I'm investigating my WIC eligibility status, and I stumbled across THIS quote on my state WIC website - I was amazed, and pleased to see it. It wasn't even buried or hard to find!!<br>
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A WIC Success Story<br><br>
I learned about WIC through a friend while pregnant with my first child in 1991. It helped me tremendously, since I was in school full-time and working part-time. I remained on the WIC program through my second pregnancy and until I graduated from college.<br><br>
Now, in 1997, I am pregnant with my third child and still very much a part of WIC--as a Nurse/Nutritionist at Tazewell County Health Department in Tremont, Illinois.<br><br><b>I not only counsel others about nutritious foods and breastfeeding benefits, but I live by my own advice. The WIC program taught me the importance of healthy foods, and I continue to purchase the same foods that I was offered through WIC. What better nutrition could you give your baby than breast milk-- I am proud to be a breastfeeding mom!</b><br><br>
Many times in my interactions with clients at work, I relate to them that I do understand and empathize with their situations. Like them, I was once on the other side of the desk. But with motivation, determination and the help of the vast community resources available today, they can make their lives be what they want them to be--they too can be a success story." < By Tanya Belsly, RN, BSN
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A WIC Success Story<br><br>
I learned about WIC through a friend while pregnant with my first child in 1991. It helped me tremendously, since I was in school full-time and working part-time. I remained on the WIC program through my second pregnancy and until I graduated from college.<br><br>
Now, in 1997, I am pregnant with my third child and still very much a part of WIC--as a Nurse/Nutritionist at Tazewell County Health Department in Tremont, Illinois.<br><br><b>I not only counsel others about nutritious foods and breastfeeding benefits, but I live by my own advice. The WIC program taught me the importance of healthy foods, and I continue to purchase the same foods that I was offered through WIC. What better nutrition could you give your baby than breast milk-- I am proud to be a breastfeeding mom!</b><br><br>
Many times in my interactions with clients at work, I relate to them that I do understand and empathize with their situations. Like them, I was once on the other side of the desk. But with motivation, determination and the help of the vast community resources available today, they can make their lives be what they want them to be--they too can be a success story." < By Tanya Belsly, RN, BSN
