DID YOU KNOW….
While 93% of parents start breastfeeding exclusively at birth in San Diego, only 56% continue doing so at 3 months, largely due to a lack of access and financial resources to ongoing lactation support.
You can help marginalized families gain access to life changing chest/breastfeeding support by purchasing Amazon items online, just by shopping through smile.amazon.com instead of amazon.com!
GUESS HOW EASY THIS IS???
We are asking you to take 60 seconds of your time today to designate the San Diego Breastfeeding Center Foundation as your charitable recipient for Amazon Smile. All you have to do is go to their website (smile.amazon.com) and choose the San Diego Breastfeeding Center Foundation as your Amazon Smile charitable recipient. Then as you make your holiday purchases, and regular purchases throughout the year, the SDBFC Foundation will receive 0.5% of every purchase, at no extra cost to you. We turn Amazon’s money into barrier free lactation consultations for low-income and BIPOC families in need!
***From your desktop, go to smile.amazon.com and you will be prompted to choose a charity. Just type in our name!
***You can also register on the Amazon app! Open the app and find ’Settings’ in the main menu (☰). Tap on ‘AmazonSmile’ and follow the on-screen instructions to turn on AmazonSmile on your phone.
Your Amazon Smile purchases can help families, like Shelby’s, get the chest/breastfeeding support they deserve!
“I was really struggling with breastfeeding. It was painful, the latch looked fine but the engorgement was not going away. I was desperate for help. My husband was in school, I worked part time and everyone was telling us we needed to see a lactation consultant but we could not afford it. Around 4 weeks postpartum was when I discovered San Diego Breastfeeding Center. I was shocked that they had a program drastically discounted that we had access to. It made such a difference to meet with a consultant who was so present and kind to our struggles. What I found really helpful was nursing my son on location and weighing him to see how much he was taking in. We received great tips on how to help the engorgement and how to start pumping to introduce a bottle. Once we left we felt encouraged, empowered and more present on how to feed our son. It was such a blessing to have the available resource at such a discounted price.” - Shelby
Wishing you all the best during this giving season!
Warmly,
Robin, Brie and Gaby