Gold Loving Support Award

Mary Monroe and Charlotte Torres of UI Health’s Mile Square Health Center (MSHC) accept the Gold Loving Support Award from the USDA for their exemplary work supporting breastfeeding among participants in the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program. Pictured (left to right) are Jessica Gadomski and Bindi Desai Lessing, State of Illinois nutrition consultants for the Cook County region; Mary Monroe, WIC program at MSHC; Charlotte Torres, WIC peer counselor at MSHC; Tim English, Midwest regional administrator for the USDA Food and Nutrition Services; and Stephanie Bess, director of the Illinois WIC program.