PHM-Exch> Please help to lobby Google to make a "Google-Doodle" on World Breastfeeding Weeks' 20th Anniversary this year! [1.1]

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: waba <waba at waba.org.my>

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Dear WABA General Assembly members and WABA endorsers,****
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Warm greetings from WABA! ****

****I am writing to get your involvement in our efforts to get as much
publicity as possible for the World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) campaign on
the world-wide-web, as WBW will be celebrating its 20th year this year! ****

****People familiar with internet use, and/or doing searches on the
world-wide-web would know about the globally famous internet/search and
information provider company called ‘Google’.  We are currently mobilizing
as many people as possible to send emails in to Google to ask for them to
make a “Google-Doodle” on World Breastfeeding Week!      ****

****‘Google Doodles’, as described by the company, *“are the fun,
surprising and sometimes spontaneous changes that are made to the Google
logo to celebrate holidays, anniversaries and the lives of famous artists,
pioneers and scientists… Over time, the demand for doodles has risen in the
US and internationally. Creating doodles is now the responsibility of a
team of talented illlustrators (we call them doodlers) and engineers.  For
them, creating doodles has become a group effort to enliven the Google
homepage and bring smiles to the faces of Google users around the world”.  *

**In the beginning, the doodles mostly celebrated familiar holidays; but
nowadays they highlight a wide array of *events and anniversaries*.  For
examples of Google Doodles done in 2012, please see:
http://www.google.com/doodles/finder/2012/All%20doodles****

****WABA has started this mini-campaign for a WBW Google Doodle on the WABA
Group Facebook page (see:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/31307243403/?ref=ts)****
as well as the WBW 2012 page (see:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/World-Breastfeeding-Week-2012/293327800702827)
****

****Google states that the doodle team is always excited to hear ideas from
users and invite people to send their proposals to their email -
proposals at google.com  - with ideas for the next Google doodle.  ****

****I really hope you will join us in our efforts to lobby Google to make a
WBW Doodle as this would give the 20th World Breastfeeding Week global
visibility on a massive scale, and would help mobilize more people to join
the campaign to Protect, Promote and Support Breastfeeding, and WBW!  ****

****Do also share this initiative with your family and friends! ****

** **Sincerely,****
Jennifer Mourin, ****
WBW Coordinator****

 Here is the sample letter to help you make your request to Google:
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Send to

 proposals at google.com
Dear Google Doodle people, We - the breastfeeding support and promotion
community - would be delighted to have a Doodle for World Breastfeeding
Week, 1-7 August 2012. World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) is celebrated every
year in over 176 countries around the world. This year marks the 20th year
of WBW celebrations. As such we really hope that you will give this request
serious consideration. For more information see:
http://www.worldbreastfeedingweek.org/ and
http://www.worldbreastfeedingweek.net/ Thanks in advance for considering
this proposal. Best regards, ** ** Xxxx
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