1 October 2008
$350,000 to support breastfeeding at the CHUM Centre des naissances
On a visit to the CHUM Centre des naissances (birthing centre) at Hôpital Saint-Luc in early October, André Chagnon, Chairman and CEO of the Lucie and André Chagnon Foundation, announced a donation of $350,000 to support nursing mothers. This announcement was made during World Breastfeeding Week (WBW), which focused this year on the importance of supporting mothers who are breastfeeding or who want to breastfeed their babies.