Human Milk Donor Drive for Black Breastfeeding Week 2023

With the high infant mortality rates among Black families, we know human milk is the best nutritional medicine to help families with infants in NICU.  The safest way to provide human milk to families facing these challenges is donor milk that has been safely screened and pasteurized.  It is the next best choice after mom's own milk and before offering formula.

We've celebrated Black Breastfeeding Week in Las Vegas, Nevada since 2015.  This year Breastfeeding with Maj and Heart and Sol Collective have collaborated with more community organizations and programs to promote human milk within the birthing community.  We're offering an opportunity for the community to take part and donate any extra milk they may have.  We talk about the process of becoming a donor, aka 'Milk Warrior', and the process donated milk goes through.  We share the importance of who gets priority when receiving donated milk and how to…