You can help more babies celebrate their first birthday! 🧁 Each year, The Milk Bank provides over 400,000 lifesaving ounces of donor milk to hospitalized newborns and fragile babies across the Midwest. And every ounce has the potential to save lives.

Carefully screened and tested donors send donations of human milk to The Milk Bank. Once received, the milk is analyzed, pooled, bottled, pasteurized and frozen. From start to finish, every ounce of milk requires nearly $5 of investment and has the priceless ability to save preemies' lives.

Generous milk donors who fuel The Milk Bank can't do it alone. Every year, financial donors are needed to support the work that goes into every ounce of milk. Learn more about this year's generous matching gift:

The Milk Bank doesn't stop at saving infant lives. The team supports families experiencing infant loss, provides free lactation services, offers public and clinical education, and maintains a Medical Relief Fund to ensure equitable access to donor milk.

By making a gift today, you'll support preemies in the NICU. You'll provide comfort and relief to parents who are caring for fragile infants. You'll help more babies see their first birthday. Make your gift today!

Want to learn more about becoming a milk donor or accessing donor milk? Visit themilkbank.org

Give An Ounce 2023

By The Milk Bank

Give An Ounce 2023

Human milk saves lives.

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