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WEEK OF AUGUST 17, 2023
VOLUME 40 | ISSUE 2
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Jeffco Baby Café celebrates World Breastfeeding Week with support
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The event took place at the Belmar Library in Lakewood, where an activity room in the back of the library
ear readers and supporters: Today begins a new chapter for this newspaper and Colorado Community Media, and we’re excited to NOTE FROM share updates on THE PUBLISHER our move to a new printing facility, why that matters and news of the upcoming launch of a revamped website. In June, we learned that the facility that prints our portfolio of Linda Shapley two dozen weekly newspapers and magazines would be closing this month. At the time, we pledged to find a solution that would ensure little to no disruption to our printing and distribution schedule. We conducted a comprehensive analysis of options, aiming to keep costs down and changes as minimal as possible while understanding that
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Jacqueline Morales (center), breastfeeding peer counselor for Jeffco WIC helps breastfeeding mom Lady Winston (right) weigh her baby before feeding. The baby is then weighed after feeding to gauge how much breastmilk is received during the PHOTO BY JO DAVIS feeding. Doing this reassures mothers and also works to help catch issues in feeding. BY JO DAVIS JDAVIS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Jefferson County’s breastfeeding mothers got to celebrate World
Breastfeeding Week on Aug. 7 with Jefferson County Public Health’s Women, Infants and Children program, Mothers Milk Bank and the Baby Café.
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