Hello everyone! It has been a busy and very productive month. Working with the Bi-National Breastfeeding Coalition as their lead organizer of the BIG Latch On has been extremely rewarding for me. We have already had 2 subcommittee meetings that have been very productive. I am in the process of getting event sponsors for our event (gotta get some money) which has been quite difficult because we have yet to receive our non-profit status. Many local hospitals are requesting W-9 forms. We have a lawyer working with us to complete the application process, but he’s moving in a much slower pace than we would like. Hopefully we can get this completed within the next month. Here is something new that I did learn though, apparently an organization must first become 501(c)(4) non-profit status before it can become a 501(c)(3). The difference is that as a (4) your donations are NOT tax deductible. Apparently, you must show positive financial background before a (3) status is designated to your organization. This along with the fact that we dont event have a (4) designation is making getting area sponsors a challenge. We will see how things turn out. I’ve also been working on the development of a PSA announcement that hopefully will be picked up by many many area radio stations. I’ve also gotten an “ok” for the event to be advertised in city owned buildings. Woohoo!!
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Hi Nydia.
I enjoyed reading about your productive practicum progress! Thank you for sharing that important tidbit about 501(c)(4)/(3), too.
All the best as you find sponsors and develop the PSA. I hope there will be some way for us to listen to it when it’s complete!
Dr. Patsy
Hi Nydia –
Yes, thank you for the update! Your work sounds great – very complex, multidisciplinary in its approach using various multi-media, while being so rewarding all at the same time. It always amazes me how much we need to do and accomplish that is non-nutrition related before we can get into the actual nutrition stuff!
It sounds like you are making BIG leaps and strides and are applying all that we’ve learned in our online courses. Keep up the good work 🙂
Ginny
Hi Nydia – you highlight the challenges of an unexpected detail! One does not suspect that an MPH Nutrition student needs to be conversant with the IRS code, but you show how important it is to support your program. We need to develop all sorts of expertise when we do public health nutrition. The tax code is one example, as is the food code, transportation code, special events permissions, etc. Nutrition is the easy part! Maybe you can partner with another agency who can take the money as a C3, and then they can help pay the bills?
Good luck in the logistics – it sounds like it will be a great program.
Dr C