In celebration of World Breastfeeding Week, the Chaffee County Breastfeeding Coalition will host a latch-on event at 10:30 a.m. Aug. 7 in Alpine Park, Fifth and F streets.
Breastfeeding/chestfeeding parents are welcome to participate in the synchronous latch-on, a press release stated. Participants will meet at the coalitionâs booth at the Salida Farmers Market.
World Breastfeeding Week, coordinated by World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action, is a global campaign to generate public awareness and support for breastfeeding/chestfeeding. The campaign started in 1992 and is celebrated worldwide on Aug. 1-7 each year.
World Breastfeeding Week culminates in the Global Big Latch-On in locations around the world.
Public Meetings for week of April 18 The Columbian
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• Noon, regular meeting: preparation for 2021 Breastfeeding Conference.
Clark County Civil Service Commission, meeting remotely via Teams, call 1-213-262-7043, access code 950 050 505#.
• 3 p.m. regular meeting.
Vancouver City Council, meeting remotely. Available at CVTV.org or via telephone at 1-877-309-2073 access code 506-715-013.
• 4:30 p.m., workshop: HP Master Plan update. n 5:30 p.m., workshop: 62nd Avenue Apartments rezone request.
• 6:30 p.m., regular meeting: proclamations for Bird-Friendly Week and Meals on Wheels People Stride for Seniors Day, periodic review of the Vancouver Shoreline Master Program.
Camas City Council, meeting remotely.
Public meetings for week of Feb. 21 The Columbian
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Clark County Breastfeeding Coalition, meeting remotely.
• Noon, regular meeting: Speakers: Ana Sifuentes, YWCA bilingual outreach specialist and legal coordinator; Austin Lea, Planned Parenthood community education and outreach coordinator.
Battle Ground Public Schools Board of Directors, meeting remotely. Access meeting via Zoom ID: 840 5728 2792; passcode: 013704.
• 4 p.m., special meeting.
• 6 p.m., regular meeting.
• 4:15 p.m., workshop: Phase I of revisions to the Multifamily Tax Exemption Program.
• 5 p.m., workshop: update from the Community Task Force on Policing.
• 6:30 p.m., regular meeting: affirmation of contracts with Sourcewell Vaccon, approval of $700,000 ammunition purchase for the Vancouver Police Department, annexation of the Kitterman property, extension of Tower Mall moratorium, approval of council retreat report. Public hearing on amendments to cemetery regulations.