Greetings!
How will you celebrate Mother's Day this year? Give your mother a unique gift of honoring her and supporting other mothers across the country by participating in the Mile for Mothers virtual walk this year. While you're at it, create a short video sharing why your mom is so amazing. It'll last a lot longer than flowers and have a long lasting impact on many mothers. On behalf of the staff and board of the NAMC, we'd like to wish you all a very happy and joy-filled Mothers Day! Enjoy this issue of the NAMC eNews. Best wishes,
Linda Lisi Juergens
Executive Director
516 939-MOMS X101
The National Association of Mothers' Centers (NAMC) provides programs that empower mothers, fathers and caregivers to find solutions that work for their families, their work lives and their personal lives.
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2013 Virtual Mile for Mothers Campaign
There's still time to take part in our Mile For Mothers virtual walk, one "foot" at a time. Honor a mother in your life and help us fill 5,280 shoes representing the number of feet in a mile.
Each $5 donation gets us one foot closer to walking this mile and reaching our goal. The name of the mother you honor will be displayed on a shoe that walks the mile virtually on our Scroll of Honor on the NAMC website. You'll receive a downloadable Certificate of Honor that you can send to the Mother you honor.
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Lights! Camera! Action!
 A few days before Mother's Day, this is how the NAMC's office looked after the conference room was transformed into a recording studio by the crew of ESPN. Jeremy Schaap came on site to interview Linda Lisi Juergens, the NAMC's Executive Director, about the custom of athletes saying " Hi Mom" or thanking their mom publicly after a game. Is it a joke? Is it sincere? How did it get started? Tune in to ESPN's Sports Center at 10AM ET on Mother's Day to find out!
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2013 NAMC Leadership Council Retreat in Review 
There are really no words to adequately describe the sense of connection, support and fun everyone who attended the NAMC Leadership Retreat experienced. But we'll try... We were blessed to have members representing centers from Georgia, Ohio, Colorado, Kentucky, New Jersey, New York and Michigan. All together, we had 37 mothers including center members, board members and NAMC staff.
Here are just a few comments on the experience of the weekend together: "I met a host of wonderful women, experienced love
and support from all of them and learned more about
what the NAMC does and can offer to our local
Mothers' Center."
"The best part of the retreat was the immediate sense
of a supportive sisterhood."
"It was such an inspiring experience. I never expected
to come away as I did - inspired, courageous, energized."
"This retreat really opened my eyes to the opportunities
the NAMC provides."
"The best part of the retreat was the unity, trust
and openness."
Here is just one member's experience in video. NAMC plans to make this an annual event. Start planning to join us next spring now! No Mothers' Center nearby? Learn more about starting a local group by downloading our New Group Start-up Guide.
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Fukushima Fallout Affects Babies in the U.S. A recent article is raising awareness for parents of babies born shortly after the disaster in March 2011 when a Fukushima nuclear reactor meltdown occurred in Japan. It is critical that parents know that even fetuses and children on the western area of the U.S. might have been impacted by radiation effects of that incident. However, if they are diagnosed early, the most common problems can be treated. The article states, "Information is power. If you have a baby born in March or April 2011 and you live on the Pacific Coast of the U.S. (or other Pacific countries), ask your pediatrician to test your child for congenital hypothyroidism -- and anything else he or she believes could have been caused by radiation.". |
Fukushima Fallout Affects Babies in the U.S. A recent article is raising awareness for parents of babies born shortly after the disaster in March 2011 when a Fukushima nuclear reactor meltdown occurred in Japan. It is critical that parents know that even fetuses and children on the western area of the U.S. might have been impacted by radiation effects of that incident. However, if they are diagnosed early, the most common problems can be treated. The article states, "Information is power. If you have a baby born in March or April 2011 and you live on the Pacific Coast of the U.S. (or other Pacific countries), ask your pediatrician to test your child for congenital hypothyroidism -- and anything else he or she believes could have been caused by radiation.". |
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The NAMC will be participating in this event.
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