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11 Nov Highmark Bright Blue Futures Awards celebrate champions of health equity

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Philadelphia Business Journal (Nov 11, 2024) - The Highmark Bright Blue Futures Awards, now in its second year, recognize the critical work of nonprofits tackling health disparities across Highmark’s footprint of Pennsylvania, western and northeastern New York, Delaware and West Virginia....

01 Nov Second Avenue Commons reopens and more (Around Town)

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Pittsburgh Business Times - On October 17, Mid-Atlantic Mothers' Milk Bank hosted its Milkshake & Cookies event at the PPG Wintergarden downtown. The event included a contest where local companies were judged by a panel on their baked goods and milkshakes....

01 Oct Milk Bank’s new Bellevue building will enable its growth and help more fragile babies

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Union Progress (October 1, 2024) - Denise O’Connor and the Mid-Atlantic Mothers' Milk Bank staff and board of directors knew the nonprofit had outgrown its rented Lawrenceville building at the end of 2022. So they started looking for a building to move to and own, a...

24 Sep Highmark Health gives $490K in grants to several nonprofits

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Pittsburgh Business Times (September 23, 2024) - Highmark Health and the Highmark Foundation on Monday gave out grants totaling $490,000 to several nonprofits within the Pittsburgh-based health organization's operating area, including the Mid-Atlantic Mothers' Milk Bank out of southwestern Pennsylvania. The awards ceremony was part of...

19 Sep Mid-Atlantic Mothers’ Milk Bank looking to raise $8 million for new space amid increased demand

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KDKA (September 19, 2024) - Research shows how critical breast milk is for newborn babies, but when a new mom cannot supply their own, donor milk can be lifesaving. The need is only growing, forcing the Mid-Atlantic Mothers' Milk Bank to move to a larger...

13 Aug Donor breast milk helps give babies a healthier start

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The Bradford Era - Many newborns in the Maternal and Child Center at Penn Highlands DuBois are breastfed; however, you may be surprised to learn that not all of the breast milk they receive is from their own mothers. Tucked away in the Neonatal Intensive...

16 Jul Breast milk bank has ‘profound impact’ on the survival of medically fragile babies in Pa. and beyond

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Spotlight PA (July 16, 2024) - Eve Lieberum died on her third day of life. But before her death, her mother Abbie Lieberum was able to give the newborn some of her milk. Eve was born with trisomy 18, a rare and often fatal genetic condition...

08 Jul A donor story

Posted at 11:48h in Donor and Recipient Stories

When my daughter was born at 23 weeks and 5 days, there was very little I could do to take care of her besides pump breastmilk. She couldn’t even have my milk through a feeding tube yet. Pumping was hard and having a micropreemie was...

08 Jul Caleb: A donor story

Posted at 11:43h in Donor and Recipient Stories

In May 2015 I had a stillborn baby, my son Caleb, at 35 weeks. I didn’t know about the milk bank at this point, and had to let my milk dry up, which was so hard for me, because with my first two children I...

08 Jul A donor story

Posted at 10:59h in Donor and Recipient Stories

When my second son was born, I started pumping almost immediately, because I anticipated he would have the same challenges nursing that my first son had. Thankfully, he nursed well, but I kept pumping because I knew I’d need the milk eventually when I returned...

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11 Nov Highmark Bright Blue Futures Awards celebrate champions of health equity

01 Nov Second Avenue Commons reopens and more (Around Town)

01 Oct Milk Bank’s new Bellevue building will enable its growth and help more fragile babies

24 Sep Highmark Health gives $490K in grants to several nonprofits

19 Sep Mid-Atlantic Mothers’ Milk Bank looking to raise $8 million for new space amid increased demand

13 Aug Donor breast milk helps give babies a healthier start

16 Jul Breast milk bank has ‘profound impact’ on the survival of medically fragile babies in Pa. and beyond

08 Jul A donor story

08 Jul Caleb: A donor story

08 Jul A donor story

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