Rosemarie B. Newman Nutrition Extra Mile Award
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Donna Wilson, East Central Public Health District
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Donna Wilson received the Rosemarie B. Newman Nutrition Extra
Mile Award at the Georgia Public Health Association Awards
Luncheon on April 13. This award recognizes a public health
employee for making significant contributions in the delivery of
nutrition services in the community. Donna was nominated by Dot
Hart, nutrition services director, for her passionate and
dedicated service to the East Central Public Health community in
the area of breastfeeding promotion.
To name a few of her accomplishments, in the summer of 2011,
Donna, with assistance from the members of the CSRA
Breastfeeding Coalition, Inc., wrote a grant to increase
breastfeeding support projects in the Central Savannah River
Area. The grant, titled Breastfeeding Works with Support,
which was subsequently awarded to the Breastfeeding
Coalition in August 2011, provided $25,000 for 10 projects.
In 2007, she encouraged the Breastfeeding Coalition to
initiate the Employers Supporting Breastfeeding Mothers
Project. A small grant from the March of Dimes was secured
by the CSRA Breastfeeding Coalition Inc. and used to print
packets designed to educate employers about the significant
benefits associated with supporting breastfeeding mothers
who were returning to employment after delivery.
Please join us in congratulating Donna for her outstanding
service and contributions to the East Central Public Health
District.
-Story by Helen Smith, East Central Health District
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