Wasaga
Beach, ON: Multiple Births Canada
(MBC) is pleased to provide ongoing updates to its members, chapters and
colleagues. Your commitment to
Supporting Multiple Births
Together is of great importance to Canada’s multiple-birth
community.
Chapter
Representatives: Please forward the information below to
your Chapter Executive and members.
Information
Circular Contents:
1.
New
Chapter Outreach Committee Formed
-- At the Fall 2005 Interim Meeting, the Board of Directors identified that 2006
will be a year to build the membership of MBC. With the vision of establishing chapter
affiliates in all major Canadian cities in the near future, whether new or
having non-member groups return to MBC, a new committee is being formed to
determine a strategy on how to grow MBC nationally. The committee’s first mandate will be to
consider and recommend to the Board a plan to aid existing non-member groups who
are considering a return to MBC or becoming an MBC Affiliate Chapter in
2006.
This
committee will include one or two members of the board of directors as well as
five or six passionate MBC member volunteers. Due to the vastness of our organization
and the difficulty in working as a committee electronically, we are suggesting
that the committee remain small enough to allow for ease of communication. As such, we may have to turn away
interested volunteers and in order to do so fairly, we are requesting that you
provide a bit of background on your experiences as a member of an MBC Chapter,
along with your reasons why you feel you would be an asset to this
committee. If the response to this
request attracts an excess of volunteers we will make every attempt to match
your interests to another newly forming national committee.
Expressions
of interest will be accepted by email to Kim at volunteers@multiplebirthscanada.org
until January 31st.
As
always, we are interested in any feedback from the membership. If you have any suggestions on ways to
entice non-member groups, or to establish chapters in areas without them today,
we would love to hear from you as soon as possible. Please email any ideas to communications@multiplebirthscanada.org..
2.
New
Fact Sheets Released
– MBC is delighted to announce the addition of 2 new Fact Sheets to our
ever-growing list of important topics.
Members: Remember you can
download these fact sheets for free from the member’s only section of the MBC
website.
Breastfeeding Premature
Multiples
- “Can I do it?” “How do I do it?” “What do I need?” Answers to these questions and more are
available in the MBC comprehensive Breastfeeding Multiples resource
collection. MBC encourages you to
regularly check our vast array of resources to access information on timely
topics.
Used Car Seats
-.
Multiple birth families not only require multiple car seats (one for each child)
but some families require extra car seats for second vehicles or their
caregiver’s vehicle. Buying second
hand is an economical choice but there are other issues to consider. This fact sheet will provide you with
hints to consider before you either purchase or borrow used car
seats.
3.
Translation
of MBC Resources - Can YOU or your CHAPTER make a difference? You bet! Read
on....
Over
the years, MBC has set its sights on translating as many of its resources as
possible so that Canadian Francophone families can benefit from the vast array
of multiple-birth literature. Many dedicated and talented volunteers have either
translated booklets, fact sheets and pamphlets themselves or sponsored these
translations on behalf of their own Chapter Francophone families. Without such
Chapter and volunteer support and commitment, MBC would not have been able to
provide resources for Francophone families.
The challenge continues and
MBC is committed to translating even more resources so that Francophone
multiple-birth families can continue to locate and rely on support resources in
the language of their choice. With this in mind, we are hoping that you might
assist us in reaching our goal.
We are looking for individuals, groups of
individuals, families or Chapters who have an excellent working knowledge of
French/English and who would be willing to take on the rewarding challenge
of:
1) Translating one, two or more MBC Fact Sheets or other MBC
resources or
2) Sponsor the cost of hiring a professional translator to
translate an MBC resource or
3)
Assist with the costs of printing the item once translated.
If you have
excellent translation skills, previous translation experience, this could be the
job for you; or if your Chapter would like to sponsor a translation, please let
us know at mbcvolunteers@multiplebirthscanada.org
Remember, your
volunteer services are an important part of your résumé and you are ensuring
that Canadian Francophone multiple-birth families receive the support they
need.
4. Welcome New Multiple Moments
Design/Layout Editor
You may
have read or heard over the last few months that the MBC Board of Directors were
discussing a change in format for Multiple Moments. There are several
reasons for this decision. First, the publication will now be 20 pages
plus cover which will cut down a bit on the cost of printing. Second, we
are cutting down on the length of the articles thus making the stories an
easier, quicker read for our busy readership while trying to include more
articles by using more space on the page in the new format.
We are
excited to welcome Alison Pilz from Kitchener-Waterloo POMBA to the Multiple
Moments Team!! Alison is designing the new format and will be doing the layout
for each issue. Alison volunteers as the newsletter editor for K-W
POMBA and has her own graphic design business Appilz Seed Design
in Waterloo, Ontario. Welcome Alison!
Vicki
Riley will continue to be the Production Editor and Meredith Fraser-Ohman the
Co-Editor and both will work with Alison on each issue. As always, we are
looking for personal stories and chapter-related articles to include within
Multiple Moments. If you are interested in submitting an article (under 1000
words), please contact Vicki at mmeditor@multiplebirthscanada.org.
Multiple
Births Canada/Naissances multiples Canada
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(in Canada): 1-866-228-8824
Tel:
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Fax:
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National
Multiple Births Awareness Day
– May 28th, 2005 - What a celebration it was! Check out the pictures and articles from
events across Canada.
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