Welcome!

Friends of La Leche League (formerly the LLL Alumnae Association) invites you to browse our site and learn more about our organization.

Let’s connect if you are:

  • an active or retired La Leche League Leader
  • a current or former La Leche League member
  • breastfeeding
  • a parent of a child from toddler to teen to adult
  • a grandparent
  • an advocate for breastfeeding!

Join Us in Chicago -- October 24-27, 2024!

We are busy planning the details for our upcoming Friends of La Leche League trip to Chicago, October 24-27, 2024. We will be staying at the Hilton Chicago, a great venue for reminiscing about past LLL International Conferences while forging new memories with Friends. Join us for a meet and greet reception including the authors of the new edition of The Art of Breastfeeding, special meals, a variety of activities and sightseeing opportunities, and our always moving We Remember Ceremony. Full itinerary and registration information will be posted here soon. We hope to make this the biggest and best Friends of LLL trip ever!

Planning a trip is a HUGE job, and we welcome anyone who wishes to volunteer in any way to get involved. Please contact us at info@FriendsofLLL.org to let us know that you’re available to help in planning with us or to help out during the trip!

Honoring LLL Friends

For more than twenty years, Friends of La Leche League has honored deceased LLL Leaders through the “We Remember” program. Leaders are listed on our website by name and year of death. A ceremony in which the Leaders names are read was initiated at the 2001 LLL International Conference and has been held at conferences and Friends of LLL trips since then. To honor all deceased Leaders, we urge Friends who learn of the death of any LLL Leader to pass along information using this “We Remember” Form.

Friends of LLL also wants to honor all individuals who have inspired us. Our Tributes page includes personalized tributes honoring special people. Tributes are posted on our website for one year and included in Continuum magazine. You can write a tribute honoring someone important to you by using this form.

The “Honors” option on our main menu provides direct access to the “We Remember” and Tributes pages and forms. Friends of La Leche League is proud to honor those who have inspired us.

Friends of LLL Chats

Do you miss the sense of community you felt at LLL Series Meetings or Leader/Leader Applicant Days? Every month, members of Friends of La Leche League meet online for a discussion on an interesting topic in a warm, relaxed, and caring atmosphere.

Our Happy Hours are a popular benefit of membership, and a great way for members to get to know new people, stay in touch, and support each other. We welcome first-time participants to attend a Chat and see if they like it before joining Friends of LLL.

Chat participants sign up through a Zoom registration form available on the website or in the Facebook group, and then receive the meeting link and reminders from Zoom. Please contact Jo-Anne if you would like to volunteer to lead a discussion or want more information about joining this month’s Friends of LLL Chat.

Friends of La Leche League Mission Statement

The mission of the Friends of La Leche League is to support La Leche League as a resource and inspiration for future generations, encourage lifelong connections with the LLL community, and share the insights and wisdom that began with the breastfeeding relationship.

Membership

For $30 per year, Friends of La Leche League members receive our online newsletter Continuum. Members are also eligible for members’ events (like our chats) and discounts in registration fees for Friends of La Leche League trips. To join or renew your membership, please join here.

Donations

Friends of La Leche League welcomes donations that fund our operations or specifically to support our Mini-Grants program. If you would like to make a donation, please donate here.

Tributes

Friends of La Leche League tributes provide you the opportunity to honor Friends, colleagues, family, mentors, or cherished friends. Tributes appear in our members’ newsletter, Continuum and are published on the website for one year. Please see our current tribute listings.

Annual tributes are just $20 each. If you wish to honor someone special to you, please make a tribute here.

YouTube Channel

Videos created by Friends of LLL can be viewed on the Friends of La Leche League YouTube channel which you can access here.

 

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