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Banking Continued ...The Human Milk Banking Association
The Human Milk Banking Association of North America is a
non-profit organization established in 1985. The HMBA was established to:
review and revise guidelines for donor milk banking, share information among experts on
human milk, provide information to the medical community, act as a clearinghouse for
member milk banks and encourage research on the unique properties of human milk.
Milk banks in North America include:
Mothers' Milk Bank
P/SL Medical Center
Denver, CO
(303) 869-1888 |
Mother's Milk Bank
C & W Lactation Services
Vancouver, B.C., Canada
(604) 875-2282 |
Mothers' Milk Bank
Valley Medical Center
San Jose, CA
(408) 998-4550 |
Lactation Center & Mothers' Milk Bank
WakeMed
Raleigh, NC
(919) 350-8599 |
The Mother's Milk Bank -
Special Care Nursery
Christiana Hospital
Newark, DE
(302) 733-2340 |
Mothers' Milk Bank at
Austin
900 E. 30th Street, Suite 101
Austin, TX
(512) 494-0800
http://www.mmbaustin.org |
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How are Milk Banks Funded?
Bulletin board at Mothers' Milk Bank in Colorado, covered with letters and
photos from grateful moms.
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Part of the money it takes to keep a milk bank open comes
from the processing fees charged for the milk, but only part. Milk banks are
non-profit organizations and must also depend on community and private donations to keep
the doors open.
Milk banks would be nowhere without the selfless mothers that donate their time and their
breastmilk. But they also could not exist without the dedicated people at the milk
bank who see that the milk is safe, sterile, screened and put into the hands of those who
need it. It would be hard to find a more worthy place for your tax-deductible
donation, and we are sure that Laraine Lockhart-Borman in Denver, among others, would love
to hear from you.
"It was hard to be a middle
class family and know we could not buy or get any food our child could eat from the
grocery store. Without donor milk, she could have starved to death in America."
- Mary Allenson |
Breastfeeding.com would like to thank Director Laraine
Lockhart-Borman and the staff of the Mothers' Milk Bank of Denver Colorado for their help
and dedication. Much of this article was produced using materials provided by them,
particularly "Donor Human Milk" by Mary Tagge, RN, BSN, IBCLC, from which we
shamelessly stole entire paragraphs.
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