Pick a community. Put your name on it.
Every item on this page is a real cost we are carrying right now, for real families, in a North Carolina community you choose.
Give now Talk to usWe help families feed their babies and help communities welcome them. Most of this work is not funded. Your gift, your chapter’s gift, or your company’s gift can carry your name on the item it pays for.
Email contact@breastfeedingcommunities.org or call 919-622-8787 and we will take it from there. Or give now and tell us where it should go.
Anywhere in North Carolina
You choose the countyWe will place it there and tell you whose life it changed.
- $179One breast pumpFor a parent who cannot get one any other way. A pump a month keeps a family going back to work.
- $500One lactation spaceA private, welcoming place to pump or nurse in a business, school, or childcare center, set up by our team with your name on it. See what one looks like.
- $695IBCLC exam scholarshipCovers the board exam fee for one Black lactation candidate. One more provider who looks like the families she serves. Why this matters.
Durham
Where it startedThe first county in the country to implement the Ten Steps, and home to the Lactation Collaborative, our free lactation clinic. Breastfeed Durham is our pilot project.
- $144.23One free clinic sessionA Friday evening or Saturday of lactation care for uninsured and underinsured families, with care from a provider who shares the family’s background whenever they ask for it.
- $500Black and Brown family photo shootThe images that anchor Black Breastfeeding Week and Black Maternal Health Week for the Black Breastfeeding Coalition. Less if you bring the photographer.
- FreeBe listed as a Breastfeeding Friendly Community PartnerOne short form puts your organization on the list of more than 300 partners who welcome breastfeeding families.
Guilford
Greensboro and High PointThe Ten Steps are arriving in Guilford County this fall, starting with childcare. Breastfeed Guilford is our project, and we employ the community health workers who do the work on the ground.
- $762.26Finish the childcare bundlesFifty childcare centers are receiving breastfeeding friendly childcare bundles: books, posters, a nursing doll, and an infant feeding plan. Nineteen more are waiting on $762.26 in supplies.
- $5,000Launch BreastfeedGuilford.orgEvery breastfeeding and perinatal resource in the county in one place families can find. Durham has one. Franklin has one. Guilford needs a founding partner.
Franklin
Louisburg, Franklinton, YoungsvilleA rural county of 82,000 where designated breastfeeding friendly spaces went from one to twenty-seven in two years, including all four library branches. Breastfeed Franklin is a funded partnership with the Franklin County Health Department, now in its fourth year.
- $179or moreDirect any item hereA pump, a lactation space, or a scholarship sent to Franklin County lands where every one is still the first of its kind.
Western North Carolina
Helene recoveryAfter Hurricane Helene, no agency had the job of making sure babies in Western North Carolina were fed. SAFE Infant Feeding is closing that gap.
- SponsorVoices from the StormMore than 700 families registered to tell the story of feeding their babies through the storm, in their own words. Read the stories and ask about sponsoring the series.
North Carolina
StatewideThrough the North Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition we work with every county coalition in the state, and we show up together at the General Assembly for families.
- $179or moreGive statewideA scholarship or pump given statewide goes where the need is greatest that month, and we will tell you where it went.
Join us
No cost, big welcome
- May 12027Pregnancy Expo and Family Festival, DurhamBring your chapter, your team, or your family. Host a table, volunteer for a shift, or come and celebrate with the families you have supported. See what 2026 looked like.
Why it matters
What made Durham work was independence: a coalition of parents and health care providers that can say and do what a health department cannot. Your support keeps that independence funded and carries the same model to the community you choose. See what the work has produced, and how we handle money.
Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Gifts are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.