BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- A protest at a local Applebee’s restaurant last Saturday was part of a nationwide nurse-in to provide breast-feeding awareness to local communities.

The national nurse-in was in response to a recent incident in which a patron was asked to cover her breast with a blanket while nursing her baby in the back of a Kentucky Applebee’s restaurant.

The mother felt it was too hot to cover herself and nursing baby with a blanket.

Kentucky law states that nursing babies in public is not indecent exposure.

Christy Collins of Tehachapi responded to a Yahoo Groups message from the organization Births Without Boundaries. She is an advocate of breast-feeding and helped organize the Bakersfield version of the nurse-in at 9000 Ming Avenue. She’s also a baby store owner and mid-wife assistant in Tehachapi, Calif.

Collins said 38 people showed up for the Bakersfield nurse-in. There were 100 locations nationwide. She said, “Our local Applebee's was fabulous and very supportive and had no problem with us setting up right outside the entrance.”

Christy Collins Tehachapi store: www.littlebundlesboutique.com