A. Community Impact Award Nomination Guidelines
     1. Nomination Form
B. Monterey County's Best
    Mother/Baby Friendly Business Award
    1. 2007 Award Recipients
   2. Nomination guidelines
   2. Nomination form: English
   3. Nomination form: Spanish
C. International symbol designating a Mother/Baby Friendly area
D. Contact information
 

Community Impact Award Nomination Guidelines

A. The nominee works to promote, protect, and support breastfeeding mothers, babies, and families by demonstrating innovative excellence in the areas of
    1. Education
    2. Collaborations and Partnerships
    3. Leadership and Initiative
    4. Professionalism
    5. Job performance, and
    6. Relationships with peers, clients, and other
        professionals that improve the health of families in Monterey
        County.

B. Award categories
    1. Individual
    2. Workplace
    3. Education
    4. Community Service, and
    5. Comprehensive Impact

    An individual or an organization can be nominated.

C. All nomination application must be received by Friday, June 30, 2008 at 5:00pm.

D. A screening committee will review all nominations, rank-order their selections, and submit their recommendations to the Coalition Steering Committee for final approval. All nominees who meet the published criteria will be considered.

                Community Impact Award Nomination Form


Monterey County's Best
Mother/Baby Friendly Business Award

2007 Award Recipients
    1. Central Avenue Bakery & Deli, 173 Central Ave, Pacific Grove
    2. Chatterbaux Childrens' Shoppe, 157 Fountain Ave, Pacific Grove
    3. Corpus Christi Bookstore, 47 San Miguel Ave #5, Salinas
    4. Educational Stuff and Toys, Too, 908 1/2 S. Main, Salinas

Monterey County's Best
Mother/Baby Friendly Business Award Guidelines document

What is a Mother/Baby Friendly Business?
    This is a business or organization that welcomes mothers and babies and supports parents in the everyday but sometimes challenging task of shopping and accessing business and services. They recognize that sometimes mothers need to shop with babies, young children, and strollers and that some people have more difficulty than others in using commercial and retail services. Mother/Baby Friendly businesses welcome all families and try to accommodate their needs.

    For many people, the experiences of family, children, shopping and community life are linked.  Families need to shop and eat, and many studies point to children as having increasing influence over their families spending patterns.  The experience of shopping is often more than a simple business transaction.

    Monterey County makes up a diverse and growing community, and is home to a high proportion of families and children. The adoption and promotion of Mother/Baby Friendly business practices provides an opportunity for the area to develop as a Mother/Baby Friendly area that attracts a wide range of people by meeting their commercial and administrative needs as well their sense of belonging, identity and community.

    Businesses that are Mother/Baby Friendly will be eligible to display the international symbol that designates an area Mother/Baby Friendly.

International Mother/Baby Friendly symbol



         Monterey County's Best
 Mother/Baby Family Businesses
   
        Good for business,
                         great for families!




Nomination Form English
                                                       
Nomination Form Spanish


For questions please contact:
Trina Ammar, Awards committee
Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies
1120 Forest Ave #129,
Pacific Grove, CA  93950
831.625.4515 ext 1702
email: trina.ammar@chomp.org