Mothers' Milk Bank of the Western Great Lakes

08/28/2026

Today at 11am CT, 12pm ET! Please Join!

August 25-31 is Black Breastfeeding Week! This year's theme, "We All We Got," celebrates and recognizes the people, products, and communities who showed up for Black breastfeeding people one day at a time.

On August 28, Kimberly Seals Allers, Black Breastfeeding Week co-founder and founder of Irth will be breaking down the national data and talking about where Black breastfeeding stands today.

RSVP here: https://hubs.la/Q04vnYcn0

08/28/2026

🌻Join us at the Family Focus Belmont Cragin Resource Fair, a day built for every family, every day, stronger together! 💜 🌻

📅 Friday, August 28 | 🕙 10 AM – 2 PM
📍 4878 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60639

Come connect with Milk Bank WGL Account Manager Helen and discover resources for pregnancy and early childhood, breastfeeding support, raffles, giveaways, and fun for the whole family. 🎈🍼

Bring your family and see everything we have for YOU! 👨‍👩‍👧

08/27/2026

💛🧡💚🩷 We'll see you at Latch & Stroll! 💛🧡💚🩷

Milk Bank WGL is heading to the Chicago South Side Birth Center's Latch & Stroll to celebrate Black Breastfeeding Week! Our team members Liz and Torres will be on-site connecting with families, sharing resources, and celebrating community care.

Come say hi, learn about donor milk, and celebrate breast/chestfeeding in Black communities alongside us. 💛🧡💚🩷

Bring your babies, your strollers, your village, let's walk it out together!

📍 Russell Square Park
🗓️ Saturday, August 29th | 11AM–3PM
🎉 Free & family friendly

08/27/2026

💙🧡💚💜🩷12th Annual Lift Up Every Baby!💙🧡💚💜🩷

Rooted in Care, Rising in Love, when parents thrive, children soar! 🌸

Join Milk Bank WGL and the African American Breastfeeding Network for a celebration of birth, health, wellness, breastfeeding, and the resilience of Black families and communities. Milk Bank WGL is proud to support this beautiful day!

📍 Heritage Green Park | 62nd & Custer Ave
🗓️ Saturday, August 29 | 10AM–3PM
💵 Free & family friendly

Bring your babies, your village, your joy. Let's lift each other up. 🙌🏾

Learn more: aabnnetwork.org

08/25/2026

Black Breastfeeding Week 💙🧡💚💜🩷

Join us for "Revolutionary Resistance: Honoring the Milk That Holds the Memory" — an intimate fireside chat exploring the history, disruption, reclamation, and future of Black breastfeeding.

🎙️ Featuring Shenell Ford, IBCLC & National Birth Justice Fellowship alum
📅 Today, August 25th
🕕 6:00–7:00 PM
💻 Virtual (Zoom) — part of the Birth Justice Visionaries Network 2026 Speaker Series

Come be part of the conversation as we come together to feed our future. 🍼✊🏾

👉 Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/kd06DvMST7yDiHrr9csOWw #/registration

08/25/2026

BBW26: We All We Got

14 years of community, care, and collective power. This week, we celebrate Black Breastfeeding Week by honoring the journeys, the village, and the legacy behind every feeding story.

📅 August 25th–31st
📍 Virtual events + Milk Crawls happening in cities nationwide

You can the Milk Bank WGL Team at
📍 Lift up every baby in Millwaukee! Saturday 8/29, 10am-3pm https://aabnetwork.org/luebsponsor
📍 Latch and Stroll in Chicago! Saturday 8/29
https://www.chicagosouthsidebirthcenter.org/latch2026

From lactation support to community celebrations, this week is about showing up for each other the way we always have.

Bring your babies, your strollers, your aunties, your village!

08/24/2026

Please join us for MILITARY LACTATION CELEBRATION!

This year's theme: "Mission Ready Begins at Home."

For the service member, it means a supported family builds readiness.
For the lactating parent, it means support that understands military life.
For the spouse, it means not navigating feeding, deployments, and PCS moves alone.
For lactation professionals, it means understanding the challenges military families face.

These three days are for celebrating military families who breastfeed, recognizing the professionals who support them, and advocating for better access to lactation care.

Mission readiness doesn't begin at the gate. It begins at home, with a parent who has support, a spouse who isn't carrying it all alone, and a community that understands.

You deserve support. You deserve access. You deserve a village.

Because when we support the family… we support the mission. 💛

08/24/2026

Celebrate Global Military Lactation Community and become a Military lactation counselor!

It’s the Military Lactation Celebration August 22-24! This National Breastfeeding Month, we RISE through resilience, interdependence, self-determination, and empowerment. Supporting lactation supports families; and supporting families strengthens readiness; Mission Ready Begins at Home.

Ready to help more families reach their lactation goals? Become a Military Lactation Counselor!

Enroll in the Military Lactation Counselor course during our Military Lactation Celebration and get $150 off!

August 22, 23, and 24 enroll in the course and enter the code for $150 off*: J8MLC150NBM26

*Cannot be combined with other discounts for course enrollment.

08/22/2026

💛 Shoutout to our Lactation Peer Counselors! 💛

Behind every successful breastfeeding journey, there's often someone who's been there too. Lactation peer counselors aren't just trained, they're moms, caregivers, and community members who've walked this path themselves and know exactly what it takes to keep going on the hard days.

Because sometimes the best support comes from someone who's sat right where you're sitting. 🤱

Have you connected with a peer counselor? Tag them below and give them the appreciation they deserve! 👇

Interested in becoming one yourself? Learn more here: https://wicbreastfeeding.fns.usda.gov/become-wic-peer-counselor

08/20/2026

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