Upcoming meetings!

Please take note of the upcoming meeting dates for November and December. We also have a new location for the Dekalb meeting so take a look at the details on the Calendar tab.

We hope you will join us at one of these free meetings to learn more about babywearing and get help from our Volunteer Babywearing Educators.

It's International Babywearing Week!

Babywearing International of North Central Illinois has some fun things happening and some exciting giveaways to celebrate!

Member Giveaway

We have an exciting giveaway for members of BWI of NCIL. For any member who has a current membership that will not expire before October 31, 2017, including any new or renewing members who purchase their membership in October 2017, you are automatically entered into a drawing for your choice of either a Tula Standard Baby Carrier or a Beco Ring Sling! The winner will be drawn on October 30th so if you are wanting to join, please do so before that date either online or in person at one of our free meetings.

Name Those Threads & IBW Playdates

This whole week on our public Facebook page, check out our Name Those Threads game, which has you taking a look at our lending library and figuring out the names of four close-up photos of carriers each day. Each correct set of answers gets you entered to win a giveaway that will be drawn on October 9th. Visit https://www.facebook.com/BWIofNCIL/ to get started.

Also, on the public Facebook are links to our special playdates we have going on during IBW. Be sure to hang out with us at the Midwest Museum of Natural History, come do Babywearing Zumba at Rumba Dance Fitness, or visit with us at the Burpee Museum of Natural History.

IBW Photo Scavenger Hunt

Visit our closed Facebook group for an IBW Photo Scavenger Hunt. We have a post there with all the details of the pictures you need to take and then post during this week in order to be entered into a drawing which will be drawn on October 9th. If you complete the whole list, you'll be entered into an additional drawing! https://www.facebook.com/groups/BWIofNCIL/

Pampered Chef Fundraiser

Shop for some awesome products from Pampered Chef consultant, Kara Atwater, and help out BWI of NCIL at the same time. Either shop at one of our meetings using the catalogs we will have available or shop online at www.pamperedchef.com/go/babywearing

Happy Anniversary, BWI of NCIL!

This month marks the 4th year since BWI of North Central Illinois began. It certainly has grown in the past four years, and even in the past year alone.

Our lending library has added many new carriers, enabling us to split four sub-libraries into six. This makes it easier to have high demand carriers at every meeting. Our ability to add to these libraries comes from paid memberships and generous donations from both members and businesses.

Recently our Board of Directors has seen a lot of changes. We thank those volunteers that have served previously and moved on to other things as their children have grown. We want to welcome some new faces as we move into our fifth year as a non-profit organization.

The current BWI of NCIL Board of Directors is:

President - Sarah Montgomery

Vice President - Alieta Guntly

Secretary - Jordana Bullion

Treasurer - Myra Walls

Member Benefits Coordinator - Jamie Symons

Outreach Coordinator - Amanda Tracy 

Training Coordinator - currently vacant

The BWI of NCIL Board of Directors, May 2017
Left to Right: Amanda Tracy, Jordana Bullion, Sarah Montgomery, Myra Walls, Alieta Guntly
Not pictured: Jamie Symons

BWI of North Central Illinois is always looking for volunteers to help in various ways with our group, and the Board of Directors always welcomes input from our members. We all look forward to continuing to make BWI of North Central Illinois a valuable resource for our area. Our group strives to help caregivers in our six county region learn about babywearing as well as to reach out and provide additional resources to  the communities we serve.

Weather Warning - Rockford meeting

Just want to put out a little warning that we may end the Rockford meeting today a bit early. There are tornado watches out for all of our counties right now. If you have a carrier to return, please try to come to the meeting as timely as you can. If you cannot make it to the meeting for any reason, including just not wanting to head out with this watch issued, please send Alieta Guntly a message. She can set up a time to do an exchange at her house within the next couple days instead.