Milk Bank Moments

08 Oct Pennsylvania’s first breast milk bank accepting donations.

Posted at 12:43h in In the news

Pittsburgh Courier (October 8, 2015) - Pennsylvania’s first breast milk bank is now accepting donations from nursing mothers in anticipation of its November opening in Pittsburgh. Three Rivers Mothers’ Milk Bank will service sick babies throughout both Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The nonprofit’s 5,000-square-foot building will include...

Founder Denise O'Connor of McCandless stands for a portrait in the future space of Three Rivers Mothers' Milk Bank in the Strip District on Monday, Oct. 5, 2015. She stands in front of where the bank's two pasteurizers will be once the space is up and running. O'Connor estimates November as their opening date.

06 Oct Three Rivers Mothers’ Milk Bank will get breast milk to babies in need

Posted at 11:19h in In the news

Tribune-Review (October 6, 2015) - For some babies, human breast milk is medicine. Pittsburgh is about to become home to a breast-milk bank equipped with a pasteurization and bottling laboratory, freezers and a classroom. The nonprofit Three Rivers Mothers' Milk Bank is taking shape in a...

01 Sep Get ready, donors!

Posted at 14:46h in From the milk bank

(September 1, 2015) Enough funding to get started? Check. Have a space? Check. Equipment ordered? Check. What’s missing? YOU. Yes, finally the time has come to talk about donating breast milk. You see, donors are the superstars of the milk bank. And obviously, without donors, there’d be no milk bank. Our goal...

01 Aug We just couldn’t do it without you

Posted at 10:34h in From the milk bank

(August 1, 2015) Our region takes care of our own. It’s what we do. Since starting this project, more than 18 months ago, we have gotten countless calls from women anxious for us to open so they can donate milk. Before we can accept one ounce...

08 May Breast milk donation saves babies, helps grieving moms find meaning in loss

Posted at 13:38h in In the news

PennLive (May 8, 2015) - She knew her baby wouldn't survive, but from a place of unspeakable pain she chose to help someone else's child. That's a common scenario in the neonatal intensive care unit at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. While finding the courage to say the...

06 May Pittsburgh breast milk bank could open in Strip District by fall

Posted at 13:06h in In the news

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (May 6, 2015) - Funding continues apace, a location has been located and would-be donors are ready to donate, all of which is coalescing nicely for a late summer or early fall opening of the Three Rivers Mothers’ Milk Bank, set to be...

06 May Pennsylvania’s first breast milk bank to open in Pittsburgh.

Posted at 12:28h in In the news

WTAE (May 6, 2015) - The first breast milk bank that will service the entire state is set to open in Pittsburgh in late summer or early fall. The Three Rivers Mothers' Milk Bank, a nonprofit organization, will provide donated breast milk to babies in neonatal...

06 May Pennsylvania’s first breast milk bank to open in Pittsburgh

Posted at 01:17h in In the news

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports the Three Rivers Mothers' Milk Bank is opening in late summer or early fall. Organizers say it will make breast milk available to babies in neonatal intensive-care units when their mothers are unavailable. Breast milk will also be given to outpatient babies who...

10 Mar Our Fast Pitch Video

Posted at 13:39h in From the milk bank

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04 Jan Efforts under way for breast milk bank in Pittsburgh

Posted at 13:36h in In the news

Tribune-Review (January 4, 2015) - When Teresa Vinisky gave birth to premature twins in 2002, she was in a bind common to mothers of preemies — she wanted to breastfeed because doctors told her it would help ward off specific complications, but she couldn't produce...

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