Breastfeeding Advocates of Sarasota County (BASC)

07/01/2025

July is Awareness Month! Not all babies exposed to GBS become infected, but for those who do, the results can be devasting. Spread awareness and help protect babies worldwide! gbs-info.org

11/26/2024

Its finally here! The first quaterly newsletter for B.A.S.C!

Check out this US Letter designed by Yazmil Soriano.

10/04/2024

Hi all my wonderful friends. I know there is so much devastation going on right now. The Healthy Start Coalition of Sarasota County, Inc. has seen so many people coming in our offices that have lost everything. We have given out so many diapers, wipes, food, gift cards to get food that our supplies are running low. We NEED help! We are in need of so many baby basics. If you have the means, please send support now! We have people that have lost their homes and don’t even have clothes. Isn’t it so crazy to not even have diapers? Love you all and prayers to all those affected.

At the heart of a thriving community are healthy mothers, babies, and families. This belief drives everything we do at the Healthy Start Coalition of Sarasota County. We are a nonprofit organization committed to improving the health and well-being of pregnant women, infants, and families in Sarasota...

08/09/2024

Have you submitted your Breastfeeding Awareness wall/window decor to us yet! You still have time! Accepting submissions till August 16th! Email is at Bascswf@gmail.com

08/01/2024

Today begins a month of CELEBRATION alongside AWARENESS. It's national breastfeeding awareness month! Share your pictures and share them below. Our own journey lasted 3 years and 3 months!

07/22/2024

Let's celebrate Breastfeeding Awareness Month!

12/01/2021

Happy 30th Birthday, Florida Healthy Start Coalitions! From South Florida to Tallahassee, we’re celebrating! We were delighted to meet with Florida's Speaker of the House Chris Sprowls, a champion for Florida's families, and the force behind the historic bipartisan 2021 extension of Medicaid benefits for pregnant women, for one year after the birth of their baby. As Speaker Sprowls noted, "“Every baby should have the opportunity to be born – healthy. And every mother should have the maternal health care she needs to set up herself, her family, and her child to thrive,” said Speaker Chris Sprowls, a Republican from Palm Harbor. “The Florida House is proud to stand together in support of moms and babies across our state, and we are thankful for the work that groups like Healthy Start have done and will do with our investment to bring vital health care services within the reach of more mothers.”

Since Florida’s Legislature created Healthy Start in 1991, we’ve helped to DECREASE infant deaths and INCREASE full term births. Remember... Healthy Start serves ALL of Florida’s moms, babies and families! Through education and support programs, nutritional counseling, smoking cessation and so much more, Healthy Start helps provide a crucial safety net for Florida’s moms, babies, and families!

08/03/2021

Happy World Breastfeeding Week 2021

From Breastfeeding Advocates of Sarasota County (BASC)



BASC is currently working on identifying the challenges and successes that breastfeeding mothers encounter in the workplace with the intention to use the information to work on making things easier for working mothers and employers. If you are a mother expressing milk in the workplace and have 5 minutes to help – please complete the survey at this link:



https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BASCbreastfeedingsurvey



Thank you!

This survey is anonymous and takes about 5 minutes to complete. Thank you!

07/12/2021

Please participate in this years BASC Workplace survey. The information will be used to increase breastfeeding friendly workplaces in our community, provide information and education to local employers. Click the below link to access the survey:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BASCbreastfeedingsurvey

This survey is anonymous and takes about 5 minutes to complete. Thank you!

07/22/2020

World Breastfeeding Week occurs every year from August 1 - 7. This year we are hosting a Latch on Event on August 1st, as well as a Kids Coloring Contest. The coloring contest will run from July 21 - August 3, 2020. There are 3 selected coloring sheets attached to this event in the comments for kids to color, once completed you can submit a picture to: basc.srq@gmail.com. If your child wants to submit their own work of art, the theme for this year is will focus on the impact of infant feeding on the environment/climate change and the imperative to protect, promote and support breastfeeding for the health of the planet and its people. The theme is aligned with thematic area 3 in the WBW-SDG 2030 campaign which highlights the links between breastfeeding and the environment/climate change.

07/30/2019

What is the World Breastfeeding Week? Why is it important to focus on partners/families instead of just mothers? How can we support parents in formal/informal work sectors? What can I do to empower parents and enable breastfeeding?

This , join our Ask Me Anything ( ) session to get input from experts on breastfeeding or the campaign!

01/29/2019

Check it out!!!