Merced Breastfeeding Network

🔃 RECAP 🔃 2026 Merced Breastfeeding Walk & Celebration 🎉

Thank you to our amazing community advocates and breastfeeding supporters!! We had organizations, doulas, and lactation support that came all the way from Fresno, Stanislaus County, and over from Mariposa 👏🏼👏🏼 We are truly blessed with the best! We hope that you felt the care and compassion as your families visited each table 🥰

Back at it with MORE next Weekend!!! Free food, games, prizes, and community resources!!!!!

🎉Join Us for the Circle of Care Family Celebration!🎉

California Health Collaborative’s Circle of Care Program is excited to invite you and your family to our annual Circle of Care Family Celebration in Merced County.

This FREE family event is for pregnant individuals and families with children under the age of 5. Families will have the opportunity to connect with community resources while enjoying food, prizes, games, activities, music, and family fun! And that’s not all, we’ll be raffling off AMAZING prizes throughout the event! 🎁
✨ Toddler table
✨ Infant high chair
✨ Infant car seat
✨ Banana stroller
✨ Goodies for mamma
✨ Diapers
✨ And so much more!

Bring your family, connect with local resources, and enter for your chance to win one of these great raffle prizes. We can’t wait to celebrate with you!

The UC Merced IDEA Center is looking for families with children in Kindergarten - 3rd grade to participate in a research study on attention and learning!

Children will play games on a computer and parents will complete surveys.

✅ Families receive $20 + a small toy

✅ Two locations to choose from

✅ Sessions last 60 minutes

See the flyer below for more info! To sign-up, scan the QR code or visit:
redcap.link/qcz10790

¡El Centro IDEA de UC Merced está buscando familias con niños/as de Kindergarten a 3° grado para participar en un estudio de investigación sobre la atención y el aprendizaje!

Los niños/as jugarán juegos en una computadora y los padres/las madres completarán encuestas.

✅ Las familias recibirán $20 + un pequeño juguete

✅ Dos ubicaciones para elegir

✅ Las sesiones duran 60 minutos

¡Consulte el volante a continuación para obtener más información! Para inscribirse, escanee el código QR o visite: redcap.link/x1fjmi00

We are ready for you!!! Come to Rahilly Park for the 2026 Merced Breastfeeding Walk & Celebration

10am to noon!

Meet Our Advocates 🫱🏼‍🫲🏼 Every day we will showcase a community organization that will be at our event 2026 Merced Breastfeeding Walk & Celebration 🤱🏾 Today's Community Partner:

🌟Hygeia Breastfeeding 🌟

Diana will be out tabling at our event Saturday! She is our local breast pump rep for Hygeia! Come see what new pumps they have to offer 🍼

Meet Our Advocates 🫱🏼‍🫲🏼 Every day we will showcase a community organization that will be at our event 2026 Merced Breastfeeding Walk & Celebration 🤱🏾 Today's Community Partner:

🌟Julie’s Creative Twist 🌟

Now for some FUN! Julie is an amazingly talented balloon artist AND a huge supporter of breastfeeding and Merced families! She has been to previous events and we are so excited to have her back out with us SATURDAY!

tinyurl.com/MercedBFWalk - registration encouraged! food, raffle prizes, community resources, and a fun family stroll!

Meet Our Advocates 🫱🏼‍🫲🏼 Every day we will showcase a community organization that will be at our event 2026 Merced Breastfeeding Walk & Celebration 🤱🏾 Today's Community Partner:

🌟Peaceful Passages Birthing Support Center 🌟

🍼💗 FREE BABY BOUTIQUE FOR MEDI-CAL MEMBERS 💗🍼 Are you pregnant, have Medi-Cal, and interested in doula services?
Peaceful Passages Birthing Support Center is here to support you throughout pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Medi-Cal covers doula services for eligible pregnant and postpartum members. Come meet them THIS SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 19!

tinyurl.com/MercedBFWalk - registration strongly encouraged

The LATCH Directory is LIVE!! You can find Merced WIC as well as the Merced Breastfeeding Network in the listings! Breastfeeding Support all over the state!

Thank you California Breastfeeding Coalition for your tireless work for California families 🤱🏾💕

🎉 ¡Únete a nosotros para la Celebración Familiar del Círculo de Cuidado! 🎉

¡El Programa Círculo de Cuidado de California Health Collaborative se emociona en invitarte a ti y a tu familia a nuestra celebración familiar anual del Círculo de Cuidado en el condado de Merced!

Este evento familiar GRATIS es para personas embarazadas y familias con niños menores de 5 años. ¡Las familias tendrán la oportunidad de conectarse con recursos comunitarios mientras disfrutan de comida, premios, juegos, música y diversión familiar! Y eso no es todo, ¡también tendremos un sorteo de PREMIOS INCREÍBLES para las familias! 🎁
✨ Mesa para niños pequeños
✨ Silla alta para bebés
✨ Silla de auto para bebé
✨ Cochecito de bebé
✨ Regalitos para mamá y su pareja
✨ Pañales
✨ ¡Y mucho más!

Trae a tu familia, conéctate con recursos locales y participa para tener la oportunidad de ganar uno de estos fantásticos premios de sorteo. ¡Estamos ansiosos por celebrar contigo!