 2019

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Our CHEER Champion of the Week is Paula Schreck, MD, IBCLC, FABM and Medical Director, Breastfeeding Support Services, Ascension St. John’s Hospital in Michigan. Dr. Schreck was nominated for her accomplishments in getting Detroit hospitals baby-friendly designated and founding the Ascension St. J

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CHEER CHAMPION OF THE WEEK: ELISE!

Sep 30, 2019

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This week’s Champion of the week is a special young woman living in Athens, Greece. “Elise” (her name has been changed to protect her confidentiality) is a refugee living in an Athens shelter, with her husband and baby. The family sought refuge in Greece to escape the ongoing war in their Afri

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CHEER CHAMPION OF THE WEEK: ANDERSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER!

Sep 23, 2019

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Congratulations to Anderson Regional Medical Center in Meridian, Mississippi, for becoming the 13th hospital in Mississippi to attain Baby-Friendly Designation on September 11, 2019. Anderson has approximately 1200 births per year with a level III NICU. They began their Baby-Friendly journey in 2015

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CHEER CHAMPION OF THE WEEK: MERIT HEALTH MADISON!

Sep 16, 2019

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Congratulations to CHAMPS Hospital Merit Health Madison in Canton, Mississippi, for becoming Baby-Friendly on September 4, 2019! Merit Health Madison Hospital is a 35,000 square foot facility with a maternity department that has approximately 300 births per year. Merit Madison began their Baby-Fr

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CHEER CHAMPION OF THE WEEK: LACEY GRIFFITH!

Sep 9, 2019

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​Our CHEER CHAMPion of the Week is Lacey Griffith, RN, and Director of Women’s Services at Merit Health River Region. She was nominated for her pivotal role in the CHAMPS hospital’s progress towards designation. ​ “The best part of the job is that special “Ah-ah” moment when all the

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