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PRESS RELEASE – City of Sarasota to Proclaim August Breastfeeding Awareness Month

Healthy Start Coalition, Breastfeeding Advocates of Sarasota County, and other local organizations celebrate with “Latch-On, Sarasota” Breastfeeding Awareness events and more August 4, 2018– The City of Sarasota will once again proclaim August as Breastfeeding Awareness Month. Mayor Liz Alpert will present the Proclamation at 10:00 am at the Healthy Start Coalition of Sarasota County’s […]

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PRESS RELEASE: Florida’s Healthy Start Coalitions Applaud Florida Legislature for Protecting Funding for High-Risk Pregnant Women and Babies

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Florida’s Healthy Start Coalitions Applaud Florida Legislature for Protecting Funding for High-Risk Pregnant Women and Babies The following is a statement from the Healthy Start Coalition of Sarasota County regarding the Florida Legislature’s decision to maintain funding for Florida’s Healthy Start program: “We applaud the Florida Legislature for maintaining funding for Florida’s […]

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“I am Healthy Start”

A Personal Story from our Executive Director about the importance of Healthy Start:  “My husband John and I were living in Birmingham, Alabama in 2012 and we had everything in the world we could ever hope or wish for.  I was the Executive Director of a 6 million dollar agency in the suburb of Birmingham, […]

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Press Release: Healthy Start Coalition receives $25,000 grant from the Greenfield Foundation for Postpartum Breastfeeding Support

NEWS RELEASE: In face of potential statewide budget cuts, local Healthy Start Coalition receives $25,000 grant from the Greenfield Foundation for Postpartum Breastfeeding Support Sarasota, FL – In the face of potential statewide budget cuts, the Healthy Start Coalition of Sarasota County, Inc. was recently awarded a $25,000 grant from the Greenfield Foundation, to fund […]