Health & Fitness
Nonprofit Breast Milk Bank Opens in Hudson Valley
Once donors are approved, the breast milk can be dropped off at several locations in the region or have it shipped for free.
HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, NY — A nonprofit, community-based breast-milk bank held its grand opening Wednesday in Hastings-on-Hudson.
FIOS1 News said the New York Milk Bank was the only local milk bank that collects breast milk from donors.
According the organization’s website, the New York Milk Bank is “dedicated to improving the health and survival of infants in need by providing them with safely pasteurized donor human milk when their mothers’ own milk is unavailable or insufficient.”
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The lab is located in the Andrus on Hudson Senior Care Center, 185 Old Broadway in Hastings-on-Hudson.
Prospective donors are screened initially by telephone and then are sent forms and medical releases to fill out. A free blood test is administered and then, if approved, the nursing woman can drop off her milk at various locations or have it shipped for free.
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There are several locations in the Hudson Valley where approved donors can drop off the breast milk, including Irvington, Beacon, New Paltz and Hopewell Junction.
To see the FIOS1 News video report by Lisa Salvati, go here.
Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons by Beukbeuk.
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