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Katie’s Story: Inspired by Other Milk Donors

9/29/21 Staff Donors, Personal Stories

Inspired by the stories of other milk donors, Katie shares the ups and downs of her own journey toward milk donation. Breastfeeding is scary and wonderful and really, really hard. Like... More >

A College Education About Milk Banks

9/14/21 Alex Shipps Perspectives

At the end of August, we welcomed a new class of college public health students for volunteer work via Boston University’s First-Year Student Outreach Project... More >

Grandparents Day and NICU Awareness Month

9/12/21 Naomi Bar-Yam, Ph.D. Perspectives

There are more events, people, and “awarenesses” to honor than there are months, weeks, or days in the year (even a leap year). Sometimes the... More >

Bikers for Babies Empty the Tank for the Milk Bank

9/9/21 Ann Marie Lindquist News

In an event dubbed “Empty the Tank for the Milk Bank,” our Bikers for Babies delivered 1,775 ounces of milk to the milk bank from... More >

Milk Bank Milestone: 10 Years Accredited

8/21/21 Naomi Bar-Yam, Ph.D. Perspectives

This month, Mothers’ Milk Bank Northeast celebrates its 10th anniversary as an accredited HMBANA milk bank. The first week of this month marked World Breastfeeding... More >

National Nonprofit Day: Celebrating Nonprofit Milk Banks

8/17/21 Naomi Bar-Yam, Ph.D. Perspectives

Today is National Nonprofit Day—a moment to honor the thousands of nonprofit organizations across the country and the world (elsewhere called NGOs, non-governmental organizations). On... More >