Help Babies Thrive
Your support ensures medically fragile and premature babies have access to
donor human milk when they need it most.
Why Breast Milk?
Human Milk provides an ideal combination of nutrients, as well as important antibodies. These components cannot be completely replicated in any other source of nutrition. For premature and medically fragile babies, it can be a medical necessity.
Milk Banking
The New York Milk Bank is licensed by The New York State Department of Health and is accredited by the Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA). HMBANA believes in a world where all infants have access to human milk through the support of breastfeeding and the use of pasteurized donor human milk.
Sharing With Love
Meet the parents who donate their milk to help babies they may never meet.
“Dear fellow mom: Delivery and postpartum can be such a fragile and overwhelming time, and it’s so important to lean on others for support. When I had my babies, I finally understood the full meaning behind the popular saying, ‘it takes a village,’ so baby Sasha and I are honored to be a part of yours, in whatever small way, with our gift. Sending love, strength, and well wishes to you and your baby, from one mama to another.”
-Andrea
The Numbers
Since 2016, The New York Milk Bank has dispensed over two million ounces of pasteurized donor human milk and screened more than 7,600 potential donors — helping ensure medically fragile babies receive the nourishment they need to grow and thrive.
Get Screened To Become A Milk Donor
A baby in the NICU may consume as little as one ounce in a single feeding. Start the easy 4-step screening process to become a milk donor!
A thorough screening with NYMB staff to determine eligibility as a milk donor.
Each potential donor fills out a health and lifestyle application and provides written consent forms.
A healthcare provider verifies the donor's good health.
Every milk donor undergoes a blood test for infectious diseases.
Once you've been approved to donate milk, use one of our convenient collection sites to drop off your milk.
Donate Milk
We have 30 milk depots licensed by The New York State Department of Health set up across the Tri-State area. If it isn’t convenient for you to drop your milk off at one of these collection sites, we can send a prepaid shipping box to you so you can send your milk directly to The New York Milk Bank.
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