To improve community health, by providing collaboration, education, and resources for the support, protection, and promotion of breastfeeding on the Emerald Coast.
"I am committed to promoting and supporting optimal breastfeeding practices with the ultimate goal of improving the public’s health. This is because breastfeeding is the best source of infant nutrition, and it provides immunologic protection and health benefits both to breastfeeding mothers and to the children they nurse." Dr. Regina Benjamin, Surgeon General