La Leche League is an international, nonprofit, nonsectarian organization dedicated to providing education, information, support, and encouragement to women who want to breastfeed.
Membership in La Leche League International is $35 for one year. Membership fees help to support your local Group and the international organization.
La Leche League of Oak Park/River Forest, Illinois
All breastfeeding mothers and mothers-to-be interested in breastfeeding are welcome to come to our meetings or call one of the Leaders for breastfeeding help and/or meeting information. Babies are always welcome at our meetings.
For meeting information or breastfeeding support please see our main group page.
This page is just information about our auction and raffle items for our World Breastfeeding Week Celebration on Sunday, September 25, 11-2pm.
(You can skip down the page to the list of auction items.)
Special Event: World Breastfeeding Week - Family Picnic and Auction Sunday, September 25
Sunday, September 25, 11-2pm, in the Taylor Park picnic area (intersection of Berkshire and Ridgeland, Oak Park)
Activities:
11-11:30am gather
11:30-11:55 FREE Jim Gill concert
noon lunch starts
12:30-1:30pm FREE rickshaw rides from Rickshaw Rick
Silent Auction & Brown Bag Drawing ticket sales starting at 11am
Auction winners announced & drawing takes place at 1:45pm
(You can pre-bid or absentee bid too.)
For more information or to sign up, contact Maria at 773-936-4763 or mping76@gmail.com
Proceeds benefit the local and international chapters of LLL.
Contributions in honor of World Breastfeeding Week are also appreciated!
Send gifts to Marcia Schattauer,
323 South Scoville Avenue, Oak Park, 60302
(checks payable to LLL of OP/RF)
OR
Make a secure donation online at https://donate2lll.org/indexSecure.htm
(please specify OP/RF, IL group)
LLL of Oak Park/River Forest and La Leche League International, Inc. do not endorse any of the following specific products, companies, or other entity, including but not limited to any parent, affiliate or subsidiary.
Bring your checkbooks, or call to place an absentee bid. (Packages might change slightly if we make a mistake in an item description, or an addition.)Here is a sneak peak at this year's silent auction packages and brown bag raffle items. (Please note that packages have not yet been finalized. We are still waiting to hear back from several regular donors. Contents, value, and minimum opening bids may change. Brown bag raffle tickets are $2 each, 3 for $5, or 10 for $10.)
Free Goody-Bags
Raffle Items and Auction Items
- the book table $25 gift certificate
- Carry me with love $25 gift certificate
- a child of mine $250 gift certificate towards birth doula services
- well adjusted world subscription to pathways magazine
- the green medical practice basket of vitamins
- magic tree bookstore "Birdsong" by Ellie Sandall
- flyright gifts gift certificate
- buzz cafe gift certificate
- intuit dance gift certificate
- Chanda Szczeblowski; Brio Birth Instructor - series of childbirth classes
- sleepy wrap
- Goodman Theatre two tickets to the revival of Regina Taylor's hit gospel musical, CROWNS, which will run summer 2012
- bead in hand gift certificate for a class
- brain, child magazine
- brown cow gift certificate
- gaga girls boutique - outfit
Check back frequently - new items arriving daily!