I fully agree that there should be far far more milk banks than there are, but we do have a small one in New York now. Julie Bouchet-Horwitz has worked hard for a long time to make this happen:

http://www.juliebouchet-horwitz.com/hudsonvalleymilkbank.html

Jennifer





On Mar 18, 2010, at 2:07 PM, [log in to unmask] wrote:

> 
> Nikki writes:
> 
> Remember  the milk banks that closed after 1981, when HIV was 
> identified.....only  recently has the milk bank movement recovered.
> 
> 
> 
> ~~ I wish I could call where we are "recovered". We still have not one  
> milk bank in NYC and environs ( there used to be ONE)  or even in the  entire 
> state. Look how few are in the entire USA...
> _http://www.hmbana.org/index/locations_ 
> (http://www.hmbana.org/index/locations) 
> Several of my colleagues worked for years here trying to find even one MD  
> would get on board and help make it happen and got nowhere. I think  they 
> finally gave up. Wouldn't it be amazing if there were as many milk banks as  
> blood banks? ( Or as many as needed, whatever that would look like...)
> 
> Peace,
> Judy
> 
> 
> Judy LeVan  Fram, PT, IBCLC, LLLL
> Brooklyn, NY, USA
> 

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