Breast is best…
On Thursday evening I received a fund-raising phone call. You know the kind…”Hi I’m calling from *blbkjskjd;akdj* (they mumble so you miss the name) and we are having a fundraising drive for Materna for poor women. She said something about 30 cans I think, but at that point I stopped listening.
I told the woman that I wasn’t willing to make a donation towards formula, that other things I would donate, but not for formula. She said why, and I said that I felt breastfeeding was very important, and that should be supported especially for people with financial difficulties, and not formula.
She went on to tell me that I was wrong, and that poor women needed formula, and not to breastfeed. She actually argued with me for a few minutes.
While I do acknowledge that there is a percentage of women who can’t breastfeed, I truly cannot support such an organization that focuses on formula. Especially when the woman doing the fundraising would rather argue with me about the necessity to give formula, rather than see if there is another need for their organization that I would be willing to fund.
No great loss, there are plenty of organizations to which I am willing to give my money.
