To the editor:

On behalf of the Essex County Health Department Women, Infants and Children Program, I would like to thank everyone who donated to and participated in the World Breastfeeding Walk on Aug. 5. We had a great turnout!

I would especially like to thank our business sponsors that also helped make the day a success: Generations Restaurant, Boots and Birdies, Subway, Wyatt’s (Where Tex meets Mex), Eleanor’s Pasta Kitchen, The Coff E Bean, Sparkle, The Bookstore Plus, Eastern Mountain Sports, Starbucks, The Breakfast Club, Base Camp Cafe, Adirondack House of Jerky, Emma’s Lake Placid Creamery, Pizza Hut, McDonald’s, Keene Valley Grocery, Price Chopper, Kinney Drugs, Hannaford, Tops, Aubuchon Hardware of Lake Placid, Beaney Construction, AuSable Inn, Heather Rancour/Lularoe, The Bessboro Shop, Boyea’s Grocery and Deli, The Wild Center, Eco Living, Nancy Frasier Photography, Little Hills Farm, Abby and Evan’s Maple Syrup, Walmart, Creative Hair Design by Andrea Lobdell, Little Italy, Owl’s Nest, Pirate’s Cove, Main Street Pizza and Pasta, Jreck Subs, Joe McGiness, Tractor Supply of Ray Brook, Ironman and Greg Borzilleri. The generosity of these sponsors was overwhelming, and it is gratifying to know there is such a willingness on their part to support projects in the community where they are located. Thanks to Butch Martin for loaning us tables and chairs. Special thanks to Zach Clark for helping us set up our event so it ran smoothly. Also, thanks to Joni Gerkin, Sarah Doyle, and Abby and Emily Juckett for photos and general assistance. We could not have done it without out any of them!

Sincerely,

Krista Berger

Lindsay Genier

Linda Sherman

Jutta Wells

Jen Palmer

Sue Cutting

Rose-Marie Koop-Angelicola

Essex County WIC

Elizabethtown