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"CIGNA Moms is part of our company's Healthy Life strategy and ememplifies our commitment to improving the health of our employees and their newest family members." Vicky Dickson, Director, Employee Health CIGNA Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania "Starting a lactation program is not that hard.  You can begin with a nice room, a place for moms to go to express milk.  It you start with something like this that moms really appreciate, you can build on it." Wendi Bailey, M.Ed. Manage - Building Better Health The Home Depot, Atlanta, Georgia "A lactation program is easy to start and inexpensive to run.  You don't need much.  A 3' x 4' room with a power outlet is a good start, and it helps your employees come back to work...and stay at work!" Regnee Sicignano Lactation/Childbirth Educator Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power, Los Angeles, California "The lactation rooms are smart and professional.  The Pentagon is a very male dominated environment, and having somewhere to go not only to pump, but also to talk about babies and motherhood with other emloyees, has been quite helpful." Pentagon Employee U.S. Dept. of Denfense/The Pentagon Washington, D.C. "Our business decided a long time ago that people are our most important asset.  If you take care of them, the business will take care of itself." Craig Kasprzcki, Manager Human Resources/Lifestyle Enhancement Pizza Hut, Dallas, Texas "The real risk for a company is losing an employee...having them decide not to come back from maternity leave.  People say our program plays a big part in their decision to come back to work." Betty Purkey, Manager Work-Life Strategies Texas Instruments, Dallas, Texas "The limitations are in your own mind. Try setting up a pumping station in a military field tent!  If the Army can do it, anyone can!" Lisa Jones, Lactation Consultant Madigan Army Medical Center, Ft. Lewis, Washington "I nursed all three of my children for a year and I could not have been so successful without the help and the nice facilities at Mutual." Regional Manager -  West Region Medicare Audit and Reimbursement Mutual of Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska "A company can provide family service programs because it's a good business decision.  At Patagonia, we do it from the heart, because it's the right thing to do." Anita Furtaw Director of Family Services Patagonia, Ventura, California "We care about what's best for each family.  We are very proud to provide a facility that will help a child to stay on breast milk as long as possible.  Families are in such a hurry to get back to busy lives...anything we can do to help provide for the baby.  After all breast is best!" Becky Swindall, Director Pecan Ridge School, Canton, Texas