Action

Here are some a action ideas to support milksharing week and milksharing. Feel free to send in your own!

ACTION IDEAS TO HOST AN EVENT 

Online: 

• Make a blog post. 
• Host a discussion. 
• Invite donors and recipients to share their story. 
• Share evidence-based information about milksharing. 
• Share information about at-breast supplementers. 

In your community: 

• Have a picnic. 
• Organize a nurse-in. 
• Plan a party! 
• Share your story as donor or recipient. 
• Organize a walk to raise awareness about milksharing. 

For Health Care providers: 

• Support your milksharing clients. 
• Provide evidence-based information. 
• Connect your milksharing clients so they can support each other. 
• Mention donor breastmilk as a healthy option for infant feeding.
• Share information about at-breast supplementation. 

ACTION IDEAS TO SUPPORT MILKSHARING WEEK 

• Share the news: blog about it, tell your friends. 
• Promote it by using the flyers that can be found here. 
• Submit images and share the images you and others have created. 
• Advertise events.
• Host an event.
• Attend events.

ACTION IDEAS TO SUPPORT DONORS 

• Be appreciative 
• Be respectful of their time 
• Ask how you can help with the cost of the supplies
• Make them a part of your life, they would love to hear about your baby!

ACTION IDEAS TO SUPPORT RECIPIENTS 

• Support and respect their choices.
• Help with logistics, i.e. picking up or shipping milk. 
• Acknowledge the effort that milksharing entails, finding donors, picking up the milk, etc. These families work hard to provide the best nourishment for their children. 
• Share with them information about at-breast supplementation.