Regional Breastfeeding Task Forces

Chicago Breastfeeding Task Force  

http://www.freewebs.com/chicagobreastfeeds/membership.htm

Meetings:  9:00-11:00 am (2nd Friday of Each Month) at  John H Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, 1901 W. Harrison, Lower Level Meeting Room #3 (next to cafeteria)

Northern Regional Breastfeeding Task Force                                       

5 Meetings/year, Bi-monthly, meeting site varies, moves around the region, No meetings in summer                                                                         

Includes breastfeeding advocates from the following counties:  Boone, Carroll, DeKalb, JoDaviess, Lee, Ogle, Stephenson, Whiteside,  Winnebago

Central Illinois Breastfeeding Task Force  

Meets monthly at the Tazewell County Health Department 9:30am - 11:00 am

Includes breastfeeding advocates from the following counties: Bureau, Fulton, Henderson, Henry, Knox, LaSalle, Marshall, Putnam, McDonough, Mercer, Peoria, Rock Island, Stark, Tazewell, Warren, Woodford

Contact: 

Kara Blake, Co-chair
Phone:  (309) 679-6187
FAX:     (309) 679-6123
email:  kblake@peoriacounty.org

Loving Support Breastfeeding Task Force                                       

Meets monthly, locations alternate between Bloomington and Champaign. 

Includes breastfeeding advocates from the following counties:  Champaign,
Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Dewitt-Piatt, Douglas, Edgar, Ford-Iroquois, Livingston, Macon, McLean, Moultrie, Shelby, Vermilion

Contact:

Brenda Warren, Coles County Health Dept.
217-348-0530
bwarren@co.coles.il.us

West Central Breastfeeding Task Force

Meets quarterly on the 2nd Tuesday of the month.

Includes breastfeeding advocates from the following counties:  Adams, Brown,
Calhoun, Cass, Christian, Greene, Hancock, Jersey, Logan, Macoupin, Mason,
Menard, Montgomery, Morgan, Pike, Sangamon, Schuyler, Scott

Edwardsville Region Breastfeeding Task Force     

Meet monthly on the 2nd Monday of the month, from 2:00-4:00pm at Illinois Department of Public Health Edwardsville Regional Office, 22 Kettle River, Glen Carbon; No meetings in August or December                                             

Includes breastfeeding advocates from the following counties: Bond, Clinton,
Madison, Monroe-Randolph, St. Clair, Washington

Southern Illinois Breastfeeding Task Force                                                 

Meets quarterly 12:00pm-3:00pm, 3rd Friday at Jefferson County Health Department,  #1 Doctors Park, Suite F, Mt. Vernon

Includes breastfeeding advocates from the following counties: Alexander, Clay,
Crawford, Edwards, Effingham, Fayette, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Lawrence, Marion, Massac, Perry, Pope,
Pulaski, Richland, Saline, Union, Wabash, Wayne, White, Williamson

Contact: 

Elizabeth Lehde, Co-chair
Phone:  (618) 327-3644
FAX:     (618) 327-4229
email: el_rn_wchd@yahoo.com