CINCH presents 2017 Business Investing in Babies (BIB) Awards
The Consortium for Infant and Child Health (CINCH), based at Eastern Virginia Medical School, celebrated World Breastfeeding Month in August by presenting the 2017 Businesses Investing in Babies (BIB) Awards Thursday, Aug. 17.
The annual awards recognize local businesses, organizations and individuals that have invested in the health and well-being of babies and moms by participating in the Breastfeeding Friendly Child Care Initiative and Breastfeeding Welcome Here program. View photos from the event here. The 2017 champion award winners are:
2017 Breastfeeding Welcome Here Champion Award
Suffolk Public Libraries
2017 Breastfeeding Friendly Childcare Champion Award
Children’s Harbor
NASA Langley Child Development Center
“All three champions have shown an unwavering commitment to the health of moms and babies in our community,” says Sara Rothenberg, Assistant Director of CINCH.
The directors and staff at NASA Langley Child Development Center and Children’s Harbor have attended the breastfeeding advocacy training provided by CINCH, she explains. Likewise, all three Suffolk Public Library locations have held breastfeeding trainings for their staff. NASA Langley Child Development Center and Children’s Harbor have outstanding bonding rooms, which allow moms to nurse and bond with their babies in a quiet, relaxing space. All three champions proudly display the “Breastfeeding Welcome Here” signage at their organizations.
Recipients of the 2017 Businesses Investing in Babies Awards are:
2017 Breastfeeding Friendly Childcare Awards
Building Blocks Preschool
Childcare Network #62
Childcare Network #63
Children's Harbor Olde Towne
Children's Harbor Harbourview
Children's Harbor Ghent
Fast Track Learning Centers
Kempsville KinderCare
KInderCare Independence
KinderCare Silverleaf
King's Kids Child Care
La Petite Academy # 7143
Little Steps Academy
NASA Langley Child Development Center
Noah's Ark Christian School
Tots Around the Clock Newport News
Tots Around the Clock Virginia Beach
2017 Breastfeeding Welcome Here Awards
Beir Garden
Bella Monte
BrickHeadz LLC
Cafe Stella
Captain Groovy's Grill and Rawbar
Effingham Street Family YMCA
Funville Playground and Cafe
Graham & Rollins Hampton Seafood Market
Green Onion
Hampton Public Libraries
Hampton Health Department
Higher Vision Studios
Indulge Bakery and Bistro
Jersey Mike's Subs
The Little Gym of Chesapeake
The Little Gym of Virginia Beach
Newport News Public Libraries
Norfolk WIC
Olde Towne Drug Center Pharmacy
Once Upon a Child
Pigtails & Crewcuts
Paper Source
Peninsula Health District
Portsmouth Public Libraries
Pott's N' Paints
Proteje Unisex Salon and Spa
Sandfiddler Café
Shotz Portrait Studio
Suffolk Public Libraries
Suffolk Seaboard Station Railroad Museum
Teka North America
TPMG-OBGYN
Virginia Beach Public Libraries
Before the awards presentation, CINCH conducted Breastfeeding Advocacy Training for anyone interested in helping to create a breastfeeding-friendly community in Hampton Roads.
For more information about CINCH’s breastfeeding advocacy programs, visit cinchcoalition.org, call 757.446.6039 or email cinch@evms.edu.