21ST CENTURY CONNECTORS: ELEVATING ENGAGEMENT BEYOND MEMBERSHIP
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The 2025 Harrison County Chamber Tank Entrepreneur Contest Winner featured in State Journal
By Sonia Gonzales, PhD | Founder & CEO, Callie Baby Bottle, LLC
ollowing a recent $10,000 win at the Harrison Chamber of Commerce “The Tank” pitch competition, Callie Baby Bottle, LLC is guaranteed
Hosted by the Harrison Chamber of Commerce, The Tank competition showcases innovative, West Virginia–based businesses tackling real-world challenges For Callie Baby, the award marked an important milestone, signaling strong community and business support for an innovation focused on one of the most overlooked areas of emergency preparedness: infant feeding safety
WhatIsCallieBaby?
Callie Baby is the developer of the Callie Baby
LookingAhead
As climate-related events, infrastructure
Food safety and microbiological expertise are engagement with healthcare, emergency management, and humanitarian stakeholders. provided by Jacek Jaczynski, PhD, Professor in the Davis College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at West Virginia University. Safe & Ready System, a patented infant feeding solution designed to provide safe, sterile nutrition when access to clean water, sterilized equipment, or stable infrastructure is limited.
The system uses a dual-pouch design that keeps powdered infant formula and sterile water completely separated until the moment of feed-
Nutrition and community health expertise are further supported by Melissa D. Olfert, DrPH, RDN, Professor of Human Nutrition and Foods at West Virginia University challenges, and emergency situations become more frequent, the need for inclusive, infant-focused preparedness continues to grow. Callie Baby represents a West Virginia-born initiative to address a national challenge: ensuring that infants are not an afterthought when families are most vulnerable
Together, the team is preparing for a cliniing With a simple press, the contents mix inside a sealed pouch, allowing caregivers to feed an infant immediately, without boiling water, measuring formula, sterilizing bottles, or relying on external supplies
cal study to evaluate the safety, usability, and real-world application of the Callie Baby Safe & Ready System, particularly in emergency, disaster, and low-resource environments The research aims to generate data that can inform public health practices, emergency preparedness planning, and infant nutrition strategies
WhyEmergencyInfantNutritionMatters
While emergency preparedness planning has evolved over time, infant feeding, especially formula preparation, remains a largely overlooked challenge Formula-fed infants require clean water, sterile equipment, and precise preparation, conditions that are often unavailable during disasters or infrastructure disruptions Infants with disabilities or special feeding needs face additional risks when these systems fail.
The design is BrandedContent intended to reduce contamination risk and caregiver error, particularly in high-stress environments such as fl oods, power outages, boil-water advisories, evacuations, shelters, and other emergency or low-resource settings The system is compact, intuitive, and can be used safely by caregivers with little or no training.
BackedbyClinicalExpertiseandResearch
Callie Baby’s development and evaluation are guided by a multidisciplinary clinical and research team representing leading academic institutions in public health, pediatric emergency medicine, nutrition, and food safety.
The clinical study team includes Lisa M Bodnar, PhD, MPH, RD, Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, whose work focuses on maternal nutrition, birth outcomes, and infant health
Also serving on the team is Shana E. GodfredCato, DO, Assistant Professor of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at the University of Utah, bringing extensive experience in pediatric emergency care, disaster preparedness, and public health response
Callie Baby has initiated conversations with state leaders, including Ben Queen, West Virginia State Senator, and Arvind Venkat, MD, Pennsylvania State Representative, regarding the need to enhance emergency preparedness for infants and improve infant nutrition These discussions aim to raise awareness of gaps in infant-focused emergency planning and explore ways to better address infant feeding and medical needs during disasters
MomentumBeyond“TheTank”
In additionto recognition from the Harrison Chamber of Commerce, The Tank pitch competition, Callie Baby is part of West Virginia’s growing innovation ecosystem and is working with Vantage Ventures, which supports early-stage companies bringing scalable, impact-driven solutions to market
This support is helping advance study preparation, prototype refi nement, and
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The Harrison Chamber of Commerce The Tank win marked the beginning of the next chapter With clinical research underway, growing state-level conversations, and increasing community support, Callie Baby is working to help ensure safe, dignifi ed infant feeding, anytime, anywhere. ■
