Support for the Mother's Milk Bank of Iowa can help in many ways, including expansion of the pasteurization laboratory, which allows more milk to be processed for babies in need. Give now.
Donate to Feed a Baby Gift Plan. Collectively, we can nourish a baby, 1 bottle at a time.
$15 for 1 bottle
$30 for 2 bottles
$45 for 3 bottles, etc.
Order donor human milk for babies
Promote donor human milk supplementation when mother’s own is insufficient.
Parents and health care professionals: Request/recommend donor human milk supplementation
Hospitals: Maintain an inventory of donor human milk
Help spread the word about the Mother’s Milk Bank of Iowa and milk banking.
Tell family, neighbors, friends, colleagues
Display milk bank posters
Display milk bank brochures
Establish a Milk Collection Depot in your community
Collection depots are instrumental for increasing donor participation and donation
They can be located in hospitals, organizations, or churches
A large freezer is provided by the milk bank
Depots receive and store donor human milk until milk bank staff retrieve it
Establish a Pasteurized Donor Human Milk (PDHM) Dispensary
Agency that orders, stores, dispenses PDHM from the Mother's Milk Bank of Iowa to area outpatients by prescription
Makes PDHM more accessible to local families
Contact Jean Drulis ([email protected]), 319-356-2652, for information
