Conference Information
Conference Helpers Needed
Earn ten free Theme Basket Drawing tickets to use in our exciting LLL of Nebraska Group Theme Basket Drawing! For each donated hour in the Bookstore, or during Registration, you will receive a gift of ten basket drawing tickets. Teens and fathers are welcome to participate! Look for Volunteers on the Registration Form to note your interest.
What to bring with you to the Area Conference:
· Baby carrier or backpack
· Diapers
· Group & personal checkbook
· Small quiet toys (those your child won't mind sharing or losing)
· Small blanket for your baby to play on the floor
· Registration brochure - map & schedule
Casual wear is appropriate for the conference. The conference
area is well air-conditioned, so a sweater or jacket is suggested
for you and your baby.
What to leave home:
Your session schedule and hotel phone number: (402) 934-4900
CHILDREN ATTENDING THE CONFERENCE
Babies and children with their parents are an LLL Area Conference’s most distinctive and heartwarming sight. We welcome all parents and their children. Each family is responsible for meeting its children’s needs in a way that respects the needs of others at the conference and the hotel. If your child is fussy and is not quickly comforted with nursing or distraction, please take him/her to an appropriate area until he/she is comforted. Feel free to leave a session to visit one of our other activities. You are always welcome to rejoin a session in progress.
STROLLERS AT THE CONFERENCE
Due to safely precautions, no strollers will be permitted at the conference unless a mother is bringing multiples or she or her child are in some way physically challenged.
Children’s Activity Center
The Children's Activity Center is hosting a fun-filled day for children attending the Area Conference. Age-appropriate activities are available throughout both days, with periodic group activities scheduled. The Center is open during Saturday's sessions. Caregivers are required for all children age seven and under. The fee is $5 per child if registered ahead of time or $7 per child if registered the day of the conference. They may come in and out as they wish, but please pre-register if possible so we can prepare.
Things to See and Do at the Conference
Exhibit Hall
Our Conference Exhibit Hall will feature many organizations eager to display and sell their products, services and information to families. Previous exhibits have included children's toys and books, nursing fashions, and baby carriers. For more information contact Laura Chisholm at mamachis@gmail.com
Bookstore
Current materials from LLLI, books on parenting and breastfeeding topics, and books recommended by speakers will be available for sale in the Bookstore.
Group Boutique Sales
Plan to shop at the Group Boutique where you’ll find that perfect gift for your home or supplies for your LLL Group. Choose from hand-crafted items, children’s items or group items. Groups wishing to sell items may register for a sales table by filling out the appropriate space on the registration form. Please include a fee of $2 per table with your registration. Groups will also have 10% deducted from their total sales at the Group Boutique to benefit LLL of Nebraska. A table is 2 feet wide and 6 feet long. Some groups may wish to purchase more than one table.
Silent Auction
The Silent Auction will feature goods and services donated by exhibitors, businesses, organizations and individuals throughout the area. Conference participants can bid (silently) on these items, with the highest bidder winning the item. The Auction will close on Saturday at 5:00 p.m., before the Closing Session begins. Winners will be announced during the Closing Session.
Exhibit Hall
Our Conference Exhibit Hall will feature many organizations eager to display and sell their products, services and information to families. Previous exhibits have included children's toys and books, nursing fashions, and baby carriers. For more information contact Laura Chisholm at mamachis@gmail.com
Bookstore
Current materials from LLLI, books on parenting and breastfeeding topics, and books recommended by speakers will be available for sale in the Bookstore.
Group Boutique Sales
Plan to shop at the Group Boutique where you’ll find that perfect gift for your home or supplies for your LLL Group. Choose from hand-crafted items, children’s items or group items. Groups wishing to sell items may register for a sales table by filling out the appropriate space on the registration form. Please include a fee of $2 per table with your registration. Groups will also have 10% deducted from their total sales at the Group Boutique to benefit LLL of Nebraska. A table is 2 feet wide and 6 feet long. Some groups may wish to purchase more than one table.
Silent Auction
The Silent Auction will feature goods and services donated by exhibitors, businesses, organizations and individuals throughout the area. Conference participants can bid (silently) on these items, with the highest bidder winning the item. The Auction will close on Saturday at 5:00 p.m., before the Closing Session begins. Winners will be announced during the Closing Session.
Registration information
• Please postmark your registration or register online by October 9, 2009 to save money and get your first choice of session topics. Registrations postmarked or submitted online after October 9th must include a $10 late fee.
• You may register by mail or online at www.lllofne.info using credit card or check. Checks need to be made payable to LLL of Nebraska. Please mail registrations and/or checks to: Barbara Bailey 317 S. 3rd St. O’Neill, NE 68763. Questions about registration may be directed to lllofne@gmail.com
• Everyone must register including speakers, exhibitors, fathers, children over three and those with complimentary registration. This will ensure an accurate count of attendees. Please fill out the registration form completely including first and second choice for sessions. Sessions will be filled on a first come, first served basis and space is limited. Sessions will be closed once seating capacity is reached.
• In consideration of our economic times, our conference committee has worked very hard to make this conference affordable for families. As always, spouses and caregivers attend for free but please remember to register them.
• “Friends of LLL” and “Children of LLL” must be postmarked or online registered by October 9th to be included in the program
brochure.
• Walk-in registration will be available on-site, space permitting, and subject to the $10 late fee. Topics will be assigned based on space availability.
Refund Policy:
Written requests for refunds of full registration and meal fees must be received by October 5, 2009, and are subject to a $5.00 processing fee. No meals will be refunded after this date. No refund requests received after November 15, 2009 will be honored. Refunds will be issued after the conference. Please send a SASE to: Barbara Bailey 317 S. 3rd St. O’Neill, NE 68763.
Lunch is the buffet-style Comfort Soup and Salad Buffet. It will include vegetable beef soup, fresh seasonal fruit, assorted muffins and croissants, chicken salad, pasta salad, cole slaw and baked potato.
This conference is open to parents, LLL Leaders, members and others interested in meeting the needs of children by parenting through breastfeeding. The mission of this conference and La Leche League is to help mothers worldwide to breastfeed through mother-to-mother support, encouragement, information, and education, and to promote a better understanding of breastfeeding as an important element in the healthy development of the baby and mother.
~ Smoking is prohibited in LLL conference areas. ~
~ Smoking is prohibited in LLL conference areas. ~