Members

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:

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

Obligations:

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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