BECOME A MEMBER OF SEIN-PATHIQUE
1. BREASTFEEDING PEER MENTOR
Privileges:
- Receive information and the support needed for your role as a mentor
- Mentor breastfeeding mothers in your community or those referred to you by our group
- To be publicly recognized as a « Sein-Pathique mentor »
- To be involved, based on your interests, your abilities and availability, in the services offered by our group, on our board of directors and on sub-committees
- Participate in the yearly « thank you for mentoring » draw
- Offer your comments and suggestions to our group as a mentor via the coordinator or during group meetings
- Exercise the right to vote at the annual general meeting
Obligations:
- To have breastfed for a period of at least three (3) months
- To promote, protect and support breastfeeding by your individual actions
- To posses the basic skills for listening and creating a support relationship
- To follow basic training on breastfeeding (free of charge by our group)
- To follow the mentoring procedure
- To participe in at least 1 social or training activity per year (highly recommended)
- To assist at least 1 of the group's activity or meeting per year
- To be available to mentor at least 1 mother per year
- Provide feedback to the group coordinator regarding your mentoring activities
- Provide your name and contact info to the group
2. BREASTFEEDING MOTHER
Privileges:
- Receive information and the support needed to initiate, continue and end breastfeeding
- Benefit, based on your needs, interests and availability from our services: breastfeeding mentoring, family events, workshops, annual breastfeeding challenge, lending library
- To be publicly recognized as a « Sein-Pathique breastfeeding member »
- To be involved, based on your interests, your abilities and availability, in the services offered by our group, on our board of directors and on sub-committees
- Participate in the yearly « thank you for breastfeeding » draw
- Offer your comments and suggestions to our group as a mentor via the coordinator or during group meetings
- Exercise the right to vote at the annual general meeting
Obligations:
- To have breastfed over the past year or plan to breastfeed
- Provide your name and contact info to the group
3. FRIENDS AND FAMILY
Privileges:
- Receive information and the support needed to initiate, continue and end breastfeeding
- Benefit, based on your needs, interests and availability from our services: family events, workshops, lending library
- To be publicly recognized as a « Sein-Pathique breastfeeding friends and family member »
- To be involved, based on your interests, your abilities and availability, in the services offered by our group, on our board of directors and on sub-committees
- Participate in the yearly « thank you for supporting breastfeeding » draw
- Offer your comments and suggestions to our group as a mentor via the coordinator or during group meetings
- Exercise the right to vote at the annual general meeting
Obligations:
- Encourage breastfeeding (promote, protect or support) through individual or collective actions
- Provide your name and contact info to the group
4. COMMUNITY PARTNER
Privileges:
- To be publicly recognized as a « Sein-Pathique breastfeeding community partner »
- To be involved, based on your interests, your abilities and availability, in the services offered by our group, on our board of directors and on sub-committees
- Offer your comments and suggestions to our group as a mentor via the coordinator or during group meetings
- Encourage breastfeeding through financial support for our group by means of a donation, monetary or service based, minimum $20 during the fiscal year
- Provide your name (personal, organization or business) and contact info to the group
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